Also known as:
German: Nikephoros Blemmydes;
Nicephorus Blemmydes, Nikephoros Blemmydes;
French: Nicéphore Blemmydès;
Italian: Niceforo Blemmide;
Latin: Nicephorus Blemmida
BLEMMYDES, NICEPHOROS. - Byzantine philosopher and theologian, b. in Constantinople in 1197, d. in 1272. At first an opponent of the Catholic doctrine on the procession of the Holy Spirit, he caused the attempts at union with the Latins at Nymphaeum, near Nicaea, in 1234 and in 1250 to fail. Instead, around 1256, entering into the conciliatory frame of mind of the emperor Theodore II and coming under the influence of the Dialogues on the Procession of the Holy Spirit by Nicetas of Maronea, he clearly taught the eternal procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father through the Son. Later, compiling his Autobiography (1264), he gives of the formula per Filium an anti-Photian explanation, but no longer a Catholic one. This explanation refers to the answer given to the Latins at Nymphaeum in 1250, and it is legitimate to believe that he did not renounce, toward the end of his life, what he had written in 1256. It is known, moreover, that he was favorable to the unionist policy of Michael Palaeologus.
B. wrote numerous works relating to theology, philosophy, exegesis, liturgy and ascetics. In addition, a treatise on the duties and virtues of a good prince, short works on geography, and a certain number of letters. Several of these writings are published, others are unpublished, others lost.
Bibliography4 worksThe principal theological, ascetic and exegetical writings are collected in PG 142. The Autobiography together with the poetic writings in A
BIBL.: The principal theological, ascetic and exegetical writings are collected in PG 142. The Autobiography together with the poetic writings in A. Heisenberg, Nichephori Bleumidae curriculum vitae et carmina, Leipzig 1894, pp. cx-136. The letters, 33 in number, are given as an appendix to the collection of N. Festa, Theodori Ducae Lascaris epistulae CCXVII, Florence 1898, pp. 290-329. The principal philosophical writings will be found in the very rare volume published in Leipzig in 1784 under the title Νυαρόφου μανάστου καὶ ἀφερόφου τοῦ Βλεμμύδου Ἀντομή, etc. Several are reproduced in PG loc. cit.; K. Krumbacher, pp. 93 ff., 445-49. On the Trinitarian doctrine, V. Grumel, Nicéphore B. et la procession du Saint Esprit, in Revue des sciences philosophiques et théologiques, 18 (1929), pp. 636-56; M. Jugie, Theologia dogmatica christianorum orientalium ab Ecclesia catholica dissidentium, I, Paris 1926, p. 417 ff.; II, ibid. 1933, pp. 327-45. Martin Jugie
Jugie, Martino. “Blemmydes, niceforo.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, col. 1719. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/blemmydes-niceforo.
MLA
Jugie, Martino. “Blemmydes, niceforo.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 1719. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/blemmydes-niceforo.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec2_blemmydes_niceforo,
author = {Jugie, Martino},
title = {Blemmydes, niceforo},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {II},
pages = {1719},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1949},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/blemmydes-niceforo}
}
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