Serafim Seppälä- PhD
- Professor at University of Eastern Finland
Serafim Seppälä
- PhD
- Professor at University of Eastern Finland
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Serafim Seppälä works at the Philosophical Faculty, School of Theology, University of Eastern Finland.
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The first Church father writing in Arabic, Theodore Abu Qurrah, and the first Muslim author to compose a systematic refutation of Christianity, ʿAbd al-Jabbar, both apply the historical argument in order to prove or refute the truth of Christianity. Both agree that the first followers of a religion represent an ideal way of following their religion...
One of the ecumenically most problematic aspects in the history of the Orthodox Church is the anathemas of 431, 451 and especially the abrupt set of anathemas prescribed in 553, as several prominent Church fathers were condemned centuries after having passed away in peace with the Church. Most of them were authoritative or at least influential teac...
After the Shoah, the Catholic-Jewish dialogue has reached considerable intellectual depth, existential honesty, theological advancement and thematic width. The Orthodox Church, however, has hardly started its process of reconciliation. At the heart of the problem is the patristic argumentation on the forsakenness of the Jews, which in the Early Chu...
Ephrem the Syrian was the first one to mystify a Christian feast day. Could some of his views have been influenced by the Jewish Sabbath?
Studia Patristica, Peeters
Varhaiskirkon eettinen opetus vastarintaan, tappamiseen, armeijaan ja sotiin liittyvissä kysymyksissä on herättänyt poikkeuksellisen ristiriitaisia tulkintoja. Tässä artikkelissa hahmotellaan tuon opetuksen sisältöä ja kontekstia sekä erilaisiin tulkintoihin johtaneita syitä erityisesti ortodoksisen teologian viitekehyksessä. Aikarajaus on 100-luvu...
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the Orthodox Church was compelled to move its worship to online platforms. What does such a shift mean in terms of liturgical theology and ontology? To what extent, and in what sense, is participation possible online? How does the virtual space function as a liturgical space? What kind of ontological and aesthetic prob...
The verse “You have wrought salvation in the midst of the earth” (Ps. 74/73:12) occurs in numerous liturgical texts. This article examines how this verse has been understood by patristic authors from circa third to fifth centuries. The Hebrew original and its Jewish interpretations focus on God’s salvific acts in the world, in the eyes of all peopl...
Teoksen lähtökohta on tehdä luotauksia Bysantin kirjallisuuteen, ja sitä kautta esitellä erityisesti, mitä suomalaisessa bysanttilaisen kirjallisuuden tutkimuksen maailmassa nykyisin tapahtuu sekä millaisista näkökulmista ja millaisin metodein, bysanttilaiskauden aineistoja lähestytään.
Teoksen lähtökohta on tehdä luotauksia Bysantin kirjallisuuteen, ja sitä kautta esitellä erityisesti, mitä suomalaisessa bysanttilaisen kirjallisuuden tutkimuksen maailmassa nykyisin tapahtuu sekä millaisista näkökulmista ja millaisin metodein, bysanttilaiskauden aineistoja lähestytään.
During the last century, the Armenian Church and nation have lost most of their sacred spaces. One of the most peculiar cases is the history and afterlife of the khachkars (crossstones) of Julfa. The cemetery of Julfa was known for its endless unique khachkars and other monuments, constituting an exceptional sacred space in terms of spirituality an...
In their writings on Islam, John Damascene and Theodore Abu Qurrah, both authoritative patristic saints of the Orthodox Church, took an apologetic and polemic stand in defence of the Christian truth. In the modern interreligious discourse, however, the approach to Islam is rather diplomatic, concentrating on universal human values and common aspect...
The most important Greek film director of all times, Theo Angelopoulos is known for his leftist and humanist themes, but he was also influenced and inspired by the aesthetics of the Orthodox Church. In particular, Megalexandros (1980) is full of Orthodox and Byzantine ingredients. A three and half hour epic full of obscure symbolism from different...
As skilled rhetoricians, the early Christian preachers knew that in order to reach the hearts of their listeners, they need to know their operational environment, and use a language familiar to their audience. In a way, a modern scholar trying to interpret these homilies meets the same challenge: in order to understand homilies delivered more than...
In 2024, the publisher of PMFIA series (Foundation for the Finnish Institute of Athens) decided to re-publish all previous volumes of the series, earlier available in printed form only, in an open-access format. Simultaneously, the contributions have been re-licensed with Creative commons license standard CC BY-NC, now commonly used in scientific p...
The early patristic authors dealt with the idea of deification in varying circumstances, in relation to different questions, and in more than one language. This article examines Syriac and Greek discourses and vocabularies related to deification in Early Christian and Post-Chalcedonian sources, concentrating on the Syriac tradition, which is less s...
This paper discusses and analyses the memorial complex of Tsitsernakaberd in Yerevan as an architectural and symbolic entity in relation to Armenian national identity in the aftermath of the Armenian genocide of 1915. How does this Soviet-era structure fulfil its role as a genocide memorial today, including its function as a forced substitute for...
The article assesses the possibility that icons and other religious pictures may have influenced some expressions and ideas found in the Qur'an.
The article considers what Christian images may have been known in the Arabian Peninsula at the time of Muhammad, how they may have been present in the pre- and early Islamic milieu, and whether they may...
