It was at this methodological point that Gass was strongly challenged by another distinguished German scholar, Ferdinand Kattenbusch. Yet, a problem of method was involved in his exposition. His Symbolik also was an able book, well written and well documented. His monographs Gennadius und Pletho (Breslau 1844) and Die Mystik des Nikolaus Kabasilas (Greifswald 1849), were notable contributions to the study of late Byzantine theology, little known at that time. Gass was an expert scholar, especially competent in the field of Byzantine studies. In 1872 WILHELM GASS published his Symbolik der Griechischen Kirche. It was a paper presented to the Faith and Order Orthodox Consultation in Kilissia, Greece, August 16 – 18, 1959. This article originally appeared as “The Ethos of the Orthodox Church” in The Ecumenical Review, Vol
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