The conference had three locations. On March 16, 2023, the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas – Angelicum. The next day, the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross. And the closing day, the University of Notre Dame – Rome Global Gateway.<\/p>\n
The conference counted also on the support of Tantur Ecumenical Institute (University of Notre Dame \u2013 Jerusalem) and McDonald Agape Foundation.<\/p>\n
Serge-Thomas Bonino gave the opening conference, on The Trinity di T.J. White, o.p. Un modello di tomismo vivente<\/em>. In line with ROR\u2019s relational approach, in the following conferences speakers from distinct Christian denominations presented their reading of T.J. White\u2019s book.<\/p>\n Rowan Williams spoke of Divine simplicity. What does it mean to say that God is One? From this Anglican voice came the view that Aquinas\u2019 discussion of the divine simplicity, at the head of what can be said of divine Unity, opens ways to an understanding of Trinity that establishes the basis of a genuinely relational ontology.<\/p>\n Giulio Maspero presented an Ecumenical Relational Ontology in Dialogue with Thomism, where he followed the path of a Cappadocian reading of Aquinas. Isidoros Katsos was the challenging voice of the Orthodox Church of Greece, whose attentive analysis illustrated how a superficial reading of T.J. White\u2019s The Trinity<\/em> can drive away Orthodoxy, while a profound and empathetic reading can be an effective bridge builder.<\/p>\n From Gen\u00e8ve came Christophe Chalamet, who looked at T.J. White\u2019s work from a precise angle: How does this theology correspond to the Scriptural witness? After him, Marcus Plested cordially shared the impression of the implacable progress of the Thomist machine<\/em> that he experienced with this new volume of the Thomistic Ressourcement Series<\/em>, and proceeded with a dialogue between T.J. White\u2019s approach and his own reading from the perspective of Patristic and Byzantine Theology, namely following Gregory Palamas.<\/p>\n The concluding dialogue was introduced by Khaled Anatolios, co-organizer of the conference.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.relationalontology.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/52753591458_0e04712d0c_c.jpg\")
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