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Universal salvation in late antiquity : Porphyry of Tyre and the pagan-christian debate / Michael Bland Simmons.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Simmons, Michael Bland, author.
- Series:
- Oxford studies in late antiquity.
- Oxford Studies in Late Antiquity
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Porphyry, approximately 234-approximately 305.
- Porphyry.
- Salvation--Comparative studies.
- Salvation.
- Salvation--Christianity--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.
- Universalism.
- Rome--Religion.
- Rome.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (537 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
- Summary:
- This title explores the background to the effort of the Neoplatonist philosopher Porphyry (c.A.D. 232-305) to devise a system of universal salvation as a means of countering the Christian soteriological challenge, and the Christian reactions to this, notably from Eusebius of Caesarea.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-027284-8
- 0-19-020241-6
- 0-19-020240-8
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