The suffering of the impassible God : the dialectics of patristic thought / Paul L. Gavrilyuk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gavrilyuk, Paul L.

Series:

Oxford early Christian studies.

The Oxford early Christian studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Suffering of God.

Fathers of the church.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'The Suffering of the Impassible God' provides a major reconsideration of the issue of divine suffering and divine emotions in the early Church Fathers.

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Case Against the Theory of Theology's Fall into Hellenistic Philosophy; 2. The Christian God v. Passionate Pagan Deities: Impassibility as an Apophatic Qualifier of Divine Emotions; 3. Docetism Resisted: Christ's Suffering is Real; 4. Patripassian Controversy Resolved: The Son, not God the Father, Suffered in the Incarnation; 5. Arianism Opposed: The Word's Divinity is Not Diminished by Involvement in Suffering; 6. Nestorianism Countered: Cyril's Theology of the Divine Kenosis; Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography

Index of Select Biblical ReferencesGeneral Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [180]-196) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-281-19832-3

9786611198329

0-19-153354-8

1-4294-2028-6

OCLC:

76944030