Kleronomia, Volume 7, Issue A, July 1975, p. 237.
This issue of Kleronomia contains 11 interesting essays, important bibliographical news and a Chronicle.
George Bebis look into the term ‘bliss’ (evdaimonia), as the absolute aim of life according the Fathers of Eastern Tradition. In patristic thought the meaning of bliss, as the rest they are used (happiness, elation, pleasure etc), has the meaning of Christian truth, eschatological joy and pleasure, which the Christian enjoys after death. According to the Fathers the objective of bliss is the aim of life. The Beginning and the end of the process is God.
John Burke rebuts the view that the Paul’s (Samosateas) enemies -Paul had many followers in Syria and Antioch- were well educated Greeks. Additionally, he raises the question if Paul was an anti-Origenist.
Deacon K. Papadopoulos is referring to the Bishops of Latin Africa (Theodoretus of Cyrus and Kosmas Vestitor), who supported John Chrysostom during the schism created by his exile.
Ioan Coman describes the way by which John Kassianos and Dionysius the Small with their trips and their translations enriched South Europe with valuable elements of spirituality, reflection and eastern patristic humanism.
Emilian Popescu through the examination of the historical and legal sources proves that the passage which was used by the Patriarch Nikolaos III (1084-111), as Marcian’s law, was probably taken by Kings II 1,3 or from the title II of the Nomo-Canon of n’ titles, but he does not exclude the possibility the source to be the Synagogue of n’ titles.
Theodoros Zisis is examining the monastic orders and levels of perfection of Efstathios of Thessaloniki. Although Efstatios is not one of the big mystic theologians of the Orthodox Church, he makes an identification of the levels of perfection with the monastic orders.
Ernst Suttner is examining the ecumenical initiatives of the Catholic of Armenian Church Nerses, who is called Schnorhali (1166-1171). Nerses wrote a confession of faith in 1165, which was used in the theological dialogue between the Armenian Church and the Church of Constantinople in 1167. For that reason the well known theologian Theorianos was sent to Armenia.
Basileios Pseftogas is presenting two Homilies of an unnamed Bishop of Veria, which they are included in the Code 39 of the St. Gregory Monastery of Mountain Athos.
Michel Aubineau is discovering some of Chrysostom text which are not included in Panteleimon Codes of Mountain Athos, Add. 100, 4 and 5 and they are not referred in the catalogues made out by S. Lamprou.
Constantine Charalambidis is examining the meaning of ‘light’ in the Byzantine art, which is not simply an artistic element but it has eschatological dimensions and a metaphysical allegory. The author is analyzing the meaning of the light in the icon of Transfiguration.
Chr. Mavropoulou-Tasioumi is studying the miniatures of the Psalter, n.65 of St. Dionysios Monastery, a rare Psalter from an iconographic point of view, which is trying to present the course of the human soul after death.
After the bibliographical news (p. 175-222), there is a Chronicle regarding the 2nd International Conference of the Society of Canon Law of the Eastern Churches.