The Holy Trinity in the Life of the Church – Schedule

The Holy Trinity in the Life of the Church October 9 – 11, 2008 Brookline, Massachusetts The conference will be held on the campus of Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, Massachusetts on October 9-11, beginning Thursday afternoon at 5:00 p.m. with Vespers and ending with supper on Saturday.  The conference will be held in the Reading Room of the Archbishop Iakovos Memorial Library. Altogether, there will be 5 plenary session papers, 16 short communications, and one panel discussion. Please see the schedule below for a list of paper topics and times.  Registration is still open for those who may still wish to register for the conference (contact Dr. Bruce Beck, pappaspatristric@comcast.net.

To register, please send an email to Dr. Beck with your name, institutional affiliation, address, and phone number.  There will be a $75 registration fee for the conference, payable upon arrival. This fee will cover the registration fee and all meals and breaks during the conference.  Student registration fee is $25.00.

Thursday, October 09, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM Chapel Service: Vespers 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Dinner: Condakes Refectory 7:00 PM – 7:30 PM Opening Reception: Registration, Dowd Hall 7:30 PM – 7:45 PM Opening Remarks: Library Reading Room 7:45 PM – 9:00 PM Plenary Session: 1, Library Reading Room Professor Joseph T. Lienhard, S.J., Fordham University The Baptismal Command (Mt 28:19-20) and the  Doctrine of the Trinity Friday, October 10, 2008 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM Matins: Chapel 8:30 AM – 9:15 AM Breakfast: Condakes Refectory 9:15 AM – 9:30 AM Announcements: Library Reading Room 9:30 AM – 10:45 AM Plenary Session: 2, Library Reading Room Professor Khaled E. Anatolios, Weston Jesuit School of Theology Personhood, Communion, and the Trinity: A Reconsideration of some Patristic Sources 10:45 – 11:15 AM Break: Dowd Hall 11:15 – 12:00 PM Short Communication: 1 Dr. Antonia Atanassova, Boston College Trinity and Incarnation in St. Cyril of Alexandria’s Commentary on Luke Rick Brumback, Baylor University Monarchianism Reconsidered: Tertullian’s Trinitarian Monarchy in Adversus Praxean Bogdan G.  Bucur, Duquesne University Early Christian Binitarianism and Its Trinitarian Significance 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch: Condakes Refectory 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM Break: Free time; Bookstore and Library open 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM Short Communication: 2 Mark Tarpley, Southern Methodist University The Holy Trinity and Marriage in the Thought of Gregory of Nazianzus Dr. Athanasios Despotis M.A., University of Bonn Holy Trinity and justification in the patristic interpretation of Paul Matt Drever, University of Tulsa Being Conformed to the Image of the Trinity in the Body of Christ: Reflections on Augustine’s ‘On the Trinity’ 2:45 PM – 3:15 PM Break 3:15 PM – 4:30 PM Plenary Session: 3, Library Reading Room Rev. Dr. Christopher A. Beeley, Yale University Divinity School Beyond Nicaea:  Eusebius, Athanasius, and the Construction of Trinitarian Theology 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM Break 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM Chapel Service: Vespers 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Dinner: Condakes Refectory 7:15 PM – 8:30 PM Plenary Session: 4, Library Reading Room Rev. Dr. John A. McGuckin, Union Theological Seminary The Holy Trinity as the Dynamic of the World’s Salvation in the Greek Fathers Saturday, October 11, 8:30 AM – 9:15 AM Breakfast: Continental Breakfast 9:15 AM – 9:30 AM Announcements 9:30 AM – 10:45 AM Plenary Session: 5, Library Reading Room Professor Kathleen McVey, Princeton Theological Seminary Syriac Christian Tradition and Gender in Trinitarian Theology 10:45 – 11:15 AM Break 11:15 – 12:00 PM Short Communication: 3 Thomas Cattoi, Jesuit School of Theology Primacy Revisited: Recovering Different Dimensions of Trinitarian Theology in Light of the 2007 Ravenna Declaration David Dunn, Vanderbilt University, and Steven Sorrell, Davidson Academy On the Disappearance of the Spirit:  Pneumatology as Ecclesiology in Augustine of Dragos Andrei Giulea, Marquette University The Descent and Ascent of the Trinity: The Ladder-Model of the Presbyters of Asia Minor Sean Hannan The Essence of Relation: Eternity & Trinity in Augustine’s De Trinitate 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch: Condakes Refectory 1:30 PM – 2:15 PM Short Communication: 4 Sister Nonna Harrison, St. Paul School of Theology Gregory of Nyssa on the Trinity’s Activity in the Created World Dr. Paul Hartog, Faith Baptist Theological Seminary Polycarp’s Final Prayer:  Nascent ‘Trinitarian’ Worship in Early Church Life Dr. Vladimir  Kharlamov, Sioux Falls Seminary Trinitarian Interrelation in the Context of Metaphysical Application of the Deification Theme in Clement of Alexandria 2:15 PM – 2:45 PM Break 2:45 PM – 4:00 PM Panel Discussion: Library Reading Room 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM Short Communication: 5 Drew Maxwell, University of St. Michael’s College Poetic Fullness:  The Implications of St. Gregory the Theologian’s Comprehensive View of the Holy Spirit and Its Impact on the Modern Orthodox Church Dr. Edward Moore, St. Elias School of Orthodox Theology The Triadology of Theophilus of Antioch Dr. Mihail Neamtu, Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture The Infinity of God in St Gregory of Nyssa:  From Christology and Trinitarian Theology to the Ecclesial Life 4:45 PM – 5:00 PM Short Break 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM Chapel Service: Vespers 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Dinner: Condakes Refectory

Founded in 2003 by a generous grant from the late Stephen Pappas and his wife Catherine, the goal of the Pappas Patristic Institute is the advancement and promotion of primarily eastern patristic studies and education in the service of the academy and the Church.