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  • 2 - Byzantium

  • Norman Russell, University of Oxford
  • Book:
    Theosis and Religion
    Published online:
    07 March 2024
    Print publication:
    14 March 2024, pp 34-63

  • Summary

    The second chapter traces the post-patristic career of theosis in the Byzantine world from its role in the promotion of Chalcedonian Christology in the sixth century through to the definition (at the Constantinopolitan Council of 1351) of theosis as participation in the uncreated energies. A postscript explains why the Byzantine tradition was taken up in modern times not by the Greeks but by the Russians.

  • An embattled charismatic: assertiveness and invective in Niketas Stethatos’ Spiritual Centuries

  • Dirk Krausmüller
  • Journal:
    Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies / Volume 44 / Issue 1 / April 2020
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    19 February 2020, pp. 106-123
    Print publication:
    April 2020

  • The Stoudite monk Niketas Stethatos played an important role in the religious life of Constantinople. Of particular importance are his Spiritual Centuries. In-depth analysis of this text reveals that it not only contains teachings about various aspects of spirituality. Niketas also makes numerous statements about the role of the mystic within society, which have no precedent in earlier spiritual literature. These statements are surprisingly specific and reflect Niketas’ self-image as a charismatic, his attempts to establish himself as an authoritative teacher of the Constantinopolitan populace, and his bitter feuds with those who opposed his activities.