Trinity and man : Gregory of Nyssa's Ad Ablabium / by Giulio Maspero.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maspero, Giulio.

Series:

Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae ; v. 86.

Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae ; v. 86

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trinity--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Trinity.

God--Knowableness--History of doctrines.

God.

Negative theology--History of doctrines.

Negative theology.

Gregory, of Nyssa, Saint, approximately 335-approximately 394.

Gregory.

Gregory, of Nyssa, Saint, approximately 335-approximately 394. Ad Ablabium quod non sint tres dei.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Ad Ablabium

Gregory of Nyssa's Ad Ablabium

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Why is it that when we speak of three human subjects, we speak of a unique nature, but we say that they are “three men”, while when we speak of the Trinity, we speak again of a unique nature, but we say that they are “one God”? Gregory of Nyssa gives the answer in his Ad Ablabium , work that lately is the focus of a discussion about the interpretation of Gregory’s thought and the social analogy of the Trinity. Trinity and Man is the first monograph devoted entirely to this tract and contributes to the debate, offering a commentary to the text, which follows the development of the Nyssian arguments and frames them in the context of Gregory’s theological grammar.

Contents:

Preliminary material

Chapter One. Nature and action

Chapter Two. Apophatism and person

Chapter Three. The spirit and unity

General conclusions

Bibliography

Index of persons

Index of biblical references.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-210) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611921514

9781281921512

1281921513

9789047420798

9047420799

OCLC:

646789585

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004158726.i-216 DOI