Kleronomia, Vol. 2, issue B, July 1970, 469 pages.

This Issue of the Journal Kleronomia includes nine (9) academic studies.

P. Evdokimov examines (in French) the dialectics of liberty and power.

Basil Laurdas studies (in English) the intellectual class, scholars and state functionaries in Byzantine society, who served the state in various ways. In spite of their service to the state they often came into conflict with it and suffered persecutions.

Pan. Nellas researches the meaning of the term “icon”, which holds a particular place in Greek philosophy as well as in biblical and patristic theology. He focuses his attention on the study of Christological anthropology which finds its essence in the liturgical, ascetic and Eucharistic life.

K. Girardet embarks on an investigation (in German) of the terms “philologist” and “philosophize” in patristic texts of the 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th centuries. He focuses his attention on Alexandrian School authors, who employ these terms to denote knowledgeable people and readers of the Holy Gospel.

Ath. Theocharis examines the influence of the passage of Par. 8:22 (Paroemiae) in the Christological conflicts of the 4^th century.

J. Straub studies (in German) the condemnation of the Three Chapters by Pope Virgil in his second letter to the Patriarch of Constantinople Eutychius and the second Constitutum. All texts are attached to the end of the article.

J. Schmithals makes (in German) important observations with corrections on the information of A. Ehrhard about the Vlatad Code 54 (content and name).

Then follow numerous book critiques and the Ecumenical Patriarchate Chronicles by Archimandrite Bartholomew Archontonis (the current Ecumenical Patriarch).