Photius der Grosse von Konstantinopel: Hauptkoordinaten seines Lebens und Werks; Grundgedanken und Schwerpunkte seiner theologischen Lehre
The Great Photius of Constantinople: Main coordinates of his life and work; rationale and focus of his theological doctrine

Summary/Abstract: Not any of the Church leaders have ever known like Fotius, both from his contemporaries and posterity, a so divided judgment. Whereas in the Roman-Catholic Church he is detested as a conceited and irresponsible intruder (being regarded as the ancestor of the schism named after him), he is however celebrated as a saint (just as the apostles) and ecumenical father within the Orthodox Church. The present research is dedicated to the presentation of the main aspects of Fotie of Constantinople`s life and work. A vast bibliography is used, from the classical works of Hergenröther and Dvornik to the best articles from the theological and intellectuality dictionaries concerned with the subject. The research achieves a critical presentation of the biography and of the most important ideas of his theological thinking. He was born in Constantinople, sometime between 810-820, in a noble family of Macedonian dynastic origin that suffered a lot during iconoclastic times of the emperors Leon V (813-820) and Teofil (829- 842). He was the son of the Sergiu, a civil servant from the imperial court and a close relative of both Irina and the ecumenical patriarch Tarasie. When he was about 20 years old Fotiea already became a professor at the Constantinople University. His vast erudition ensured him the possibility of teaching logics, dialectics, and theology, afterwards becoming first secretary, sword bearer and herald of the emperor in Orient.

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