Orthodox Readings of Aquinas

Zusatztext A magnifcent book... The story the author tells is fascinating and holds many surprises for theologians of both Eastern and Western traditions. Informationen zum Autor Marcus Plested has taught, lectured, and published widely in the field of Orthodox Christian studies. His first book was The Macarian Legacy: The Place of Macarius-Symeon in the Eastern Christian Tradition (OUP, 2004). Klappentext The foremost Roman Catholic theologian of the middle ages, Thomas Aquinas, was hugely popular in the last days of the Orthodox Byzantine Empire, in contrast to his largely negative reception by later Orthodox commentators. This book is the first to explore the long history of Orthodox fascination with Aquinas. Zusammenfassung The foremost Roman Catholic theologian of the middle ages, Thomas Aquinas, was hugely popular in the last days of the Orthodox Byzantine Empire, in contrast to his largely negative reception by later Orthodox commentators. This book is the first to explore the long history of Orthodox fascination with Aquinas. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: 1354 and all that I: An Exercise in Multiple Perspective 1: Thomas Aquinas and the Greek East 2: Gregory Palamas and the Latin West II: Byzantine Readings of Aquinas 3: The First Phase 4: Further Readings III: Ottoman era and Modern Orthodox Readings of Aquinas 5: Responses to Thomas in the Early Modern Period 6: Readings of Aquinas in Modern Orthodox Thought 7: New Perspectives

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• Authors: Marcus Plested, Marcus (Vice-Principal and Academic Direc Plested, Marcus (Vice-Principal and Academic Director Plested
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.12.2014
• EAN: 9780198708896
• ISBN: 978-0-19-870889-6
• No. of pages: 290
• Series: Changing Paradigms in Historical and Systematic Theology; Changing Paradigms in Historic
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