Filioque essay
I have attached a paper written for my Master’s Degree entitled: “Discuss the filioque in the background of Orthodox ecclesiology, the theology of deification and the Orthodox Biblical exegetical methodology.” It received a good mark but there were questions as to how well is represents the Orthodox view on things. Feel free to raise any critiques of it.
Themes in Orthodox Theology
2 May, 2008 at 7:47 pm
[...] No Room for Compromise Concerning the Filioque 2 05 2008 Monk Patrick posted a paper well worth your time considering a possible solution to the filioque question. You can read the paper on his blog Sacred Traditions. [...]
5 May, 2008 at 1:02 am
Fr. Patrick,
I appreciate you posting this paper on your blog. I was wondering what are your thoughts concerning Metropolitan Killistos Ware’s recent conclusions on the filioque which is that he no longer sees the filioque as a theological problem for the west.
Thanks you,
Joseph Patterson
7 May, 2008 at 7:24 pm
Joseph,
Christ is risen!
I haven’t read Metropolitan Kallistos’ conclusions so I cannot really comment on them properly at this stage. I would need to find out what he means by theological problem and who exactly does he mean by “the west”. Perhaps, the issues that I raised in the essay have be sorted out but I haven’t seen any other indication of this. Metropolitan Kallistos is in much better position to gauge this than I am. I don’t get to see him very often and when I do we tend to discuss other matters but perhaps I will find a moment to get a better idea of his conclusions.
Patrick, the least of monks.
7 May, 2008 at 7:50 pm
Indeed He is Risen!
I look forward to hearing about your possible future discussion with Metropolitan Kallistos. Thank you.