Communion and Otherness Further Studies in Personhood and the Church

by Zizioulas, John D.; McPartlan, Paul; Williams, Rowan

• ISBN13: 9780567031488
• ISBN10: 0567031489
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-01
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T & T Clark

Summary

'Communion and otherness: how can these be reconciled?' In this wide-ranging study, the distinguished Orthodox theologian, Metropolitan John (Zizioulas) of Pergamon, seeks to answer that question. In his celebrated

Author Biography

John D. Zizioulas, Metropolitan of Pergamon, Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Glasgow and Visiting Professor at King's College, London

Table of Contents

Foreword<	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Introduction: Communion and Otherness	p. 1
On Being Other: Towards an Ontology of Otherness	p. 13
Introduction	p. 13
Otherness and the Being of Creation	p. 14
The Gulf between Uncreated and Created Being	p. 14
Bridging the Gulf of Otherness	p. 19
Otherness and the Being of God	p. 32
Otherness and the Being of Christ	p. 36
Otherness and the Being of the Church	p. 38
Otherness and the Human Being	p. 39
Otherness as Constitutive of the Human Being	p. 39
Otherness as the Tragedy of the Human Being	p. 43
Otherness and the Self	p. 43
Otherness and Nature	p. 55
Otherness and the 'New Being'	p. 63
Otherness and the Logos of Nature	p. 63
Otherness and Uniqueness	p. 68
Otherness and Eros	p. 70
Otherness and Ecclesial Existence	p. 75
Otherness and the Ascetic Ethos	p. 81
Otherness and the Eucharistic Ethos	p. 88
On Being a Person: Towards an Ontology of Personhood	p. 99
The Personal Question as an Ontological Question	p. 100
Presuppositions for an Ontology of Personhood	p. 103
Conclusions for an Ontology of Personhood	p. 110
The Father As Cause: Personhood Generating Otherness	p. 113
The Patristic Background	p. 113
The Early Creeds	p. 113
The Cappadocians	p. 118
In Defence of the Cappadocians	p. 123
Being and Personhood	p. 124
Causality and Communion	p. 126
Causality and the Ultimate Reality in God	p. 134
Causality and Ordering	p. 137
Consequences for Anthropology	p. 140
Consequences for Ecclesiology	p. 145
Consequences for Monotheism	p. 149
The Trinity and Personhood: Appreciating the Cappadocian Contribution	p. 155
Introduction	p. 155
The Historical Context	p. 156
Sabellianism	p. 156
Eunomianism	p. 159
The Philosophical Implications	p. 161
The Anthropological Consequences	p. 165
Conclusion	p. 168
Person and Individual - a 'Misreading' of the Cappadocians?	p. 171
Pneumatology and the Importance of the Person: A Commentary on the Second Ecumenical Council	p. 178
Introduction	p. 178
From Nicaea to Constantinople: The Crucial Issues and the New Theological Ideas	p. 180
The Establishment of the Dialectic between 'Created' and 'Uncreated'	p. 180
The Questioning of the Substantialist Language and the Emergence of the Notion of Person	p. 182
The Emergence of Doxological Theology and the Contrast between 'Theologia' and 'Oikonomia'	p. 187
Important Points of the Pneumatology of the Second Ecumenical Council	p. 190
The Holy Spirit Is God	p. 190
The Holy Spirit Proceeds from the Father	p. 192
From Constantinople to Today	p. 196
Conclusion	p. 204
Human Capacity and Human Incapacity: A Theological Exploration of Personhood	p. 206
Introduction	p. 206
The Substantialist Approach	p. 208
Personhood as Ekstasis and Hypostasis of Being	p. 212
Personhood in the Light of Christology and Pneumatology	p. 237
Conclusion	p. 248
'Created' and 'Uncreated': The Existential Significance of Chalcedonian Christology	p. 250
The Appearance of the Created-Uncreated Dialectic	p. 250
The Existential Significance of the Created-Uncreated Dialectic	p. 255
Transforming the Created-Uncreated Dialectic by Christology	p. 259
Some Problems for Further Discussion	p. 263
The Meaning of Death	p. 263
The Question of the Immortality of the Soul	p. 265
The Salvation of the World by Christ	p. 265
A Dialogue with Philip Sherrard	p. 270
The Letter of Dr Sherrard	p. 270
The Response of Dr Zizioulas	p. 272
The Meaning of Nothingness	p. 273
God as Creator by Necessity	p. 275
Misunderstandings of the Concept of 'Nature'	p. 276
The Theme of the Immortality of the Soul	p. 279
Epilogue to the Discussion	p. 283
The Church As the 'Mystical' Body of Christ: Towards an Ecclesial Mysticism	p. 286
Introduction	p. 286
The 'Body of Christ'as a 'Mystical' Notion	p. 289
Eucharistic Mysticism	p. 296
Prophetic or Word Mysticism	p. 298
Ministerial Mysticism	p. 300
Ascetic or Monastic Mysticism	p. 301
Conclusions	p. 306
List of Sources	p. 308
Index of Names	p. 310
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