Nyíregyháza, Hungary, September 13-15, 2022
The first activity promoted by Relational Ontology Research (ROR) group in the academic year 2022-2023 was the Workshop on the background of the first Council of Nicaea: open questions.
The workshop was organized by the Saint Athanasius Greek Catholic Theological Institute in collaboration with the Pontificio Istituto Orientale and the Pontificia Università della Santa Croce, through ROR. It was held at the Saint Athanasius Greek Catholic Theological Institute, in Nyíregyháza, Hungary, from 13 to 15 September.
Participants were invited to examine the philosophical, theological, and political background of the First Council of Nicaea. The proceedings will be published in the Eastern Theological Journal.
The main goals of the workshop were the following: to explore new aspects of research in Christology, to facilitate the progress of research to be presented at the workshop and several international academic meetings by 2025, in the 1700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea, to form an ecumenical research group, with as many participating scholars from different Christian denominations as possible, to attract young researchers, Licentiate and PhD students to the project, to advance the academic results of research and strengthen personal connections, in order to serve God’s plan of salvation to promote world peace and to stop the persecution of Christians.
The opening and welcome were addressed by the Most Rev. Fülöp Kocsis, Metropolitan Archbishop of the Archeparchy of Hajdúdorog, by the Dean of Ecclesiastical Studies from the Pontificio Istituto Orientale, Željko Paša SJ, and by the Rector of the Saint Athanasius Greek Catholic Theological Institute, Tamás Véghseö.
Followed Marco Rizzi, from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore at Milan, with a lectio magistralis on Dalla Bibbia alla storia: Eusebio di Cesarea tra politica e cristologia.
During the three days of the workshop, dialogue emerged from the perspectives offered by the following contributors: László Odrobina (Saint Athanasius Greek Catholic Theological Institute), István Bugár (University of Debrecen), Vito Limone (Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan), Ágnes Tóth-Mihálykó (University of Oslo / Austrian Academy of Sciences), Daniel Galadza (Pontificio Istituto Orientale), Daniele Iezzi (Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan), Giulio Maspero (Pontificia Università della Santa Croce), Matteo Monfrinotti (Pontificio Ateneo Sant’Anselmo, Rome), Miklós Gyurkovics (Saint Athanasius Greek Catholic Theological Institute), Veronika Černušková (Palacký University, Olomouc), Joseph S. O’Leary (Sophia University, Tokyo), Csaba Ötvös (University of Debrecen), Tibor Görföl (Saint Athanasius Greek Catholic Theological Institute), Paolo Colizzi (Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan), Zoltán Szegvári (Saint Athanasius Greek Catholic Theological Institute), Ilaria Vigorelli (Pontificia Università della Santa Croce), Ágoston Péter Bagyinszki OFM (Sapientia College of Theology of Religious Orders, Budapest), Attila Puskás (Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest), Krisztián Vincze (Saint Athanasius Greek Catholic Theological Institute).
At the end, Željko Paša offered some reflections and plans for future workshops, and István Seszták presented the conclusions of the current workshop.
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