Studien zu Gregor von Nyssa und der christlichen Spätantike
Author: Hubertus Drobner
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2015-12-22
Total Pages: 430
ISBN-13: 900431279X
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Gregory of Nyssa's Doctrinal Works
Author: Andrew Radde-Gallwitz
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 0199668973
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGregory of Nyssa is firmly established in today's theological curriculum and is a major figure in the study of late antiquity. Students encounter him in anthologies of primary sources, in surveys of Christian history and perhaps in specialized courses on the doctrine of the Trinity, eschatology, asceticism, or the like. Gregory of Nyssa's Doctrinal Works presents a reading of the works in Gregory's corpus devoted to the dogmatic controversies of his day. Andrew Radde-Gallwitz focuses as much on Gregory the writer as on Gregory the dogmatic theologian. He sets both elements not only within the context of imperial legislation and church councils of Gregory's day, but also within their proper religious context-that is, within the temporal rhythms of ritual and sacramental practice. Gregory himself roots what we call Trinitarian theology within the church's practice of baptism. In his dogmatic treatises, where textbook accounts might lead one to expect much more on the metaphysics of substance or relation, one finds a great deal on baptismal grace; in his sermons, reflecting on the occasion of baptism tends to prompt Trinitarian questions.
Drama of the Divine Economy
Author: Paul M. Blowers
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2012-10-11
Total Pages: 441
ISBN-13: 0199660417
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn introduction to the multiplex relation between Creator and creation as an object both of theological construction and religious devotion in the early church. The book argues that patristic commentators were motivated less by cosmological concerns than the desire to depict creation as the enduring creative and redemptive strategy of the Trinity.
Trinity and Man
Author: G. Maspero
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2007-08-31
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9047420799
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhy is it that when we speak of three human subjects, we speak of a unique nature, but we say that they are “three men”, while when we speak of the Trinity, we speak again of a unique nature, but we say that they are “one God”? Gregory of Nyssa gives the answer in his Ad Ablabium, work that lately is the focus of a discussion about the interpretation of Gregory’s thought and the social analogy of the Trinity. Trinity and Man is the first monograph devoted entirely to this tract and contributes to the debate, offering a commentary to the text, which follows the development of the Nyssian arguments and frames them in the context of Gregory’s theological grammar.
The Reception and Interpretation of the Bible in Late Antiquity
Author: Lorenzo DiTommaso
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2008-08-31
Total Pages: 638
ISBN-13: 9047442121
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe volume is a Festschrift offered to Charles Kannengiesser on the occasion of his 80th birthday and honours him for his numerous scholarly accomplishments. Its twenty-five contributions discuss some of the major issues pertaining to the reception and interpretation of the Bible in late antique Christianity and Judaism. They focus on the ways in which communities and individuals understood the Bible and interpreted its traditions to address their historical, social, and theological requirements. Since the Bible was by far the most important book during these centuries, a discussion of its influence in such contexts will illuminate significant aspects of the formation of western civilisation.
Contra Eunomium II
Author: Lenka Karfíková
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2007-01-01
Total Pages: 577
ISBN-13: 900415518X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe volume offers a new English translation of the "Second Book Against Eunomius" by Gregory of Nyssa and a series of papers providing introduction and commentary on the text focusing on the theory of language and the problem of naming God.
Handbook of Patristic Exegesis
Author: Charles Kannengiesser
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2022-11-28
Total Pages: 840
ISBN-13: 900453153X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThrough this comprehensive Handbook, the reader will obtain a balanced and cohesive picture of the Early Church. It gives an overall view of the reception, transmission, and interpretation of the Bible in the life and thought of the Church during the first five centuries of Christianity. The print edition is available as a set of two volumes (9789004098152).
The Nicene Faith
Author: John Behr
Publisher: St Vladimir's Seminary Press
Published:
Total Pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9780881412666
DOWNLOAD EBOOKN this sequel to The Way to Nicaea, Fr John Behr turns his attention to the fourth century, the era in which Christian theology was formulated as the Nicene faith, the common heritage of most Christians to this day. Engaging the best of modern scholarship, Behr provides a series of orignal, comprehensive, and insightful sketches of theology of the key protaganists of the Nicene faith, presenting a powerful vision of Christian theology, centered upon Christ and his Passion.
The Routledge Handbook of Early Christian Philosophy
Author: Mark Edwards
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-11-29
Total Pages: 656
ISBN-13: 1134855982
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume offers the most comprehensive survey available of the philosophical background to the works of early Christian writers and the development of early Christian doctrine. It examines how the same philosophical questions were approached by Christian and pagan thinkers; the philosophical element in Christian doctrines; the interaction of particular philosophies with Christian thought; and the constructive use of existing philosophies by all Christian thinkers of late antiquity. While most studies of ancient Christian writers and the development of early Christian doctrine make some reference to the philosophic background, this is often of an anecdotal character, and does not enable the reader to determine whether the likenesses are deep or superficial, or how pervasively one particular philosopher may have influenced Christian thought. This volume is designed to provide not only a body of facts more compendious than can be found elsewhere, but the contextual information which will enable readers to judge or clarify the statements that they encounter in works of more limited scope. With contributions by an international group of experts in both philosophy and Christian thought, this is an invaluable resource for scholars of early Christianity, Late Antiquity and ancient philosophy alike.
John Philoponus and the Controversies Over Chalcedon in the Sixth Century
Author: Uwe Michael Lang
Publisher: Peeters Publishers
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9789042910249
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOn the eve of the Council of Constantinople in 553, John Philoponus, the Alexandrian philosopher and prolific commentator on Aristotle, entered the controversy over the Chalcedonian definition of faith. By clarifying the terms of the debate, he intended to lay the groundwork for a defence of miaphysitism as the appropriate way of understanding the Incarnation. This monograph elucidates the argument of Philoponus' Arbiter by locating it within the Christological discussions of the fifth and sixth centuries and by highlighting its indebtedness to the Neoplatonic commentators on Aristotle. The Christian reception of an Aristotelian philosophy in the sixth century facilitated the emergence of a 'scholastic' theology, of which Philoponus is an important representative. The reader will also find here a treatment of a number of philological and historical issues concerning Philoponus' Christological writings, an English translation of the Arbiter, and a critical edition of newly discovered Greek fragments of this work.
