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PATRISTIC THEOLOGY

 

Protopresbyter fr. John S. Romanides (†) University Professor

 

PrologueProt. Fr. George Metallinos, Dean of the Athens University School of Theology

Supervision - Commentary: Monk Damascenos of the Holy Mountain

“PARAKATATHEKE” publications - Thessaloniki 2004

 
Transcript of taperecorded lectures of Father John Romanides
at the Thessaloniki University’s School of Theology

 

Contents

PROLOGUE

FOREWORD

 

PART A: ELEMENTS OF ORTHODOX ANTHROPOLOGY AND THEOLOGY

 

A. On Orthodoxy

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Patristic Theology: The University Lectures of Fr. John Romanides (2007)

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B. Our relation to God

 6. THE STATE OF “RECONCILIATION WITH GOD”

  7. ON THE MEANING OF THE DOGMA

  8. ON THE ‘FALL’ OF ADAM

 

C. The role of the Church

9. THE ESSENCE OF OUR ORTHODOX TRADITION

10. ORTHODOXY IS NOT A RELIGION

11. THE THEOLOGIANS OF THE CHURCH

12. ON THE MENTAL PRAYER

13. THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD OF THEOLOGY AND WHO CAN BE CONSIDERED ‘GOD-INSPIRED’

14. ON RELIGION

15. ON THE TWO KINDS OF FAITH

 

D. The Soul’s course

16. ON APOLOGETICS CONCERNING THE MATTER OF THE SOUL

17. ON THOUGHTS AND MEANINGS IN MAN

18. THE BASIC DOGMA OF PATRISTIC TRADITION

19. DESCRIBING THE EXPERIENCE OF THEOSIS

 

E.  Meanings

20. ON LOVE (EROS)

21. ON TERMINOLOGY AND THE MAXIMS AND MEANINGS IN THEOLOGY

22. ON THE TWO KINDS OF REVELATION

 

F. Sources and authorities

23. ON SUBJECTIVENESS DURING RESEARCH AND IN THEOLOGY

24. THE BACKBONE OF ORTHODOX TRADITION

25. WHO A “PROPHET” IS, IN THE NEW TESTAMENT

26. ON THE SACRAMENT OF CHRISMATION

27. ON LAITY AND CLERGY, AND THE CHURCH

 

G. Trends and conflicts

28. ON THE FRANKISH OCCUPATION AND ON HESYCHASM

29. ON «CONSERVATIVES» AND «LIBERALS»

 

H.  Validity

30. ON THE DIVINELY-INSPIRED STATE

31. ON WHETHER ORTHODOX THEOLOGY IS A POSITIVE SCIENCE OR IF ORTHODOXY IS A RELIGION

32. ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORTHODOXY AND HERESY

33. THE METAPHYSICAL ASPECT OF THEOLOGY

34. ON THEOSIS (DEIFICATION)

 

I. On God

35. WHO GOD IS, AND WHO MAN IS

36. CHRIST IN THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS

37. ON THE HOLY TRINITY – WHO GOD IS

38. THE HOLY BIBLE THROUGH THE PRISM OF WESTERN THEOLOGY

39. ON THE ESSENCE OF GOD

40. PATRISTIC NOTES ON THE HOLY TRINITY

41. DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN THE ESSENCE AND THE ENERGY OF GOD

 

J.  Christian initiation

42. ON THE SACRAMENT OF THE DIVINE EUCHARIST

43. ON THE INCARNATION

44. ON THE MYSTERY OF THE HOLY TRINITY

45. ON THE EXPERIENCE OF THEOSIS AND THE THREE STAGES OF SPIRITUAL LIFE

46. ON THE ENERGIES OF GOD

47. THE METAPHYSICAL VIEW OF RELIGION

 

K.  Wisdom according to God and according to the world

48. ON MONASTIC LIVING

49. ORTHODOXY AND IDEOLOGY

50. ON EXISTENTIALISM

51. ON THEOLOGY

52. REFLECTIONS ON ORTHODOX THEOLOGY

53. WESTERN THEOLOGY AND MODERN SCIENCE

 

L.  Physicians and charlatans

54. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ORTHODOX AND HERETICS

55. WHO IS A TRUE THEOLOGIAN?

 

M.  Ecclesiastic conduct

56. ON PRAYER

57. THE SPIRITUAL SITUATION IN HELLAS TODAY

58. ON THE SYNODS

59. ORTHODOXY AS THE OFFICIAL RELIGION OF THE ROMAN STATE

60. ON ECCLESIASTIC MUSIC

 

 

PART B: ON THE TEACHINGS OF HERETICS

61. HOW THE FATHERS CONFRONTED HERETICS

62. ON MEDIAEVAL PHILOSOPHY AND SCHOLASTIC THEOLOGY.

63. HOW THE FATHERS THEOLOGIZE

64. THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE EXPERIENCE OF THEOSIS

65. DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN THE ESSENCE AND ENERGY

66. ON THE EXISTENCE OFGOD AND ON THE CREATION OF THE WORLD

67. HERETICS AND THEIR TEACHING

REFERENCES

Translation by A. N.


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