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The theological and anthropological basis for the doctrine of deification as expounded by St Gregory Palamas (1296-1359).
Author : Geōrgios I. Mantzaridēs
Publisher : Burns & Oates
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,52 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Deification (Christianity)
ISBN : 9780881410273
The theological and anthropological basis for the doctrine of deification as expounded by St Gregory Palamas (1296-1359).
Author : Georgios I. Mantzaridis
Publisher :
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 11,13 MB
Release : 1984
Category :
ISBN : 9780188141023
Author : Norman Russell
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 39,4 MB
Release : 2005-01-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0191532711
Deification in the Greek patristic tradition was the fulfilment of the destiny for which humanity was created - not merely salvation from sin but entry into the fullness of the divine life of the Trinity. This book, the first on the subject for over sixty years, traces the history of deification from its birth as a second-century metaphor with biblical roots to its maturity as a doctrine central to the spiritual life of the Byzantine Church. Drawing attention to the richness and diversity of the patristic approaches from Irenaeus to Maximus the Confessor, Norman Russell offers a full discussion of the background and context of the doctrine, at the same time highlighting its distinctively Christian character.
Author : Panayiotis Nellas
Publisher : St Vladimirs Seminary Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 27,86 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780881410303
An excellent introduction to patristic anthropology. Cites a number of patristic passages at length, providing helpful references and notes.
Author : Stephen Finlan
Publisher : James Clarke & Company
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 26,90 MB
Release : 2010-02-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0227903544
'Deification' refers to the transformation of believers into the likeness of God. Of course, Christian monotheism goes against any literal 'god making' of believers. Rather, the NT speaks of a transformation of mind, a metamorphosis of character, a redefinition of selfhood, and an imitation of God. Most of these passages are tantalizingly brief, and none spells out the concept in detail.
Author : Jared Ortiz
Publisher : Studies in Early Christianity
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 12,31 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0813231426
"Contributors to this volume refute the widely held perception that the doctrine of deification primarily belonged in the Eastern Church, and that the Western Church reduced the rich biblical and Greek patristic understanding of salvation to a narrow view of redemption. To the contrary, these essays provide evidence of the wide-ranging use of deification themes in major Latin patristic sources, showing that deification was a native part of early Latin theology that was consitently and creatively employed"--
Author : Nicholas Bamford
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 15,86 MB
Release : 2011-12-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0761857281
Deified Person: A Study of Deification in Relation to Person and Christian Becoming focuses on a theological exploration of “person” through the notion of deification and is placed within a Christian Orthodox–Byzantine context. The book offers new interpretations of person in relation to Christian becoming while at the same time exploring some of the difficult avenues of Christian theological developments. Nicholas Bamford encourages theological inquiry, and the book will appeal to those who wish to challenge ideas and push the boundaries forward.
Author : David Vincent Meconi
Publisher : Catholic University of America Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 39,77 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0813221277
By treating Augustine's passages on deification both chronologically and constructively, Meconi situates Augustine in a long chorus of Christian pastors and theologians who understand the essence of Christianity as the human person's total and transformative union with God.
Author : Jordan Cooper
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 23,96 MB
Release : 2014-07-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 162564616X
The doctrine of theosis has enjoyed a recent resurgence among varied theological traditions across the realms of historical, dogmatic, and exegetical theology. In Christification: A Lutheran Approach to Theosis, Jordan Cooper evaluates this teaching from a Lutheran perspective. He examines the teachings of the church fathers, the New Testament, and the Lutheran Confessional tradition in conversation with recent scholarship on theosis. Cooper proposes that the participationist soteriology of the early fathers expressed in terms of theosis is compatible with Luther's doctrine of forensic justification. The historic Lutheran tradition, Scripture, and the patristic sources do not limit soteriological discussions to legal terminology, but instead offer a multifaceted doctrine of salvation that encapsulates both participatory and forensic motifs. This is compared and contrasted with the development of the doctrine of deification in the Eastern tradition arising from the thought of Pseudo-Dionysius. Cooper argues that the doctrine of the earliest fathers--such as Irenaeus, Athanasius, and Justin--is primarily a Christological and economic reality defined as "Christification." This model of theosis is placed in contradistinction to later Neoplatonic forms of deification.
Author : Daniel A. Keating
Publisher : Introductions to Catholic Doct
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,83 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781932589375
The doctrine of deification came under challenge during the Reformation. Likewise, Orthodox Christians have sometimes charged that Roman Catholic teachings on deification lack coherence.