This talk aims to elucidate the context that made it possible at the end of 17th century, following the huge scandal involving Kyrillos Loukaris (1570-1638) and the proliferation of different Orthodox confession of faith, for two prominent figures of the Eastern Christianity, one a patriarch (Dositheos II of Jerusalem) and the other a famous professor and high official of the Ecumenical Patriarchate (Ioannes Karyophylles), to open a new battlefield on theological issues, namely the term used for the description of the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist according to the Orthodox Tradition. The second research question pertaining to the accuracy of the confessional attributes usually attached to Karyophylles and Dositheos II: were they really Calvinist and Orthodox respectively in their opinions on the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist.
Dr. Ionuț Alexandru Tudorie (Postdoctoral Fellow, Central European University) is a Lecturer at the University of Bucharest, Romania, where he teaches Byzantine History and Church History. Alex holds a PhD in Theology / Religious Studies and a PhD in History (Byzantine Studies) both granted by the University of Bucharest. During the last years he received several fellowships/stipends granted by the Institute for Byzantine Research / Austrian Academy of Sciences (Vienna), Woodrow Wilson Center (Washington DC), Netherlands Institute of Advanced Studies (Wassenaar), New Europe College (Bucharest), Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collections (Washington DC). He has published several articles in his area of expertise (Byzantine/Post-Byzantine Studies; Church History) in peer-reviewed journals (Byzantinoslavica, Zbornik radova Vizantoloskog Instituta, Orientalia Christiana Periodica, Revue des Études Sud-Est Européennes, Ostkirchlische Studien etc.) and collective volumes, as well as two monographs (in Romanian).