Section 05: The Writings
The section surveying St. Nektarios’ prolific output — more than fifty works of theology, ethics, pastoral guidance, history, and hymnography — and the particular question of the Marian hymn Agni Parthene attributed to him. The two files cover the theological corpus (the Christian Ethics, the Christology, the Poimantike, the studies on the East–West schism, the Theotokarion) and the Agni Parthene question, handled with full attestation: the secure attribution of the text, the Aegina tradition of its visionary origin, and the later Athonite melody that is not the saint’s.
Tradition: Greek Orthodox (canonized 1961)
Contents
| File | Topic |
|---|---|
| The Theological Corpus | The breadth of his output: the Ecclesiastical Discourses, the Christian Ethics (1897), the Christology (1900), the Poimantike and its defense of learning, the studies on the causes of the schism (Why the Pope and His Followers Separated), the Theotokarion (1905); the bishop-scholar uniting piety and erudition |
| The Agni Parthene Question | The hymn Agni Parthene (O Virgin Pure), first printed in the 1905 Theotokarion; the secure attribution of the text to Nektarios; the Aegina tradition of its origin in a vision of the Theotokos, pinned as tradition not asserted; the later Simonopetra melody; his broader hymnography |
How to Use
- Read The Theological Corpus for the scope and substance of his writing and its place in his life.
- Read The Agni Parthene Question for the model treatment of an attribution handled with attestation rather than assertion.
- His lived asceticism behind the ethical writing is treated in Section 07: Asceticism and Wonders.
Cross-References
- For the Rizareios years in which most of the corpus was written, see The Rizareios School
- For the doctrine of deification that frames his ethical writing, see Theosis
- For the convent whose tradition preserves the Agni Parthene origin story, see Founding Holy Trinity
- For the governing standard, see the repository Methodology