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He would go on to study theology at the Orthodox School of Theology, Halki, being ordained to the diaconate at 1957. In 1958 he graduated from the Orthodox School of Theology, Halki, and was ordained to the priesthood. He immediately went on to complete postgraduate studies in systematic theology and philosophy of religion in Bonn, West Germany, during 1958 to 1966, numbering among his lecturers Pope Benedict XVI (formerly Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger).
At that time, the idea of Infallibility was thought to be an exclusively Roman Catholic idea, entirely alien to the Orthodox Church. However, Fr Stylianos wrote his thesis on the concept that the Orthodox Church was infallibledid possess the concept of infallibility, mainly through when it acted together in conciliarity (eg the Ecumenical Councils); it is only recently that this work is being properly understood and appreciated.
==Educational Accolades==
