Dr Dario Chiapetti is a Catholic presbyter in the Archdiocese of Florence. His research interests include Trinitarian Theology, especially in its ontological foundations and in the Eastern perspective, as well as anthropology and Franciscan theology. A former architect, he is also interested in the relationship between liturgy and architecture.

Dr Chiapetti has produced a comprehensive, profound and fair discussion of Patristic theology, as presented in my work, particularly with regard to its ontological significance. A most successful attempt to bring to the surface the immense significance of Patristic theology for human existence.

• ForewordPrefaceNote on CitationsAbbreviationsIntroduction: General Aspects of the Figure and Thought of ZizioulasPart 1: Zizioulas’ Reading of the Fathers: The Notion of Person and the Doctrine of the Monarchy of the Father1. The Emergence of the Attribution of Primary Ontological Content to the Notion of Person in Trinitarian Reflection2. The Father, the Ontological Principle of the Triune and One Being of GodPart 2: Zizioulas’ Theological Development: The Father, Free Cause of Being as Personhood-Freedom3. The Father: ‘The Ultimate Reality of God’s Personal Existence’4. The Freedom that ‘Springs from the Very Way the Hypostases are Constituted’: From the Freedom of the Father, the Freedom of GodConcluding Remarks: Zizioulas’ Bold Exercise in Theological ReflectionBibliographyIndex

Dr Dario Chiapetti is a Catholic presbyter in the Archdiocese of Florence. His research interests include Trinitarian Theology, especially in its ontological foundations and in the Eastern perspective, as well as anthropology and Franciscan theology. A former architect, he is also interested in the relationship between liturgy and architecture.

Dr Chiapetti has produced a comprehensive, profound and fair discussion of Patristic theology, as presented in my work, particularly with regard to its ontological significance. A most successful attempt to bring to the surface the immense significance of Patristic theology for human existence.

• ForewordPrefaceNote on CitationsAbbreviationsIntroduction: General Aspects of the Figure and Thought of ZizioulasPart 1: Zizioulas’ Reading of the Fathers: The Notion of Person and the Doctrine of the Monarchy of the Father1. The Emergence of the Attribution of Primary Ontological Content to the Notion of Person in Trinitarian Reflection2. The Father, the Ontological Principle of the Triune and One Being of GodPart 2: Zizioulas’ Theological Development: The Father, Free Cause of Being as Personhood-Freedom3. The Father: ‘The Ultimate Reality of God’s Personal Existence’4. The Freedom that ‘Springs from the Very Way the Hypostases are Constituted’: From the Freedom of the Father, the Freedom of GodConcluding Remarks: Zizioulas’ Bold Exercise in Theological ReflectionBibliographyIndex

Dr Dario Chiapetti is a Catholic presbyter in the Archdiocese of Florence. His research interests include Trinitarian Theology, especially in its ontological foundations and in the Eastern perspective, as well as anthropology and Franciscan theology. A former architect, he is also interested in the relationship between liturgy and architecture.

Dr Chiapetti has produced a comprehensive, profound and fair discussion of Patristic theology, as presented in my work, particularly with regard to its ontological significance. A most successful attempt to bring to the surface the immense significance of Patristic theology for human existence.

• ForewordPrefaceNote on CitationsAbbreviationsIntroduction: General Aspects of the Figure and Thought of ZizioulasPart 1: Zizioulas’ Reading of the Fathers: The Notion of Person and the Doctrine of the Monarchy of the Father1. The Emergence of the Attribution of Primary Ontological Content to the Notion of Person in Trinitarian Reflection2. The Father, the Ontological Principle of the Triune and One Being of GodPart 2: Zizioulas’ Theological Development: The Father, Free Cause of Being as Personhood-Freedom3. The Father: ‘The Ultimate Reality of God’s Personal Existence’4. The Freedom that ‘Springs from the Very Way the Hypostases are Constituted’: From the Freedom of the Father, the Freedom of GodConcluding Remarks: Zizioulas’ Bold Exercise in Theological ReflectionBibliographyIndex