Kleronomia, vol. 1, issue B, July 1969, 431 pages.
The second issue of Kleronomia, of the Patriarchal Institute for Patristic Studies (Thessaloniki), includes eight studies, book reviews and the Chronicles.
W. Schneemelcher, presents (inGerman) the orthodox and evangelical views on patristic tradition, based on the correspondence between Lutheran theologians from Tubingen and the Patriarch of Constantinople Jeremiah II. According to the orthodox teaching, patristic Tradition is not merely a historical heritage of the past, but it is part of the work of the Holy Spirit which is active in the Church. In the Lutheran Reformation the issue of Tradition is based on the effort to deal with the distorted tradition of the Roman Church of that time.
G. Mantzaridis explores the ethical dimensions of the Trinitarian doctrine. Besides being a doctrinal teaching, it also constitutes the aim and the ontological significance of the life of the faithful. By living in Christ, the faithful are called to reach and feel in their lives the mystery of the loving relationship of the three persons of the Holy Trinity.
V. Pseutogas examines the authenticity of a particular text “on faith” of Meliton. After a literary presentation of the text, he concludes that this text does not belong to Ireneos, but is part of a complete work “on Christian faith” by Meliton.
D. Tsamis deals with the teaching on the golden rule of the Cappadocian Fathers, and of St. Gregory of Nyssa in particular, which has its origins in the Greek philosophy. The Christian understanding of the golden rule is an integral part of the theology of the Church and the entire life of Christianity.
T. Zisis presents a lengthy study on marriage based on the writings of St. John Chrysostom, looking into the purpose of marriage and its relation to celibacy.
E. Chryssos studies (in German) the works of Bishop Fakoundos of Ermiani, one of the most significant African church writers of the 6th century, who was against the ecclesiastical policy of the emperor Justinian. Through the study of his writings one sees clearly his faith in the authenticity of the ecumenical and other councils and the fact that he recognized other ecclesiastical authorities only if they followed the teachings of these councils.
V. Tatakis looks into thelife and work of hesychast Nicephore (13th century), who is seen as the follower of the ascetical “hesychia” of the first Christian centuries and also the predecessor of hesychasm of St. Gregory Palamas (14th century).
P. Christou continues the study on hesychasts, looking at the particularity of hesychasts from the area of Ioannina, who link hesychasm to human studies.
In the end we find reviews of Greek and foreign theological books as well as the chronicle of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the theological news of that time in Greece.