Human perfection in Byzantine theology : attaining the fullness of Christ / Alexis Torrance.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Torrance, Alexis, 1985- author.

Series:

Changing paradigms in historical and systematic theology.

Changing Paradigms in Historical and Systematic Theology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Perfection--Religious aspects--Orthodox Eastern Church--History of doctrines.

Perfection.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2020]

Summary:

This work studies the approach to the question of human perfection in a number of seminal Byzantine theological figures (from 7th-14th centuries), in conversation with modern Orthodox Christian thought. The Byzantine authors examined include Maximus the Confessor, Theodore the Studite, Symeon the New Theologian, and Gregory Palamas.

Contents:

Human perfection in Orthodox theological anthropology: retrieving the Christological imperative

Perpetual progress or eternal rest? Contemplating the eschaton in St Maximus the Confessor

Perfection before our eyes: St Theodore the Studite on the humanity of Christ

I am called by two names, human and divine: dogma and deification in St Symeon the New Theologian

The energy of deification and the person of Jesus Christ in St Gregory Palamas.

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-234) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-258399-9

0-19-188056-6

0-19-258398-0