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Deification and Knowledge in DionysiusIn Dionysius the Areopagite between Orthodoxy and Heresy, Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 43-57. 2011.
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4Визуелни аспект обожења по Дионисију АреопагитуZbornik Radova Vizantološkog Instituta 47 39-54. 2010.One of the thinkers who intellectually consolidated deification and gave it a solid doctrinal basis, which has remained fundamentally important until today, was (Pseudo)-Dionysius the Areopagite. His entire thought was dedicated to the deification of all creation, and ultimate goal was "the cloud of unknowing", in which the soul, following the ascending path of apophatic theology, reaches mystical union with God. The ascending process starts with material objects, symbols, through which God mani…Read more
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15The Ecclesiology of Dionysius the AreopagiteInternational Journal for the Study of the Christian Church 11 (1): 27-44. 2011.This article explores the ecclesiological views of Dionysius the Areopagite through the examination of his Ecclesiastical Hierarchy, where he discusses the hierarchical ranks and sacraments, and of his Letter VIII to monk Demophilus, which is important for Dionysius's understanding of hierarchical organisation and discipline. These issues are put in the context of other important questions of the Areopagite's thought, such as his symbolic theory, the character of deification and the role of know…Read more
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46De Potentia Dei: Some Western and Byzantine PerspectivesThe European Legacy 13 (1): 1-11. 2008.One of the questions that presented itself with the rise and development of the Christian faith was the problem of divine omnipotence. By resolving the problem of divine power, it became possible to explain many focal problems of mankind and the world, including, for example, the problem of the existence of evil, or of suffering. This article deals with two perspectives on this problem. Usually, the eleventh-century theologian Peter Damiani is pointed to as a pioneer and originator of the discus…Read more
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40Знање и традиција код Климента АлександријскогFilozofija I Društvo 24 (2): 264-274. 2013.One of the most important exponents of the School of Alexandria, Clement of Alexandria (ca. 150. – ca. 215.) is the author of a famous trilogy, consisting of Protrepticus, Paedagogus, and Stromata, which correspond to the three ways of acting of the Logos, namely to convert the pagans to the true faith, to cure the soul from passions, and to uplift the soul to the methodic and intellectual life of spiritual perfection. Logos thus acts through exhortation, training, and teaching. Clement consider…Read more
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6Ancient Glory and New Mission: The Serbian Orthodox ChurchStudies in World Christianity 14 (3): 220-232. 2008.
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1Ancient EROS and Medieval AGAPE: the Concept of Love in Plato and Maximus the ConfessorIn Konstantinos Boudouris & Maria Adam (eds.), Greek Philosophy and the Issues of Our Age II, Ionia Publications. pp. 93-114. 2009.
Filip Ivanovic
Center for Hellenic Studies
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University of MontenegroAssistant Research Professor
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Center for Hellenic StudiesExecutive Director
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Department of Philosophy & Religious Studies
PhD, 2014