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Zusatztext '... this is an admirable vademecum for both specialist and non-specialist readers.' - Pauline Allen Informationen zum Autor Anthony Meredith is Lecturer in Early Christian Doctrine at Heythrop College, University of London and is a Curate at Farm Street Church in the West end of London. He is the author of The Cappadocians (1995) Klappentext Gregory of Nyssa provides a concise and accessible introduction to the thought of this early church father with new translations of key selections of his writings. Anthony Meredith presents a diverse range of Gregory's writings: his contribution to the debates of the period about the nature of God in argument with a form of extreme Arianism his discussion of the nature and work of the Holy Ghost, against the so-called 'Spirit fighters' his defence of the humanity of Christ against those who denied it (notably Apollinarius) the nature of fate and other philosophical issues. Zusammenfassung Gregory of Nyssa presents new translations of key selections of Gregory's writings, with an informative introduction and extensive notes and commentary to illuminate Gregory's writings. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 DOCTRINAL ISSUES; Chapter 3 GREGORY AND PHILOSOPHY; Chapter 4 GREGORY AND SPIRITUALITY; Chapter 5 EPILOGUE; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX;
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Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 DOCTRINAL ISSUES; Chapter 3 GREGORY AND PHILOSOPHY; Chapter 4 GREGORY AND SPIRITUALITY; Chapter 5 EPILOGUE; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX;
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'... this is an admirable vademecum for both specialist and non-specialist readers.' - Pauline Allen
