The practical christology of philoxenos of Mabbug /
This text examines doctrinal conflicts concerning the dual nature of Christ in the period after the Council of Chalcedon by considering the life and works of Philoxenos of Mabbug (c.440-523), a Syriac theologian whose surviving corpus amounts to some 500,000 words.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford, England :
Oxford University Press,
2014.
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Colección: | Oxford early Christian studies.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Map : Philoxenos of Malbbug : geographic extent of influence, late fifth to early sixth centuries A.D.
- Introduction : the world of Philoxenos of Mabbug
- a practical context for understanding late-antique Christology
- Ordaining Satan : practical considerations in the divine Oikonomia
- In pursuit of divine knowledge : patristic sources of Philoxenos' theological epistemology
- Proof texts for the ineffable : on knowing Christ through Scripture
- "Though he cannot be eaten, we consume him" : Christological threats to liturgical practice
- Beginning the discipleship of Christ : theological conflict as ascesis and spiritual struggle
- Conclusion : Christological polemics in the context of spiritual practice.