Dositheus II Notaras of Jerusalem (Greek:Δοσίθεος Β΄ Ἱεροσολύμων;Arachova 31 May 1641 –Constantinople 8 February 1707) was thePatriarch of Jerusalem between 1669 and 1707^[1] and a theologian of theEastern Orthodox Church. He was known for standing against influences of theRoman Catholic andProtestant churches. He convened the Synod of Jerusalem to counter theCalvinist confessions ofCyril Lucaris.

Dositheus was born in Arachova (today the village ofExochi,Aigialeia,Achaea) on 31 May 1641. Little of his early life is known. He was ordained a deacon in 1652 and elevated to archdeacon of Jerusalem in 1661. In 1666, he was consecrated archbishop ofCaesarea Palestinae (nowCaesarea Maritima). In 1669, he was elected patriarch of Jerusalem.

He became very involved in the state of the Orthodox Church in the Balkans, Georgia, and southern Russia, particularly after Patriarch Cyril Lucaris of Constantinople set forth in hisConfession of Faith (1629) his agreement in the doctrines ofpredestination and justification by faith alone. In 1672, Patriarch Dositheus convened theSynod of Jerusalem^[2] which rejected all the Calvinist doctrines and reformulated Orthodox teachings in a manner that distinguished them from Roman Catholicism as well as Protestantism.

In correspondence withPeter I of Russia, he objected toPeter's reforms that subjected the church to the state, particularly with his abolition of thePatriarchate of Moscow. Dositheus failed in his attempt to get Peter to intercede for the Eastern Orthodox Church in thepeace treaty with theOttoman Empire in 1700.

Dositheus was an "instancabile editore di cose non sue" ("indefatiguable editor of other people's works"),^[3] "theologorum Graecorum opera non pauca prelo mandavit ... fuit enim potius compilator et alienorum editor quam novorum auctor" ("he printed not few works of Greek theologicians ... he was a compiler and editor of other people's works, rather than author of original works").^[4] The main works published during his life were a three-volumes collection of anti-Latin works: Τόμος καταλλαγῆς [The tome of the Reconciliation], Τόμος ἀγάπης [The tome of Love], Τόμος χαρᾶς [The tome of Joy], all printed in Jaşi, 1692–1705.

Dositheus died in Constantinople on 8 February 1707. In 1715, his twelve-volumeHistory of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem was published.

• Vassa Kontouma, «Vestiges de la bibliothèque de Dosithée II de Jérusalem au Métochion du Saint-Sépulcre à Constantinople», in A. Binggeli, M. Cassin, M. Detoraki, A. Lampadaridi,Bibliothèques grecques dans l’Empire ottoman, Brepols 2020, pp.259-289.
• Vassa Kontouma, «Londres ou Paris? Les affinités électives de Dosithée II de Jérusalem dans ses premiers projets éditoriaux», in A. Girard, B. Heyberger, V. Kontouma,Livres et confessions chrétiennes orientales. Une histoire connectée entre l'Empire ottoman, le monde slave et l'Occident (XVIe-XVIIIe siècles), Brepols 2023, pp.271-312.
• Klaus-Peter Todt, «Dositheos II. von Jerusalem», in C.G. Conticello, V. Conticello,La Théologie byzantine et sa tradition, II, Brepols 2002, pp.659-720.

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