The One and the Three: Nature, Person and Triadic Monarchy in the Greek and Irish Patristic Tradition
Chrysostom Koutloumousianos
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The One and the Three explores parallels between Byzantine and early Irish monastic traditions, finding in both a markedly trinitarian theology founded on God's contemplation and ascetic experience. Chrysostom Koutloumousianos refutes modern theological theses that affect ecclesiology, and contrasts current schools of theological thought with patristic theology and anthropology, in order to approach the meaning and reality of unity and otherness within the Triadic Monad and the cosmos. He explores such topics as the connection between nature and person, the esoteric dimension of the Self, the relation and dialectic of impersonal institutions and personal charisma, and perennial monastic virtues as ... Read more
The One and the Three explores parallels between Byzantine and early Irish monastic traditions, finding in both a markedly trinitarian theology founded on God's contemplation and ascetic experience. Chrysostom Koutloumousianos refutes modern theological theses that affect ecclesiology, and contrasts current schools of theological thought with patristic theology and anthropology, in order to approach the meaning and reality of unity and otherness within the Triadic Monad and the cosmos. He explores such topics as the connection between nature and person, the esoteric dimension of the Self, the relation and dialectic of impersonal institutions and personal charisma, and perennial monastic virtues as ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
James Clarke & Co Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
405g
Number of Pages
250
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780227175149
SKU
V9780227175149
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About Chrysostom Koutloumousianos
Chrysostom Koutloumousianos is a Senior Elder at the Koutloumous Monastery, Mount Athos, and holds a BA in English Literature and a BA, MA and PhD in Theology from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He has been a visiting fellow at the Hellenic Institute at Royal Holloway, London. He is also the author of several books and articles on early monasticism. ... Read more
Reviews for The One and the Three: Nature, Person and Triadic Monarchy in the Greek and Irish Patristic Tradition
'Fr Chrysostomos offers here a rich and penetrating analysis of the ways in which the mysteries of the Trinity and Incarnation intersect with ecclesial life, in its various dimensions, as reflected in writers of both the Byzantine and Celtic traditions. Calling into question the claim that 'person transcends nature', and the authoritarian approach to ecclesiology this has fostered, the author ... Read more