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The Theory of Symbolic Image in Byzantine Theology of the VI-VIIth centuries
The article is devoted to the philosophical and aesthetic analysis of the theory of symbolic image in the theological texts of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite and Maximus the Confessor.
Victoria Golovey
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St. John Damascene. Tradition and originality in Byzantine theology. [Reseña] [PDF]
Reseña de Louth ANDREW, St. John Damascene. Tradition and originality in Byzantine theology, Oxford University Press («Oxford Early Christian Studies»), Oxford- New York 2002, 327 pp.
Wozniak, R.J. (Robert Józef)
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The following article analysed the originality and creativity of Ethiopian Orthodox exegesis in a broader context of Byzantine and post-Byzantine Orthodox traditions.
Václav Ježek
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The ethics of care in the late antique Christian discourse: (trans)historical perspectives on the social, political and philosophical value of care [PDF]
The paper examines the historical context of ethics of care in early Christian discourse. The historical context of the ethics of care enables us to comprehend the ways in which ethics of care was employed and disseminated as part of political ...
Orlov-Vilimonović Larisa
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The Early Christians in the Face of Epidemics
The purpose of the article is to present the reaction of the early Christians to the emergence and the spread of the great epidemics. During the early Christian ages (2nd–3rd centuries) different plagues devastated people of the Roman Empire ...
Oleksandr Kashchuk
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The absence of sexual difference in the theology of Maximus the Confessor [PDF]
There has been much attention devoted in the last decade and especially in the last few years to Maximus the Confessor’s beliefs concerning sexual difference and its removal. The most important text on this topic is Ambiguum 41.
Brown Dewhurst Emma
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Hierarchies or direct relation to god: A new interpretation [PDF]
In this paper it will be questioned that the hierarchies play an important role in Byzantine church decoration. There are only a few examples which probably could be interpretated as depictions of hierarchies. But even they are far from certain.
Altripp Michael
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Pope Honorius (625–638) – a Pacifist or a Doctrinal Arbiter?
The purpose of this article is to analyze the standpoint of Pope Honorius (625–638) at the early stage of the controversy over operation in Christ. Patriarch Sophronius (633/634–638) expressed his protest against the statement on one operation in Christ ...
Oleksandr Kashchuk
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The Alexander Legend: An Example of Syriac Apocalyptic Literature in the Dawn of Islam [PDF]
The article introduces the Syriac Alexander Legend, a text that was written in the context of the Byzantine imperial propaganda and aimed to present the Byzantine Empire as the fourth empire from Daniel’s prophecy on the four kingdoms.
Aljaž Krajnc
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The article presents the theological ideas and mystical–religious teachings of the Greek-Byzantine Church Fathers, which, at the same time, are philosophical because Byzantine theologians also reflected on human and their life, on the relationship ...
Olga Chistyakova, Denis Chistyakov
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