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[[Image:Zizioulas1.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Metropolitan John (Zizioulas) of Pergamon]]
His Eminence '''John (Zizioulas) of Pergamon''' (b. 1930) is a modern [[theologian]], [[Metropolitan]] of Pergamon, Greece, under the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate]] of Constantinople. He was [[Consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] as a [[bishop]] on [[June 22]], 1986. In 2006, he succeeded Archbishop [[Stylianos (Harkianakis) of Australia|Stylianos of Australia]] as president of the Commission of Orthodox in the Dialogue with the Roman Catholic Church.
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==Books==
*Papanikolaou, Aristotle. ''Being with God: Trinity, Apophaticism, and Divine-Human Communion'' (Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2006)
==Criticisms=====Academic and Theological Criticism===
Like many theologians, particularly those involved in theological dialogues, Metropolitan John has undergone some level of criticism for his theological works.
* In [http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/ecumenism/her_saints.aspx a letter], Archbishop [[Chrysostomos of Etna|Chrysostomos of Etna]] states that Fr [[John Meyendorff]] and Metr. John (Zizioulas) were Westernized theologians, in contrast with Fr [[Georges Florovsky]] (a teacher of Metr. John's).
===Regarding Ecumenical Relations=== * In an [http://www.orthodoxinfogreekorthodox.org.comau/downloads/files/english/vema/ecumenism2006/mono_210bVEMA06E.aspx ''Concerning the Approaching Orthodox – Monophysite Union''doc interview with Maria Antoniadou], an article in the September 1971 issue Archbishop [[Stylianos (Harkianakis) of Australia|Stylianos of the Newsletter Supplement to Australia]] criticizes John Zizioulas for his stance on [[http://nektarios.home.comcast.net/~nektarios The Orthodox Christian WitnessUniatism]], John Zizioulas is given questioning his status as an example of a "muddled systematic theologian". (Paragraph 21)
* Hieromonk Patapios in the article titled [http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/phronema/review_toc.aspx ''A Traditionalist Critique of The Orthodox Church''], criticizing ecumenistic [http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/ecumenism/methierotheos_baptism.aspx Baptismal theology], refers to John Zizioulas as to: ''"...lamentable Metropolitan John (Zizioulas) of Pergamon"''. (Part II, paragraph 27)
* In an [http://www.greekorthodox.orgorthodoxinfo.au/downloadscom/filesecumenism/english/vema/2006/10bVEMA06Emono_2.doc interview with Maria Antoniadouaspx ''Concerning the Approaching Orthodox – Monophysite Union''], Archbishop [[Stylianos (Harkianakis) an article in the September 1971 issue of Australia|Stylianos of Australia]] criticizes John Zizioulas for his stance, vis-à-vis the Newsletter Supplement to [[Uniatism]] (with [[Romehttp://nektarios.home.comcast.net/~nektarios The Orthodox Christian Witness]]), asking if he (John Zizioulas) is addressing ''given as an example of a "muddled theologian"...illiterate people or to those without a brain?"'' (See answer to the second questionParagraph 21)
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