In March 1166 emperor Manuel I Komnenos summoned a council in Constantinople, during wich was discussed the interpretation of John 14:28, where Jesus states: «My Father is greater than I.» The interpretation of the synode was made official trough an edict promulgated in April the same year. The theological issue, concerning the relationship between the Father and the Son and the possible inferiority of the Son, had already been the subject of debate in the West and was introduced into the context of the Byzantine clergy by Demetrios of Lampe, an ambassador returning from a diplomatic mission. Political context is important in order to understand the motivations of Manuel: the emperor sought recognition from the papacy of his sovereignty over certain territories in southern Italy. In this light, he promoted a theological stance at the council that was aligned with that of the Church of Rome. This position was incorporated into the Synodikon of the Orthodox Church, while alternative interpretations that had emerged during the synod were condemned as heretical. The theological controversy was later revisited by Niketas Choniates in book 25 of his Panoplia Dogmatica. The main source used by Niketas for his account were the official Acts drafted during the council. The present work aims to analyze how Niketas Choniates received and reworked the tradition of the council Acts in his exposition of the Pater maior controversy. A systematic comparison will be carried out between the critical edition of the Ekthesis and the four principal manuscript witnesses of the Panoplia Dogmatica.
Nel marzo del 1166 l’imperatore Manuele I Comneno convocò un concilio a Costantinopoli, nel quale si discusse dell'interpretazione di Io. 14, 28, in cui Gesù afferma: «Pater maior me est». L'interpretazione del sinodo fu sancita ufficialmente attraverso un editto promulgato nell’aprile dello stesso anno. La questione teologica, concernente il rapporto tra il Padre e il Figlio e l’eventuale inferiorità del Figlio rispetto al Padre, era già oggetto di dibattito in Occidente e fu portata all’attenzione del clero costantinopolitano da Demetrio di Lampe, ambasciatore di ritorno da una missione diplomatica. Il contesto politico è fondamentale per comprendere le motivazioni di Manuele: l’imperatore aspirava infatti a ottenere dal papato il riconoscimento della propria sovranità su alcuni territori dell’Italia meridionale. Ragione per cui egli impose al concilio una posizione teologica affine a quella sostenuta dalla Chiesa di Roma. La dottrina affermata divenne parte del Synodikon della Chiesa Ortodossa, e le interpretazioni alternative emerse durante il sinodo furono condannate come eretiche. La questione teologica discussa nel concilio fu ripresa da Niceta Coniata nel libro 25 della sua Panoplia Dogmatica. La fonte principale utilizzata da Niceta per questa trattazione furono gli Atti redatti durante i lavori conciliari. Il presente contributo si propone di analizzare le modalità con cui Niceta Coniata recepisce e rielabora la tradizione degli Atti del concilio nella sua esposizione della controversia sul Pater maior, attraverso un confronto sistematico tra l’edizione di riferimento dell’Ekthesis e i quattro principali testimoni manoscritti della Panoplia Dogmatica.
La tradizione dell'Ekthesis del Concilio di Costantinopoli del 1166 nel libro 25 della Panoplia Dogmatica di Niceta Coniata
BERTELLI, RICCARDO
2024/2025
Abstract
In March 1166 emperor Manuel I Komnenos summoned a council in Constantinople, during wich was discussed the interpretation of John 14:28, where Jesus states: «My Father is greater than I.» The interpretation of the synode was made official trough an edict promulgated in April the same year. The theological issue, concerning the relationship between the Father and the Son and the possible inferiority of the Son, had already been the subject of debate in the West and was introduced into the context of the Byzantine clergy by Demetrios of Lampe, an ambassador returning from a diplomatic mission. Political context is important in order to understand the motivations of Manuel: the emperor sought recognition from the papacy of his sovereignty over certain territories in southern Italy. In this light, he promoted a theological stance at the council that was aligned with that of the Church of Rome. This position was incorporated into the Synodikon of the Orthodox Church, while alternative interpretations that had emerged during the synod were condemned as heretical. The theological controversy was later revisited by Niketas Choniates in book 25 of his Panoplia Dogmatica. The main source used by Niketas for his account were the official Acts drafted during the council. The present work aims to analyze how Niketas Choniates received and reworked the tradition of the council Acts in his exposition of the Pater maior controversy. A systematic comparison will be carried out between the critical edition of the Ekthesis and the four principal manuscript witnesses of the Panoplia Dogmatica.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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