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nomia are applicable to existence. Patristic cosmol- ogy was examined in light of the relational ontology. Furthermore, the study of lex orandi and lex creden- di considered the rise of doxological theology. The remainder of the course focused on the place of Trinitarian theology in ecclesiology and the impor- tance of history and eschatology, with the following key topics: (1) a hermeneutics of Resurrection, (2) cataphatic and apophatic theology; (3) the distinc- tion between ontology and epistemology, and (4) a study of Theologia and Oikonomia in science and art.
I. Introduction
II. Theologia, Oikonomia, Leitourgia: An Intro- duction
III. Welcoming Christ’s Nativity I: The Imma- nent Trinity and the Economic Trinity
IV. Welcoming Christ’s Nativity II: God existing in a Trinitarian way - Personal Otherness and Rela- tional Being in Theologia and Oikonomia
V. Welcoming Christ’s Nativity III: Creation and Creaturehood - The Many Logoi in the one Logos in the Perspective of Eucharistic Cosmology
VI. Welcoming Theophany I: The Trinity in the Divine Liturgy and Worship - Lex orandi et lex cre- dendi
VII. Welcoming Theophany II: The Emergence of Doxological Theology and the Contrast Between “Theologia” and “Oikonomia”
VIII. Welcoming the Feast of the Meeting of the Lord: The Importance of Christology and History
IX. Welcoming the Sunday of Orthodoxy: The place of Trinitarian theology in Ecclesiology - An Iconic Ontology
X. Welcoming Pentecost: The Holy Spirit in the Oikonomia and the Question of the Filioque
XI. Welcoming Pascha I: Revelation, the Impor- tance of History and Eschatology
XII. Welcoming Pascha II: A Hermeneutics of Resurrection
XIII. Welcoming the Feast of Ascension: Theolo- gia and Oikonomia in Science and Art
Prior to each class, participants were asked to contribute to the lectures by summarizing the previ- ous lecture, and contributions were made by the fol- lowing: Dr. Fr. Vasilije (Gavrilovic), Protodeacon Paul Germain, Deacon Philip Mayer, Reader Alek- sandar Bradic, Michael Odegaard, Dr. Jelena Bradic.
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