From logos to trinity : the evolution of religious beliefs from Pythagoras to Tertullian / Marian Hillar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hillar, Marian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trinity--History of doctrines.

Trinity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 320 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents a critical evaluation of the doctrine of the Trinity, tracing its development and investigating the intellectual, philosophical and theological background that shaped this influential doctrine of Christianity. Despite the centrality of Trinitarian thought to Christianity and its importance as one of the fundamental tenets that differentiates Christianity from Judaism and Islam, the doctrine is not fully formulated in the canon of Christian scriptural texts. Instead, it evolved through the conflation of selective pieces of scripture with the philosophical and religious ideas of ancient Hellenistic milieu. Marian Hillar analyzes the development of Trinitarian thought during the formative years of Christianity from its roots in ancient Greek philosophical concepts and religious thinking in the Mediterranean region. He identifies several important sources of Trinitarian thought heretofore largely ignored by scholars, including the Greek middle-Platonic philosophical writings of Numenius and Egyptian metaphysical writings and monuments representing divinity as a triune entity.

Contents:

Foreword / by Anthony Buzzard

The logos in Greek culture

The logos in Judaism

The development of Jewish Messianic traditions: the source of Christian scrupture and doctrines

Development of the Hellenistic Christian doctrine

Justin Martyr and the logos

Justin Martyr and the metaphysical triad

Terullian, originator of the trinity

Tertullian and the son of God

Thomas Aquinas and the accepted concept of the Trinity

Appendix I: The possible sources for the development of the Christian Trinitarian concepts

Appendix II: Egyptian chronology.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-22946-4

1-139-20990-6

1-280-48523-X

1-139-22283-X

9786613580214

1-139-21803-4

1-139-00397-6

1-139-21494-2

1-139-22455-7

1-139-22111-6

OCLC:

775869957