Metropolitan Amfilohije’s Views on St Gregory Palamas and Orthodoxy: A Return to Palamism

In what follows, I examine the views of Metropolitan Amfilohije’s views on St Gregory Palamas and Orthodoxy, primarily focusing on his PhD thesis, which was defended at the University of Athens, Faculty of Theology in 1973, and published in Thessaloniki in the same year. I claim that his views ther...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:e21d870aaa4f4e3eafa58ff54b2ac1cf2021-12-04T08:42:34ZMetropolitan Amfilohije’s Views on St Gregory Palamas and Orthodoxy: A Return to Palamism10.35296/jhs.v5i1.782536-572X2536-5738https://doaj.org/article/e21d870aaa4f4e3eafa58ff54b2ac1cf2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.helenskestudije.me/ojs/index.php/jhs/article/view/78https://doaj.org/toc/2536-572Xhttps://doaj.org/toc/2536-5738 In what follows, I examine the views of Metropolitan Amfilohije’s views on St Gregory Palamas and Orthodoxy, primarily focusing on his PhD thesis, which was defended at the University of Athens, Faculty of Theology in 1973, and published in Thessaloniki in the same year. I claim that his views there not only show him defending Palamas, but also highlight the need for a strengthening of Palamism in Greece and abroad. Some of the problems, which he identified in 1973, exist in Orthodoxy today and his suggestion that all contemporary Orthodox intellectuals should persist in the Philosophy and Theology of Palamism seems to be the only way to solve these problems, even today. Constantinos AthanasopoulosCenter for Hellenic Studiesarticlegregory palamasorthodoxyeuropean philosophyorthodox cultureHistory of GreeceDF10-951Greek philology and languagePA201-899ENSRAkropolis, Vol 5, Iss 1 (2021)
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orthodoxy
european philosophy
orthodox culture
History of Greece
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Greek philology and language
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orthodoxy
european philosophy
orthodox culture
History of Greece
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Greek philology and language
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Constantinos Athanasopoulos
Metropolitan Amfilohije’s Views on St Gregory Palamas and Orthodoxy: A Return to Palamism
description In what follows, I examine the views of Metropolitan Amfilohije’s views on St Gregory Palamas and Orthodoxy, primarily focusing on his PhD thesis, which was defended at the University of Athens, Faculty of Theology in 1973, and published in Thessaloniki in the same year. I claim that his views there not only show him defending Palamas, but also highlight the need for a strengthening of Palamism in Greece and abroad. Some of the problems, which he identified in 1973, exist in Orthodoxy today and his suggestion that all contemporary Orthodox intellectuals should persist in the Philosophy and Theology of Palamism seems to be the only way to solve these problems, even today.
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title Metropolitan Amfilohije’s Views on St Gregory Palamas and Orthodoxy: A Return to Palamism
title_short Metropolitan Amfilohije’s Views on St Gregory Palamas and Orthodoxy: A Return to Palamism
title_full Metropolitan Amfilohije’s Views on St Gregory Palamas and Orthodoxy: A Return to Palamism
title_fullStr Metropolitan Amfilohije’s Views on St Gregory Palamas and Orthodoxy: A Return to Palamism
title_full_unstemmed Metropolitan Amfilohije’s Views on St Gregory Palamas and Orthodoxy: A Return to Palamism
title_sort metropolitan amfilohije’s views on st gregory palamas and orthodoxy: a return to palamism
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