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Christodoulos Pablekis

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'''Christodoulos Pablekis''' (Greek:Χριστόδουλος Παμπλέκης, 1733-1793), was a [[Greeks|Greek]] scholar of the 18th century, one of the most radical scholars in the [[Modern Greek Enlightenment]] movement.

==Life==
Christodoulos Efstathiou Pablekis was born in Babini village, [[Aetolia]]. He lost his father in young age and due to illness his left eye. He studied in the [[Athonite Academy]] under [[Eugenios Voulgaris]] and became a monk.

In 1759 he went to [[Wien]], where he worked as a scholar for the Greek community. He later found himself in [[Leipzig]] and in 1781 he publiced in [[Venice]] the "Real Politic", where he expresses his theses on governance and religion. In 1786 he published in Wien his work "about Philosophy, Metaphysics, Spiritual and God" (Περί φιλοσόφου, φιλοσοφίας, φυσικών, μεταφυσικών, πνευματικών και Θείων) where he is influenced by Newton, Diderot, d’Alembert, D’Holbach, Rousseau, Bacon and Cartesius. He criticized the orthodox clergy and condemned aspects of the Christian religion.

In 1791 he published "Tropaeon of Orthodoxy", influenced by Voltaire, and expresses [[deism|deist]] theses. He died in 1793 in Leipzig.

In 1793, after his death and in response to his critics, his students published his unfinished work "about Theocracy" (Περί Θεοκρατίας) or "Apantisis", where he criticizes the Church and is in favour of the [[separation of church and state]]. For this work the orthodox Holy Synod in [[Fener|Fanari]] excommunicated Pablekis, post mortem, his students, the readers of the book and everyone who spread such ideas.

==Sources==
* [[Panagiotis Kondylis]], «Ο Ψαλίδας, ο Παμπλέκης και η θεία Αποκάλυψη», ''Ηπειρωτικά Χρονικά'', 24 (1982), σελ. 249-266.
* [https://ift.tt/2VdJmBa Χριστόδουλος Παμπλέκης]



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