The One and the Three: Nature, Person and Triadic Monarchy in the Greek and Irish Patristic Tradition

An exploration of the concept of 'Monarchy' in the Trinitarian theology of the Greek and Irish Fathers, including their view of nature and person and its implementation in anthropology and ecclesiology. This work investigates and questions modern personalist theo-ontology which promotes authoritarian models, which are incompatible with the teachings of the Church Fathers and contrary to the ideal of unity as pursued and expressed in the monastic tradition.