Eschatology in Neo-Patristic Synthesis
Eschatology in Neo-Patristic Synthesis

Summary/Abstract: Through the elements highlighted in this study, we can say that the method and content of the 19th century Orthodox Dogmatics - influenced by the structure and content of the Western, Roman Catholic and Protestant dogmatics - were overcome in the neo-Patristic synthesis of the 20th century. First of all, the Orthodox theologians have understood that eschatology is not an autonomous chapter of Dogmatics, separated from the other chapters and placed at the end of Orthodox Dogmatic structure, but it must represent the “ferment” that guides the theological discourse towards the experience of the Kingdom of God within the Church and Mysteries as a pledge of future ones. Secondly, eschatology was viewed and expressed as an essential dimension of the Church life and spirituality, being experienced in the Mysteries of the Church, as well as in the presence of the Holy Trinity in the Church. Thirdly, the eschatology was viewed in correlation with the culture of the past, the Orthodox theologians attempting to show that culture, history and cosmos are not abandoned by the Church, on one hand, and on the other hand to express the correct relationship between eschatology and culture, based on the worship-culture relation from the perspective of Revelation.

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