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The rise of Christian theology and the end of ancient metaphysics : patristic philosophy from the Cappadocian Fathers to John of Damascus / Johannes Zachhuber.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zachhuber, Johannes, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christianity--Philosophy.
- Christianity.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- It has rarely been recognized that the Christian writers of the first millennium pursued an ambitious and exciting philosophical project alongside their engagement in the doctrinal controversies of their age. This text offers a full analysis of this Patristic philosophy until the time of John of Damascus.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The Cappadocians and their Christian philosophy
- The rise of the classical theory and the challenge of christology
- Severus of Antioch: a conservative revolutionary
- John Philoponus: energetic revision of the classical theory
- Damian of Alexandria and Peter of Callinicus: Miaphysite anti-tritheism
- Laying the foundations: John the Grammarian and Leontius of Byzantium
- From the Council of Constantinople to the Monenergist controversy
- The climax of Chalcedonian philosophy
- Conclusion: patristic philosophy and its Nachleben.
- Notes:
- This edition also issued in print: 2020.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-260385-X
- 0-19-189237-8
- 0-19-260384-1
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