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The Doctrine of Deification in the Greek Patristic Tradition.
Deification was not only a pagan concept but a metaphor for a deeply Christian view of the purpose of human life. Norman Russell brings together much recent research on the Church Fathers from the second to the seventh centuries, offering an analysis of their spiritual teaching and setting it within...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press, UK,
2006.
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| Colección: | Oxford early Christian studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Contents; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Deification in the Graeco-Roman World; 3 The Jewish Paradigm: From Ezekiel to the yored merkavah; 4 The Earliest Christian Model: Participatory Union with Christ; 5 The Alexandrian Tradition I: Christian Schools and Study Circles; 6 The Alexandrian Tradition II: The Imposition of Episcopal Control; 7 The Cappadocian Approach: Divine Transcendence and the Soul's Ascent; 8 The Monastic Synthesis: The Achievement of Maximus the Confessor; 9 Epilogue; Appendix 1 Deification in the Syriac and Latin Traditions.
- Appendix 2 The Greek Vocabulary of DeificationBibliography; Indexes.