Greek Tradition and Latin Influence in the Work of George Scholarios: Alone Against All of Europe"Greek Tradition and Latin Influence in the Work of George Scholarios is a study of the work and the career of the theologian and diplomat George Scholarios, who, under the name Gennadios II, became the first Ecumenical Patriarch of the Orthodox Church during the period of Ottoman Rule." "Scholarios played an important role in East-West dialogues, including the Council of Ferrara Florence in 1438-39. This book provides a fresh look at some of the cultural misunderstandings that took place in the Council and related dialogues. Modern Scholars have long acknowledged that Byzantine and Western theology held very different views on doctrines as important as Atonement and Original Sin, yet fifteenth-century theologians and diplomats did not address these issues. The present study attempts to understand this discrepancy between how modern scholars have described the Fifteenth Century and how people in the Fifteenth Century viewed themselves."--BOOK JACKET. |
