Section 09: Legacy and Reception
The afterlife of Photius: his veneration as a saint of the Orthodox Church and the slow firming and modern revival of his cult, and the modern scholarship — from the hostile Hergenröther through Dvornik’s rehabilitation to the current critical editions — through which he is now studied. These files close the collection by drawing together how the Church venerates him and how the academy reads him.
Tradition: Pan-Orthodox / Byzantine
Contents
| File | Topic |
|---|---|
| Sainthood and Veneration | Photius’s commemoration as “the Great,” his feast on February 6, the early firming and the polemical sharpening of his cult, and the nineteenth- and twentieth-century revival |
| Modern Scholarship | The arc of the modern study of Photius: Hergenröther’s hostile work, Dvornik’s rehabilitation, the Carolingian context (Haugh, Eriugena’s era), Kallistos Ware, and the modern editions of the Mystagogy, the Bibliotheca, and the rest |
How to Use
- Read Sainthood and Veneration for the ecclesial reception; read Modern Scholarship for the academic literature and the editions.
- These files draw on the whole collection, especially the reassessment in Section 08.
Cross-References
- For the patristic company in which Photius is venerated, see The Church Fathers
- For the dogmatic legacy of his anti-Filioque work, see Pneumatology
- For the later theologians who built on him, see St. Gregory Palamas and St. Symeon the New Theologian
References
- See the collection README for the principal sources; each content file carries its own full reference list.