2019 Theology Symposium - Gallery

With the blessing of our new College Dean, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, St Andrew’s College held its third biennial Theology Symposium on 20-21 September, 2019. The theme of this year’s Symposium was: ‘The Importance of Christology for the 21st Century’ and the two keynote speakers were, the Very Reverend Professors Demetrios Bathrellos and Gerald O’Collins. It goes without saying that Christology, namely the Church’s teaching on the person and saving work of Christ, constitutes the central and defining groundwork of all Christian faith, and therefore of theology, more broadly. For this reason, the Symposium provided a wonderful opportunity for serious reflection and worthwhile dialogue on this central tenet of the Christian faith. The hope of the College, namely that the proceedings over the two days, might make a viable and constructive contribution to theological scholarship, were most certainly realised, and for this, the College gives thanks to God for this wonderful initiative and opportunity.

Whilst His Eminence Archbishop Makarios was not able to be present, due to prior overseas commitments, he asked that a warm and cordial welcome be conveyed on his behalf to all present, together with his delight that the College symposia are able to reach out and seek to dialogue, in a spirit of shared witness to Christ, with scholars from different Christian Churches. Amongst other things, the Dean’s welcome, read by the Revd Anastasios Bozikis, Lecturer in Church History, noted: “I am particularly delighted with the main theme of this Symposium, as reflection on the person and work of Jesus Christ constitutes the starting-point end end-point of all theological discourse, it is the “Alpha and the Omega” (Rev 1:8) of all authentic theology. Not only can there be no Christian doctrine without Christology, since this is the central and defining teaching of Christian theology, but there can be no future for the Church without continued and constructive theological consideration to the risen and crucified Christ. We too are called to respond to the question asked by Christ on his way to Caesarea Philippi: “But who do you say that I am?” (Mt 16:15).”

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