Fotios Ioannidis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Theology, Faculty Member
- Theology, Patristics, Early Christianity, Early Medieval History, Byzantine Studies, Latin Church Fathers, and 16 moreLatin Literature, Cyprian of Carthago, Religion, Late Antiquity, High Middle Ages, History of Christianity, Medieval France, Ambrose of Milan, Latin Patristics, Greek Patristics, History of Monasticism, Church History, Historical Theology, Gregory the Great, Asceticism, and Ascetical Theologyedit
- Professor, School of Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.edit
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Saint Gregory the Great (the Dialogue in oriental tradition) formulates a very significant principle: “Holy Scriptures are simultaneously developping with their readers”. This principle is based on the fact of Holy Spirit’s presence in... more
Saint Gregory the Great (the Dialogue in oriental tradition) formulates a very significant principle: “Holy Scriptures are simultaneously developping with their readers”. This principle is based on the fact of Holy Spirit’s presence in Scripture and it’s reader’s life. Gregory mentions in his Epistle to Theodore: “what really is Holy Scripture, unless a kind of letter from omnipotent God unto his own creature? Learn to understand God’s heart through His words, to flamely desire eternal goods …”. Every faithful receives Him within, conforms his life with His life and apprehends His message in the Holy Spirit.On his writings, Saint Gregory demonstrates the experiential and eschatological contemplation of Holy Scripture. Scripture is a secure way for God’s knowledge, and biblical figures constitute pedagogic models, which contribute on virtues’ development; this truth defines Saint Gregory’s thought.The words of Holy Scriptures become tasteful for the reader’s heart. A faithful and pur...
The Encyclical " Slavorum Apostoli " by Pope John Paul II: Dialogue of the Catholic Church with the Past and the Future
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On the 2nd of June 1985, Pope John Paul II (1920-2005) published the Encyclical Letter “Slavorum Apostoli” (Apostles of the Slavs) extolling the work of the evangelization of the Slavic world by the two Thessalonian saint brothers Cyril... more
On the 2nd of June 1985, Pope John Paul II (1920-2005) published the Encyclical Letter “Slavorum Apostoli” (Apostles of the Slavs) extolling the work of the evangelization of the Slavic world by the two Thessalonian saint brothers Cyril and Methodius. The Pope highlights the heritage of the two saints in the Slavic world, which is deeper and stronger than any division. The Thessalonian brothers were not only the inheritors of the faith but also of the culture of Ancient Greece, carried on by Byzantium. Besides, the importance of this heritage is very important for the entire European culture and, directly or indirectly, for the world. The saints are characterized as timeless missionary role models, because they realized that a necessary prerequisite for the success of their work was their decision to identify with the life and traditions of the peoples, to whom they carried the evangelical message. It was a peaceful evangelization, seated in love, free of any nationalistic arrogance...
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During the first centuries of Christianity, the Fathers of the Western Church, such as Jerome, Hilary, Ambrose and Augustine, tend to spiritually interpret the Holy Scripture, combining the Old with the New Testament, suggesting that... more
During the first centuries of Christianity, the Fathers of the Western Church, such as Jerome, Hilary, Ambrose and Augustine, tend to spiritually interpret the Holy Scripture, combining the Old with the New Testament, suggesting that Bible passages can be interpreted through a variety of prisms. Ambrose concentrates on a moral and allegorical-spiritual interpretation, adhering to the principle that the Holy Scripture can reveal to us the mystery of Christ and of Church. The books of Genesis, the Song of Songs, the Psalms and The Gospel of Luke are the ones that are further explained and analyzed by St. Ambrose. Saint Ambrose’s interpretative activity is mainly of a pastoral nature and is closely associated with his episcopal ministry in Milan, of which he had a profound consciousness. St. Ambrose was more than a competent preacher of the Divine word; he strongly believed in his holy duty of transmitting the divine commandments to people, and in fact, he defended them in the course o...
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Saint Gregory the Great (the Dialogue in oriental tradition) formulates a very significant principle: “Holy Scriptures are simultaneously developping with their readers”. This principle is based on the fact of Holy Spirit’s presence in... more
Saint Gregory the Great (the Dialogue in oriental tradition) formulates a very significant principle: “Holy Scriptures are simultaneously developping with their readers”. This principle is based on the fact of Holy Spirit’s presence in Scripture and it’s reader’s life. Gregory mentions in his Epistle to Theodore: “what really is Holy Scripture, unless a kind of letter from omnipotent God unto his own creature? Learn to understand God’s heart through His words, to flamely desire eternal goods …”. Every faithful receives Him within, conforms his life with His life and apprehends His message in the Holy Spirit. On his writings, Saint Gregory demonstrates the experiential and eschatological contemplation of Holy Scripture. Scripture is a secure way for God’s knowledge, and biblical figures constitute pedagogic models, which contribute on virtues’ development; this truth defines Saint Gregory’s thought. The words of Holy Scriptures become tasteful for the reader’s heart. A faithful and p...
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Pope Leo I, during two very intense and creative decades (440461) 1 of his life and particularly while he was responsible for the pastoral care of the church of Rome, left us as a legacy among his other writings and Homilies, a collection... more
Pope Leo I, during two very intense and creative decades (440461) 1 of his life and particularly while he was responsible for the pastoral care of the church of Rome, left us as a legacy among his other writings and Homilies, a collection of nineteen wonderful Sermons. The specific group of Sermons appears in the manuscript tradition with the title "De Passione Domini". His sermons are part of the Easter cycle which includes two more homilies about Resurrection and another two concerning the Ascension of the Lord. The examination of the events of the Passion and the characters who are involved can be perceived in the light of His Resurrection and His Ascension. In his sermons, Leo concentrates on different gospel narratives of the Passion and on the persons whom Jesus contacted during these crucial times. Furthermore, he focuses on the personalities of these people, going from the Jews to their officials, from Judas to Peter, from Simon of Cyrene to women, and from the res...
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Many Christian intellectuals, and ecclesiastical writers, clung from the beginning more on the Greek philosophical ideas than on the biblical view of sexuality. By Philo of Alexandria, Platonism was introduced in the school of Alexandria... more
Many Christian intellectuals, and ecclesiastical writers, clung from the beginning more on the Greek philosophical ideas than on the biblical view of sexuality. By Philo of Alexandria, Platonism was introduced in the school of Alexandria and it also affected Origen, which in turn had an impact on a large part of Christendom. How ascetic rigor can become a drama was shown in the case of the latter, who was self-castrated, although the fact that Paul’s advice was the following "those who cannot remain abstinent, let's get married. It is better to get married with someone than to be burnt from desire". To excessive ascetic rigor, of montanistic shades, moved and Origen‘s contemporary, Tertullian, who also brought a tremendous impact on western Christianity. During this period in the Church develops a struggle between two fronts. On one hand an ascetic spirit that rejects sexuality and on the other liberality, supported by the Gnostics, who teach that the spiritual man is ...
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... should feed his soul and his earthly life by studing the Bible. Moreover, the relationship between a shepherd and Holy Scripture is love13 because Bible's directly ... cit., 109. 14 See CALATI, S. Gregorio Magno e la Bibbia, in... more
... should feed his soul and his earthly life by studing the Bible. Moreover, the relationship between a shepherd and Holy Scripture is love13 because Bible's directly ... cit., 109. 14 See CALATI, S. Gregorio Magno e la Bibbia, in AA.VV., Bibbia e spiritualità, Ed. ...
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Item Number: 143234 Title: Ambrogio e la natura Author: Passarella, Raffaele (ed) Price: $23.80 Original Price: $59.50 ISBN: 9788868970277 Record created on 10/07/16 Description: Roma: Bulzoni, 2016. 24cm., pbk., 350pp. Contents:... more
Item Number: 143234
Title: Ambrogio e la natura
Author: Passarella, Raffaele (ed)
Price: $23.80 Original Price: $59.50
ISBN: 9788868970277
Record created on 10/07/16
Description: Roma: Bulzoni, 2016. 24cm., pbk., 350pp.
Contents: Luigi F. Pizzolato, L'uomo di fronte al creato nella visione di Ambrogio ; Raff aele Passarella, La parola "natura" nelle opere di Ambrogio- un sondaggio ; Giusepp e Zecchini, Gli spazi geografici di Ambrogio ; Michele Cutino, Digiuno e alimentazione nell'epist. 14 extra coll. di Ambrogio di Milano- fra modelli di santità episcopale e polemiche antiascetiche ; Antonio V. Nazzaro, Il mondo vegetale in Ambrogio. Tra esperienza botanica, strutturazione retorica del testo e simbologia ; Maria Pia Ciccarese, In natura, in figura. Ambrogio e l'interpretazione del mondo animale ; Marco Navoni, "Mutata elementa stupent". Dalla realtà naturale alla realtà sacramentale ; Paola Francesca Moretti, La poesia dei colori nell'Exameron di Ambrogio ; Jutta Dresken-Weiland, La natura nell'iconografia paleocristiana dell'Italia annonaria ; Marco Petoletti, Ambrogio e la creazione- una versificazione medievale dell'Exameron ; Emanuele Ghelfi, Teologia del sabato e disciplina del digiuno in Ambrogio ; Ethan Gannaway, Ambrose's Catechumens- Experiencing the Apocalypse? ; Fotios Ioannidis, The Interpretation of Scriptures by Ambrose of Milan ; Christos Arabatzis, Ambrose of Milan in the Byzantine Tradition ; Irenaeus Delidimos, On the meaning of the two monograms in San Vittore in Ciel d'Oro, Milan. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Studia Ambrosiana, 9)
Title: Ambrogio e la natura
Author: Passarella, Raffaele (ed)
Price: $23.80 Original Price: $59.50
ISBN: 9788868970277
Record created on 10/07/16
Description: Roma: Bulzoni, 2016. 24cm., pbk., 350pp.
Contents: Luigi F. Pizzolato, L'uomo di fronte al creato nella visione di Ambrogio ; Raff aele Passarella, La parola "natura" nelle opere di Ambrogio- un sondaggio ; Giusepp e Zecchini, Gli spazi geografici di Ambrogio ; Michele Cutino, Digiuno e alimentazione nell'epist. 14 extra coll. di Ambrogio di Milano- fra modelli di santità episcopale e polemiche antiascetiche ; Antonio V. Nazzaro, Il mondo vegetale in Ambrogio. Tra esperienza botanica, strutturazione retorica del testo e simbologia ; Maria Pia Ciccarese, In natura, in figura. Ambrogio e l'interpretazione del mondo animale ; Marco Navoni, "Mutata elementa stupent". Dalla realtà naturale alla realtà sacramentale ; Paola Francesca Moretti, La poesia dei colori nell'Exameron di Ambrogio ; Jutta Dresken-Weiland, La natura nell'iconografia paleocristiana dell'Italia annonaria ; Marco Petoletti, Ambrogio e la creazione- una versificazione medievale dell'Exameron ; Emanuele Ghelfi, Teologia del sabato e disciplina del digiuno in Ambrogio ; Ethan Gannaway, Ambrose's Catechumens- Experiencing the Apocalypse? ; Fotios Ioannidis, The Interpretation of Scriptures by Ambrose of Milan ; Christos Arabatzis, Ambrose of Milan in the Byzantine Tradition ; Irenaeus Delidimos, On the meaning of the two monograms in San Vittore in Ciel d'Oro, Milan. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Studia Ambrosiana, 9)
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On the 2nd of June 1985, Pope John Paul II (1920-2005) published the Encyclical Letter “Slavorum Apostoli” (Apostles of the Slavs) extolling the work of the evangelization of the Slavic world by the two Thessalonian saint brothers Cyril... more
On the 2nd of June 1985, Pope John Paul II (1920-2005) published the Encyclical Letter “Slavorum Apostoli” (Apostles of the Slavs) extolling the work of the evangelization of the Slavic world by the two Thessalonian saint brothers Cyril and Methodius.
The Pope highlights the heritage of the two saints in the Slavic world, which is deeper and stronger than any division. The Thessalonian brothers were not only the inheritors of the faith but also of the culture of Ancient Greece, carried on by Byzantium. Besides, the importance of this heritage is very important for the entire European culture and, directly or indirectly, for the world.
The saints are characterized as timeless missionary role models, because they realized that a necessary prerequisite for the success of their work was their decision to identify with the life and traditions of the peoples, to whom they carried the evangelical message. It was a peaceful evangelization, seated in love, free of any nationalistic arrogance, without ethnic exclusiveness or racial prejudices.
The two saints are the connecting links or a spiritual bridge between Western and Eastern tradition, which flow in the long tradition of the Catholic Church. They are the champions, as well as the patrons of the ecumenical endeavor of the sister Churches of East and West to regain through dialogue and prayer visible unity in perfect and full communion.
Cyril and Methodius had a healthy consciousness of the universality of the Church, into which all people, nations, languages and cultures could fit, having their own role and their own place in the mysterious plan of God and world history of salvation.
The Pope highlights the heritage of the two saints in the Slavic world, which is deeper and stronger than any division. The Thessalonian brothers were not only the inheritors of the faith but also of the culture of Ancient Greece, carried on by Byzantium. Besides, the importance of this heritage is very important for the entire European culture and, directly or indirectly, for the world.
The saints are characterized as timeless missionary role models, because they realized that a necessary prerequisite for the success of their work was their decision to identify with the life and traditions of the peoples, to whom they carried the evangelical message. It was a peaceful evangelization, seated in love, free of any nationalistic arrogance, without ethnic exclusiveness or racial prejudices.
The two saints are the connecting links or a spiritual bridge between Western and Eastern tradition, which flow in the long tradition of the Catholic Church. They are the champions, as well as the patrons of the ecumenical endeavor of the sister Churches of East and West to regain through dialogue and prayer visible unity in perfect and full communion.
Cyril and Methodius had a healthy consciousness of the universality of the Church, into which all people, nations, languages and cultures could fit, having their own role and their own place in the mysterious plan of God and world history of salvation.
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The teachings of the Fathers of the West persist in ascetical and pastoral address the issue with soteriological perspective. Trying to eliminate human passions, to ensure no prostitution, disorder and agitation of the soul from the birth... more
The teachings of the Fathers of the West persist in ascetical and pastoral address the issue with soteriological perspective. Trying to eliminate human passions, to ensure no prostitution, disorder and agitation of the soul from the birth of desire until the saturation. Know that passions destroy virtues lay in the soul crafty mood, neglect prayer, selfishness, insensitivity, sticking in the world and despair. Cause sedation of mind and affect the soul, putting real tyranny on humans because of their power and amazing speed of action of the demon, especially in case of lust, inciting prostitution. In the post-rift period prevails in the West a phobic syndrome around love and sexuality, arising exclusively within ecclesiastical contexts, it should be noted, are responsible for religionized of Christianity. The absolutism of strict trends in prior ecclesiastical tradition with guilt complexes, condemnation of the flesh and the devaluation of the female sex are largely responsible for the similar tendencies, which en effect, developed and Eastern Orthodox Christianity.
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Conference is organised under the auspices of the Embassy of Greece in Bratislava Konferencia sa uskutoční pod záštitou velvyslanectva (Helénskej) Gréckej republiky The conference is organised by / Konferenciu organizujú Constantine the... more
Conference is organised under the auspices of the Embassy of Greece in Bratislava Konferencia sa uskutoční pod záštitou velvyslanectva (Helénskej) Gréckej republiky The conference is organised by / Konferenciu organizujú Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Faculty of Arts
To Τμήμα Ποιμαντικής και Κοινωνικής Θεολογίας της Θεολογικής Σχολής του Αριστοτέλειου Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλονίκης, σε συνεργασία με την Καθολική Θεολογική Σχολή του Πανεπιστημίου του Στρασβούργου, την Προτεσταντική Θεολογική Σχολή του... more
To Τμήμα Ποιμαντικής και Κοινωνικής Θεολογίας της Θεολογικής Σχολής του Αριστοτέλειου Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλονίκης, σε συνεργασία με την Καθολική Θεολογική Σχολή του Πανεπιστημίου του Στρασβούργου, την Προτεσταντική Θεολογική Σχολή του Πανεπιστημίου του Στρασβούργου, την Ιερά Πατριαρχική και Σταυροπηγιακή Μονή Βλατάδων και το Πατριαρχικό Ίδρυμα Πατερικών Μελετών (ΠΙΠΜ), διοργανώνει Διεθνές Συνέδριο με θέμα «Αθανάσιος Αλεξανδρείας και Ιλάριος Πικταβίου: Μεταξύ Ανατολής και Δύσης» από την Τρίτη 5 έως και την Πέμπτη 7 Νοεμβρίου 2019.
Οι εργασίες του Συνεδρίου θα πραγματοποιηθούν το πρωΐ της Τρίτης (5/11) στο Αμφιθέατρο του Πατριαρχικού Ιδρύματος Πατερικών Μελετών στην Ιερά Πατριαρχική Μονή Βλατάδων, στη Θεσσαλονίκη, ενώ το απόγευμα της ίδιας ημέρας, την Τετάρτη (6/11) και την Πέμπτη (7/11) στο Δ΄ Αμφιθέατρο και στην αίθουσα συνεδριάσεων (1ος όροφος) της Θεολογικής Σχολής του ΑΠΘ.
Το συνέδριο θα εξετάσει ποικίλες όψεις του θεολογικού έργου και της σκέψης των δύο μεγάλων εκκλησιαστικών πατέρων της Ανατολής και της Δύσης, που πρωτοστάτησαν στον αγώνα κατά του Αρειανισμού, εστιάζοντας ιδιαίτερα στην ενότητα της θεολογικής τους έκφρασης και στοχεύοντας στην ανάδειξη της κοινής εκκλησιαστικής παραδόσεως του κρίσιμου για την Εκκλησία τέταρτου αιώνα.
Στο Συνέδριο θα μιλήσουν καθηγητές Θεολογικών Σχολών και ερευνητές από την Ελλάδα και Πανεπιστήμια του εξωτερικού και θα ολολκληρωθεί με συνάντηση Υποψηφίων Διδακτόρων και μεταπτυχιακών φοιτητών των Θεολογικών Σχολών της Θεσσαλονίκης και του Στρασβούργου, που θα παρουσιάσουν την εξέλιξη της έρευνάς τους.
Επιπλέον, οι υποψήφιοι Διδάκτορες και οι μεταπτυχιακοί φοιτητές θα έχουν τη δυνατότητα να παρακολουθήσουν εργαστήριο σχετικά με την έρευνα σε θεολογικές βάσεις δεδομένων.
Οι εργασίες του Συνεδρίου θα πραγματοποιηθούν το πρωΐ της Τρίτης (5/11) στο Αμφιθέατρο του Πατριαρχικού Ιδρύματος Πατερικών Μελετών στην Ιερά Πατριαρχική Μονή Βλατάδων, στη Θεσσαλονίκη, ενώ το απόγευμα της ίδιας ημέρας, την Τετάρτη (6/11) και την Πέμπτη (7/11) στο Δ΄ Αμφιθέατρο και στην αίθουσα συνεδριάσεων (1ος όροφος) της Θεολογικής Σχολής του ΑΠΘ.
Το συνέδριο θα εξετάσει ποικίλες όψεις του θεολογικού έργου και της σκέψης των δύο μεγάλων εκκλησιαστικών πατέρων της Ανατολής και της Δύσης, που πρωτοστάτησαν στον αγώνα κατά του Αρειανισμού, εστιάζοντας ιδιαίτερα στην ενότητα της θεολογικής τους έκφρασης και στοχεύοντας στην ανάδειξη της κοινής εκκλησιαστικής παραδόσεως του κρίσιμου για την Εκκλησία τέταρτου αιώνα.
Στο Συνέδριο θα μιλήσουν καθηγητές Θεολογικών Σχολών και ερευνητές από την Ελλάδα και Πανεπιστήμια του εξωτερικού και θα ολολκληρωθεί με συνάντηση Υποψηφίων Διδακτόρων και μεταπτυχιακών φοιτητών των Θεολογικών Σχολών της Θεσσαλονίκης και του Στρασβούργου, που θα παρουσιάσουν την εξέλιξη της έρευνάς τους.
Επιπλέον, οι υποψήφιοι Διδάκτορες και οι μεταπτυχιακοί φοιτητές θα έχουν τη δυνατότητα να παρακολουθήσουν εργαστήριο σχετικά με την έρευνα σε θεολογικές βάσεις δεδομένων.