Research Catalog

Title

The ecclesiology of St. Nicephorus I (758-828), Patriarch of Constantinople : pentarchy and primacy / Patrick O'Connell, S.J., Professor of the Pontifical Oriental Institute.

Author

O'Connell, Patrick, 1920-1997

Publication

Roma : Pont. Institutum Studiorum Orientalium, 1972.

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Description

xx, 231 pages; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Orientalia Christiana analecta ; 194

Uniform Title

Orientalia Christiana analecta ; 194.

Subject

• Nicephorus, Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople
• Theodore, Studites, Saint, 759-826
• Nicéphore, saint, patriarche de Constantinople, approximately 758-829
• Nicéphore <saint, patriarche de Constantinople, ca 758-829>
• Orthodox Eastern Church > Catholic Church
• Catholic Church > Orthodox Eastern Church
• Council of Nicaea 787 : Nicaea, Turkey)
• Easter Synod of Hagia Sophia (815)
• 600-1500
• Patriarchs and patriarchate > Byzantine Empire
• Church > History of doctrines > Middle Ages, 600-1500
• Bishops > Byzantine Empire
• Church history > 8th century
• Church history > 9th century
• Councils and synods, Ecumenical
• Byzantine Empire > Church history

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages xiii-xx).

Contents

Introduction -- Political and theological background -- Conciliar background: The Council of Hieria (754) ; The Ecumenical Council: Nicaea II (787) ; The Council of St Sophia of 815 -- The idea of the pentarchy: the five patriarchs in Byzantine thought before Nicephorus -- Life and theological writings of Nicephorus -- The ecumenical letter to Pope Leo III (811) -- The church and the economy of salvation -- The church the place of God's revelation -- Ecumenical councils -- The five patriarchs -- St. Peter and the primacy of Rome -- Conclusion: Patriarch and monastic leader, Theodore Studites: two ecclesiologices or one?

LCCN

74155920

OCLC

• ocm00836130
• 836130
• SCSB-5273663

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries