Decreation : the last things of all creatures / Paul J. Griffiths.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Griffiths, Paul J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eschatology.

Catholic Church--Doctrines.

Catholic Church.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (409 p.)

Place of Publication:

Waco : Baylor University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The End of All Things

Contents:

Cover; Half Title Page, Title Page, Copyright, Dedication, Epigraphs; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Part I. The Grammar of the Last Things; 1 Lexicon ; 2 Last Things Defined ; 3 Annihilation: The First Last Thing; 4 Simple Stasis: The Second Last Thing; 5 Repetitive Stasis: The Third Last Thing; 6 Epektasy: Denying Last Things; 7 Iconicity: Representing Last Things; Part II. Doctrine about Last Things; 8 Theology and Last Things ; 9 Doctrine and Last Things; 10 The Doctrinal Schema; 11 The Narrative Arc; 12 Patterns of Thought; Part III. Timespace; 13 The LORD's Eternity

14 The Chronic Temporality of Creatures15 Time Damaged: Metronome; 16 Time Healed: Liturgy, Systole, Fold; Part IV. Angels; 17 Thinking about Angels; 18 What Angels Are; 19 Angelic Fall; 20 Angelic Last Things; Part V: Humans; 21 Human Flesh; 22 The Discarnate Intermediate State; 23 Human Last Things (1): Annihilation; 24 Human Last Things (2): Heaven; 25 Hell Reconstrued; 26 The Church's Last Thing; Part VI. Plants, Animals, Inanimate Creatures; 27 Plants and Animals; 28 The Last Things of Plants and Animals; 29 Inanimate Creatures; 30 The Last Things of Inanimate Creatures

Part VII. The Last Things in the Devastation31 Opus Domini; 32 Trembling; 33 Delight; 34 Lament; 35 Quietus; Part VIII. Bibliography; 36 Bibliographic Essays; 37 Bibliographic List; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-384) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781481303460

1481303465

9781481302319

1481302310

OCLC:

915152269