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Gennadius II ( Greek: Γεννάδιος; lay name: Γεώργιος Κουρτέσιος Σχολάριος, Georgios Kourtesios Scholarios; c. 1400 – c. 1473) was a Byzantine Greek philosopher and theologian, and Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1454 to 1464. He was a strong advocate for the use of Aristotelian philosophy in the ...
Aristotelianism. Neoplatonism. Gennadios II Scholarios (born c. 1405, Constantinople—died c. 1473) was the first patriarch of Constantinople (1454–64) under Turkish rule and the foremost Greek Orthodox Aristotelian theologian and polemicist of his time. Scholarios became expert in European philosophy and theology and was called “the ...
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Feb 27, 2012 · Gennadius II Scholarius (né Georgios) was Patriarch of Constantinople from 1454 to 1464, the first patriarch following the Fall of Constantinople in 1453, philosopher and theologian, was one of the last representatives of Byzantine learning, and a strong advocate of Aristotelian philosophy and the philosophy of Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) in ...
Gennadios II Scholarios or Gennadius II (in Greek, Γεννάδιος Β') (lay name Georgios Kourtesios Scholarios, in Greek, Γεώργιος Κουρτέσιος Σχολάριος) (ca. 1400 –ca. 1473), Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1454 to 1464, philosopher and theologian, was one of the last representatives of Byzantine learning, and a strong advocate of Aristot...
Gennadius II ( Greek: Γεννάδιος; lay name: Γεώργιος Κουρτέσιος Σχολάριος, Georgios Kourtesios Scholarios; c. 1400 – c. 1473) was a Byzantine Greek philosopher and theologian, and Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1454 to 1464. He was a strong advocate for the use of Aristotelian philosophy in the ...
SCHOLARIOS, GENNADIOS (c. 1400 – 1478), born Georgios Scholarios and also known as Georgios Kourtesios, was a patriarch of Constantinople (1454 – 1456; 1463; 1464 – 1465), educator, philosopher, theologian, and defender of Orthodox Christianity.
The very names of Scholarius have given rise to some discussion. His baptismal name of « George » was exchanged for the monastic name of « Gennadius ». But the name « Kourteses » appears in some of his early works and Bones suggests that this is a courtly and. alternatively it may have been a metronymic.
