Very Rev. Amphilohios Papantoniou

Staff Position:

Associate Lecturer in Theology (Patristic Studies)

Biography:

Very Revd Fr Amphilohios Papantoniou is a graduate of St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College, receiving his Bachelor of Theology in 2001. Anthony continued postgraduate studies in Theology graduating from the Sydney College of Divinity with a Master of Theology in 2002 and a Master of Theology with Honours in 2008. He completed the Master of Philosophy research degree in the department of Studies in Religion at the University of Sydney, exploring the historical development of the principle of theandricity in Byzantine Christology. He has published several articles both in referred and non-referred journals and is associate lecturer in Patristic Studies at St Andrew’s.

Academic Classification: Associate Lecturer, MPhil (Sydney, 2019), MTh Hons (SCD 2008), MTh (SCD 2002), BTh (SCD 2001)

E-mail: [email protected]

Employment Status: Sessional

Subject Area: Theology (Patristic Studies)

Current Research: Theandricity in Byzantine Christology

Chapters in Books

‘Features of the Theandric Mystery of Christ in St Gregory the Theologian.’ In Doru Costache and Philip Kariatlis (eds.). Cappadocian Legacy: A Critical Appraisal (Sydney: St Andrew’s Orthodox Press, 2013): 315-327.

Articles in Refereed Journals

‘The Theandric Mystery in Byzantine Christology,’ Studii Teologice 3 (2009): 177-196.

‘The Person and Event of Jesus Christ: An Eastern Orthodox Critique of Bishop John Shelby Spong’s Interpretation of the Christ Experience,’ Inter 2:1-2 (2008): 389-407.

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‘The Mystery of the Human Person in Orthodox Theology: Some Reflections,’ Phronema 19 (2004): 59-77.

Non-Reviewed Articles

‘A Critique of Bishop John Shelby Spong’s Approach to the Mystery of God.’ The Greek Australian VEMA June (2011): 16/34.

‘The Christology of St Cyril of Alexandria.’ The Greek Australian VEMA November (2009): 14/32.

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‘An Asymmetrical Christology or Christological ‘Symmetry’? An Orthodox Perspective on the Divinity and Humanity of Jesus Christ.’ The Greek Australian VEMA October (2009): 4/22.

‘St Nicholas Cabasilas and the Life in Christ, Part 2.’ The Greek Australian VEMA July (2009): 14/32.

‘St Nicholas Cabasilas and the Life in Christ, Part 1.’ The Greek Australian VEMA June (2009): 8/26-9/27.

‘The Mystery of the Theandric Christ.’ The Greek Australian VEMA October (2008): 6/24.

‘Jesus Christ: Fully Divine, Fully Human, and the Mystery of Salvation.’ The Greek Australian VEMA August (2008): 16/34.

‘The Historical Jesus and the Ecclesial Christ: An Orthodox Hermeneutical Perspective.’ The Greek Australian VEMA June (2008): 14/32.

‘Principles of Biblical Interpretation in Orthodox Theology.’ The Greek Australian VEMA May (2008): 14/32.

‘Praying the Scriptures in Orthodox Worship: Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women, Mark 15: 43-16:8.’ The Greek Australian VEMA May (2006): 9/27.

Book Reviews in Refereed Journals

‘The Cult of the Saints, St John Chrysostom,’ translated by Wendy Mayer with Bronwen Neil (Crestwood, New York: SVS Press, 2006), Phronema 23 (2008): 91-92.

(co-reviewed with the Very Revd Dr Doru Costache) Inter: Romanian Review for Theological and Religious Studies 1, 1-2 (2007). Romanian Institute for Inter-Orthodox, Inter-Confessional and Inter-Religious Studies, Cluj-Napoca, 2007, Phronema 22 (2007): 81-90.

Conference Papers

‘Exploring the Principle of Theandricity in Byzantine Christology,’ Studies in Religion Research Seminars (University of Sydney; 12 April 2014).

‘The Theandric Mystery of Christ in St Cyril of Alexandria,’ St Andrew’s Patristic Symposium (SAGOTC Redfern, NSW; 20 September 2013).

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'Features of the Theandric Unity of Christ in St Athanasius' Letter to Epictetus,' St Andrew’s Patristic Symposium 2012 (SAGOTC, Redfern NSW; 28 September, 2012).

‘Christological insights from St Gregory the Theologian’s Letters to Cledonius,’ St Andrew’s Patristic Symposium 2010 (SAGOTC, Redfern NSW: 29 September, 2010).

‘Christological features in the thought of St Basil,’ St Andrew’s Patristic Symposium 2009 (SAGOTC, Redfern NSW: 30 September, 2009).

Conferences Attended

From Alexandria to Cappadocia and Back Again, St Andrew’s Patristic Symposium. SAGOTC Redfern, NSW; 26-27 September 2014.

St Cyril of Alexandria, St Andrew’s Patristic Symposium. SAGOTC Redfern, NSW; 20-21 September 2013.

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St Athanasius the Great, St Andrew’s Patristic Symposium. SAGOTC Redfern, NSW; 28-29 September, 2012.

St Gregory of Nyssa, St Andrew’s Patristic Symposium. SAGOTC Redfern, NSW; 31 August – 28 September, 2011.

St Gregory the Theologian or The Theology of Poetry, St Andrew’s Patristic Symposium, SAGOTC Redfern, NSW; 1 September – 6 October, 2010.

St Basil the Great: History, Theology and Perennial Significance, St Andrew’s Patristic Symposium, SAGOTC Redfern, NSW; 2 September – 7 October, 2009.

Occasional Lectures

‘Monoenergism, Monothelitism and the Christological Contribution of St Maximus the Confessor’ in T7382A Early Byzantine Patristic Theology, SAGOTC Redfern, NSW; 20 May 2015.

‘The Christology of St Cyril of Alexandria before the Nestorian Controversy’ in T7382A Early Byzantine Patristic Theology, SAGOTC Redfern, NSW; 18 March 2015.

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‘St Nicholas Cabasilas and the Life in Christ’ in T7383 Later Byzantine Patristic Theology, SAGOTC Redfern, NSW; 5 November 2014.

‘The Christology of St John of Damascus and Iconography’ in T7383 Later Byzantine Patristic Theology, SAGOTC Redfern, NSW; 5 September 2014.

‘An Overview of St Cyril’s Christology’ in T7382A Early Byzantine Patristic Theology, SAGOTC Redfern, NSW; 26 March 2014.

‘The Reception of St Cyril’s Christology in Neo-Chalcedonian Christology’ in T7382A Early Byzantine Patristic Theology, SAGOTC Redfern, NSW; 2 April 2014.

‘Key-terms in Cyrillian Christology,’ in Early Byzantine Patristic Theology (Fourth to Seventh Centuries), MA Intensive Course Unit, St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College, July 2009.

‘St John Damascene’s Christology,’ in Later Byzantine Patristic Theology (Eighth to Fourteenth Centuries), BTh Course Unit, St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College, March 2009.

‘Defining Ecclesial Tradition: St Irenaeus of Lyons,’ in Early Christian Patristic Theology (Second to Fourth Centuries), MA Intensive Course Unit, St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College, January 2009.

‘Mia Physis: A Powerful Christological Statement,’ in Early Byzantine Patristic Theology (Fourth to Seventh Centuries), BTh Course Unit, St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College, September 2008.

‘Soteriological Aspects in St Nicholas Cabasilas,’ in Later Byzantine Patristic Theology (Eighth to Fourteenth Centuries), BTh Course Unit, St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College, May 2008.

‘Defining Ecclesial Tradition: St Irenaeus of Lyons,’ in Early Christian Patristic Theology (Second to Fourth Centuries), BTh Course Unit, St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College, March 2008.

‘The Life in Christ according to St Nicholas Cabasilas,’ in Later Byzantine Patristic Theology (Eighth to Fourteenth Centuries), MA Intensive Course Unit, St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College, July 2007