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1 online resource (240 pages) |
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Oxford Early Christian Studies |
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Oxford early Christian studies.
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Cover; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Activity and Participation in Non-Christian Thought; a. Plato and Aristotle; b. Plotinus; 2. St Basil and Anomoean Theology; a. Introduction; b. St Basil the Great, Letter 234; c. Eunomius' Doctrine of God; 3. The Internal Activity of the Godhead; a. St Gregory of Nyssa on Trinitarian Generation; b. Dionysius the Areopagite on Trinitarian Generation; c. St Maximus the Confessor on the Internal Activity of the Trinity; 4. The External Activity of the Godhead: Cosmology; a. St Gregory of Nyssa on Creation and Participation |
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B. Dionysius on Creation and Participationc. St Maximus the Confessor on Creation and Participation; 5. The External Activity of the Godhead: Incarnation; a. St Gregory of Nyssa on the Incarnation; b. St Maximus the Confessor's Ontological Analysis of Essence and Activity; c. St Maximus the Confessor on the Incarnation; 6. The Road to Salvation; a. St Gregory of Nyssa on Deification; b. St Maximus the Confessor on Salvation and Deification; 7. The Theology of St Gregory Palamas; a. St Gregory Palamas on Energeia and Participation; b. The Light of Mount Tabor; 8. Concluding Remarks |
| Summary |
Activity and Participation in Late Antique and Early Christian Thought is an investigation into two basic concepts of ancient pagan and Christian thought. The study examines how activity in Christian thought is connected with the topic of participation: for the lower levels of being to participate in the higher means to receive the divine activity into their own ontological constitution. Torstein Theodor Tollefsen sets a detailed discussion of the work of church fathersGregory of Nyssa, Dionysius the Areopagite, Maximus the Confessor, and Gregory Palamas in the context of earlier trends in Ari |
| Bibliography |
BibliographyIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; M; N; O; P; S; T; V; W; Z |
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Print version record |
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Gregory, of Nyssa, Saint, approximately 335-approximately 394.
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Dionysius, the Areopagite, Saint, active 1st century.
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Maximus, Confessor, Saint, approximately 580-662.
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Gregory Palamas, Saint, 1296-1359.
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Dionysius, the Areopagite, Saint, active 1st century |
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Gregory, of Nyssa, Saint, approximately 335-approximately 394 |
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Gregory Palamas, Saint, 1296-1359 |
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Maximus, Confessor, Saint, approximately 580-662 |
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Providence and government of God -- Christianity -- History of doctrines
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Ancient & Classical.
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History & Surveys.
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PHILOSOPHY.
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History.
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Christianity.
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RELIGION.
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Christian Theology.
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Christian Church.
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Electronic books
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191613265 |
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0191613266 |
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