Dissertation committee:
Σαββάτος Χρυσόστομος - Γεώργιος, καθηγητής, Θεολογική Σχολή, τμήμα Θεολογίας, ΕΚΠΑ
Λιάκουρας Κωνσταντίνος, καθηγητής, Θεολογική Σχολή, τμήμα Θεολογίας, ΕΚΠΑ
Ιωαννίδης Νικόλαος, καθηγητής, Θεολογική Σχολή, τμήμα Θεολογίας, ΕΚΠΑ
Κατερέλος Κύριλλος, καθηγητής, Θεολογική Σχολή, τμήμα Κοινωνικής Θεολογίας, ΕΚΠΑ
Μόσχος Δημήτριος, αναπληρωτής καθηγητής, Θεολογική Σχολή, τμήμα Θεολογίας, ΕΚΠΑ
Κολοβοπούλου Μαρίνα, επίκουρος, Θεολογική Σχολή, τμήμα Θεολογίας, ΕΚΠΑ
Σταυρόπουλος Γεώργιος, λέκτορας, Θεολογική Σχολή, τμήμα Θεολογίας, ΕΚΠΑ
Summary:
Barlaam from Calabria is an important personality who lived in the West and the East in about half of the 14th century, the teaching and, more generally, the action of whom has caused a great deal of interest over time. Although many interesting studies have been written about his theological and philosophical teaching, there are still issues that need to be further investigated. One of these issues has to do with his pneumatological teaching. The subject of this dissertation is not the theological or philosophical teaching of Barlaam in general, but the examination and clarification of the theological and philosophical prerequisities that shape his pneumatology. For this reason, and based primarily on the works he wrote, it is investigated how he uses his theological and philosophical sources, the anti-latin method he adopts, as well as the conditions and motives in his theological confrontation with saint Gregory Palamas. Without the already familiar information being repeated, a new interpretative approach to Barlaam’s pneumatology is proposed. This approach is linked, inter alia, to the clarification of his position on the use of philosophy in theology and to the examination of the historical conditions and factors influencing his thought and action during the ecclesiastical dialogue between East and West and the first phase of Hesychastic disputes.
Keywords:
Barlaam from Calabria, pneumatology, hesychastic disputes, anti-latin reasoning, ecclesiastical dialogue, reasons of beings.
