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Augustine and the Trinity /
"Augustine of Hippo (354-430) strongly influenced western theology, but he has often been accused of over-emphasizing the unity of God to the detriment of the Trinity. In Augustine and the Trinity, Lewis Ayres offers a new treatment of this important figure, demonstrating how Augustine's w...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2010.
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| Colección: | Cambridge books online.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Augustine of Hippo (354-430) strongly influenced western theology, but he has often been accused of over-emphasizing the unity of God to the detriment of the Trinity. In Augustine and the Trinity, Lewis Ayres offers a new treatment of this important figure, demonstrating how Augustine's writings offer one of the most sophisticated early theologies of the Trinity developed after the Council of Nicaea (325). Building on recent research, Ayres argues that Augustine was influenced by a wide variety of earlier Latin Christian traditions which stressed the irreducibility of Father, Son and Spirit. Augustine combines these traditions with material from non-Christian Neoplatonists in a very personal synthesis. Ayres also argues that Augustine shaped a powerful account of Christian ascent toward understanding of, as well as participation in the divine life, one that begins in faith and models itself on Christ's humility"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 360 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-351) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780511919022 0511919026 9780511780301 0511780303 9781107689282 1107689287 1107218225 9781107218222 0511851251 9780511851254 1282918516 9781282918511 9786612918513 6612918519 0511918046 9780511918049 0511917066 9780511917066 |