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6 X 10.5 Long Title.P65 Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-86484-8 - The Cambridge Companion to Orthodox Christian Theology Edited by Mary B. Cunningham and Elizabeth Theokritoff Index More information Index Abgar, king of Edessa, Anthony (Bloom), Metropolitan of Abou Mrad, Nicolas, , Sourozh, , , , , Abraham, , , , , , Anthony of Egypt, St, , Adam, , , , , , , , , anthropic principle, , anthropology (theological), , , , Afanasiev, Nicholas, , , , – –, –, – , , , , , , Antichrist, , Agourides, Savas, , , Antioch, , , , , , , , –, , Aimilianos, Archimandrite (of , –, Simonopetra), apokatastasis (universal salvation), Alaska, , –, Alba Julia, Union of (), apophaticism, –, , , Albania, , , Apostolic Church of the East, Alexandria, , , , , , , , Aquinas, Thomas, , , Arab renaissance movement, Alexis Toth, St, Argenti, Cyrille, Alexy II, Patriarch of Moscow, Arius, Arianism, , , , , , Alivizatos, Hamilcar, , allegory, , Aristotle, Aristotelianism, Ambrose of Milan, St, Arjakovsky, Antoine, America, Orthodoxy in, , , , , Armenia, Church in, , , , , , , Amfilohije (Radovic´), Metropolitan of Arsenius (desert elder), Montenegro, Ascension, , Anastasios (Yannoulatos), Archbishop asceticism, , –, , , of Tirana and All Albania, , , Assyrian Church of the East, , , Atanasije (Jevtic´), Bishop of Zahumlje- Andrei Rublov, St, iconographer, Hercegovina, Andrey (Sheptytsky), Metropolitan, Athanasius the Great, St, , , , , , , , , , , , , , Anglican Church, , , , Anselm of Canterbury, , Athenagoras, © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-86484-8 - The Cambridge Companion to Orthodox Christian Theology Edited by Mary B. Cunningham and Elizabeth Theokritoff Index More information Index Athenagoras I, Patriarch of Bible, , –, –, , , Constantinople, , biblical scholarship, , , – Athos, Mt, , , , , , , , hermeneutic principles, –, , bishop, , , , , Atiyeh, Georges, Bobrinskoy, Boris, atonement, , Boehme, Jacob, , attributes, divine, , , Bolotov, Vladimir, and human virtue, , Bratsiotes, Panagiotes, Augsburg Confession, Breck, John, Augustine of Hippo, St, , , , Brest-Litovsk, Union of (), , Australia, Orthodoxy in, , Britain, Orthodoxy in, , autocephaly, , , , , brotherhoods, religious, , Averintsev, Sergei, , , , , Buber, Martin, Bukharev, Aleksandr (Archimandrite Ayuch, Daniel, Feodor), , Bulgakov, Sergius, , , , , , Balamand, Orthodox University of, , , –, , , , , , , , Balamand document, Bulgaria, , , , , , Balamand seminary: see St John of Butovo, , Damascus Institute of Theology Balashov, Nicholas, , Calvinism, , , Balthasar, Hans Urs von, Cappadocian fathers, , , , , , baptism, , , – , , , –, , , , Barlaam the Calabrian, , Barnes, Michel René, See also references under Basil the Barsanuphius and John of Gaza, Sts, Great, Gregory of Nazianzus, , , , , Gregory of Nyssa Bartholomew I, Patriarch of Cassian (Bezobrazoff), titular Bishop of Constantinople, , , Catania, , Basil (Krivochéine), Archbishop, catechesis, Basil (Osborne), Bishop of Amphipolis, Cavarnos, Constantine, Charlemagne, , Basil the Great, St, , , , , , , China, –, , , , Chrismation, , Liturgy of St Basil, , , Christian–Muslim Studies, Centre for Begzos, Marios, (Balamand, Lebanon), Behr, John, Christmas (Nativity), , , Behr-Sigel, Elisabeth, , , , Christology, , , , , , , , Beliakova, E. V., , , , , , , , Bendali, Costi, , Benedict of Nursia, St, Christ as King, , Berdyaev, Nicolas, , , , , Chrysostom: see John Chrysostom, St , Chryssavgis, John, , , , © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-86484-8 - The Cambridge Companion to Orthodox Christian Theology Edited by Mary B. Cunningham and Elizabeth Theokritoff Index More information Index Church, Orthodox understanding of, , Toledo III (), , , , , , , –, , Hiereia (: Iconoclast council), –, , , , –, , Lyons II (), , , – Ferrara/Florence (–), , , Church and state, , , , , , , Jassy (), , , Jerusalem (), Church Fathers, –, , , , , Moscow (–), , , , , , –, , , Clark, Victoria, Vatican II (–), , Clément, Olivier, , , , , –, creation, , , , –, , , , , Clement of Alexandria, , Creed, Nicene–Constantinopolitan, , Cleopa of Siha˘stria, elder, , , , , , , , , Coakley, Sarah, Cross, , , , , , , College of St Athanasius, Greek, Crusades, , , , Communism, –, , , – Cullmann, Oscar, confessionalism, culture, , , , Constans II, Byzantine emperor, Cyprian of Carthage, St, Constantine I, Emperor, , , , Cyril and Methodius, Sts, , , , Constantine V, Byzantine emperor, , Cyril Loukaris, Patriarch of Constantine VI, Byzantine emperor, Constantinople, , , Cyril of Alexandria, St, , , , , Constantinople, , , , , , , , , , , , , , Cyril of Scythopolis, as ‘New Jerusalem’, Coptic Church, , , Daniélou, Jean, councils, deaconess, councils, ecumenical, , , , , , deification, , , , , , , , , –, , , , , , , , Nicaea I (), , , , , , Constantinople I (), , , De Lubac, Henri, Ephesus (), , , , , Demetrius I, Patriarch of Chalcedon (), , , , , , Constantinople, , , , , , De Régnon, Théodore, Constantinople II (), , , , Diadochus of Photike, , dialogue, theological: see ecumenism Constantinople III (–), , diaspora, Quinisext (Council ‘in Trullo’)(), Didymus the Blind, , , , Dimitri Donskoi, St, Nicaea II (), , , , , , Diocletian, Emperor, Dionysius the Areopagite, , , , councils, other: , , , , Constantinople (), Dobroklonsky, A. 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Cunningham and Elizabeth Theokritoff Index More information Index Dobrotolyubie (Slavonic translation of eucharistic ecclesiology, , , , the Philokalia), , , , Dorotheus of Gaza, , Euchologion (prayer book), Dositheus, Patriarch of Jerusalem, European Union, , Dostoevsky, Fyodor, , , Eusebius of Caesarea, , Driscoll, Jeremy, Evagrius of Pontus, , , , –, , Easter/Pascha, , , , , Evdokimov, Paul, , –, , , Eastern Catholic, , , , , , –, – Eve, , , , ecclesiology: see Church, Orthodox Evlogy, Metropolitan, , understanding of evolution, Eckhart, Meister, , ecology, , , , , , , Fall of man, , , , –, Ecumenical Patriarch, , fasting, , see also Constantinople Father, God the, , , , , , ecumenism, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Monarchy of the Father, , , , , , – , Edict of Toleration at Milan, AD , Fedoroff, Nikolai, Ekaterinburg, Fedotov, George, , Elijah (Elias), Fellowship of St Alban and St Sergius, Environment, Day of the, , , , , Ephrem the Syrian, St, feminism, epiclesis, –, Feodorovna, Elizabeth, Epifanovich, S. L., Feuerbach, Ludwig, Eriugena, John Scotus, Fichte, Johann Gottlieb, Eros, Filaret, Metropolitan of Minsk, eschatology, , , , , , –, Filaret (Drozhdov), Metropolitan of , , , , , , – Moscow, , essence and energies, , , , , , filioque, , , , –, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Firsov, Sergei, Essex, Monastery (of St John the Florensky, Pavel, , , , , , Baptist, at Tolleshunt , , Knights), Florovsky, Georges, , , , , , ethics, , , , , , , , , , , , contrasted with ‘ethos’, , , , , , , , Ethiopia, , , , , Eucharist, , , , , , , , , Ford, David, , , , , , , , Foundoulis, Ioannis, , , Frank, Symeon, Eucharist and the Kingdom, freedom, , , , , , , , Eucharist and memory, , , –, © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-86484-8 - The Cambridge Companion to Orthodox Christian Theology Edited by Mary B. 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F., Germanos, St, Patriarch of Heidegger, Martin, , , , Constantinople, hell, –, , Ghana, , heresy, , , , , , Gillet, Lev, , , , Herman of Alaska, St, , Gilson, Étienne, Hesychasm, , , , , , , globalisation, , , , , gnosticism, , , hierarchy, , , , Godmanhood, Hierotheos(Vlachos),Metropolitan, Gogol, Nikolai, Hilborn, David, Gorbachev, Mikhael, holiness, , , , , , , Gorodetzky, Nadejda, communion of the saints, , grace and nature, , , , Holy Spirit, , –, , , , , Greece, , , , , , , , , , , , , , Greece, theology in, , , , –, , , acquiring the Holy Spirit as the goal Greek Enlightenment, of life, Greek Orthodox Theological Review, Holy Week, , , , homiletics, , Gregorios, Abbot of Docheiariou, Humanity of God (Bogochelove- Gregorius IV, Patriarch of Antioch, chestvo), , , , Hungary, Gregory I (the Great), Pope St, hypostasis, , , , , , , , Gregory XIII, Pope, , , , , , , , Gregory Akindynos, Gregory of Cyprus, St, , Gregory of Nazianzus, St, , , , Icon, , , , , –, , , , , , , , , , Iconoclasm, , , –, , iconostasis, , Gregory of Nyssa, St, , , , , , Ignatius IV (Hazim), Patriarch of , , , , , , Antioch, , , , , Gregory of Sinai, St, , Ignatius of Antioch, St, , Gregory Palamas, St, , , , , , Incarnation, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , –, , , –, –, , , , , , © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-86484-8 - The Cambridge Companion to Orthodox Christian Theology Edited by Mary B. 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