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The reception of Job in the earliest greek literature
Due to his blunt skepticism and an impatience that borders on irreverence, the Job portrayed by the Old Testament Masoretic Text is one of the most philosophically and theologically chal- lenging figures of the Bible.
Stephen Bay
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he concepts of the nearness and delay of parusia in the thought of the ante- and post-Nicene Fathers, dealt with in part one, have here been taken up again, this time with a focus on the way the Nicene and post-Nicene Fathers related to the nearness and
Laurențiu Moț
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Palamism Does Not Disfigure the Gospel: A Reply to Thomas Weinandy
Abstract In a 2024 article in the IJST, Fr. Thomas Weinandy argues that the theological system of Gregory Palamas is in grave error, especially with respect to its commitment to an objective ontological distinction between God's essence and His energies. In his concluding paragraph Fr.
Travis Dumsday
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Abstract This paper offers a reflection on methodological issues surrounding the historical study of deification in response to the approach proposed in the Oxford Handbook of Deification. The paper contextualises the OHD's proposal in light of previous attempts to address the question of how to define/identify the concept of deification.
Brendan A. Harris
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“That We May Love the As Yet Unknown God”: The Meaning of Analogy in Augustine’s De Trinitate
Abstract Recent interest in the idea of analogy and the analogy of being, along with the apparent invocation of Augustine’s De Trinitate in the definition of Lateran IV, calls for a renewed investigation into the idea of analogy in the aforementioned text. Methodologically, “analogy” in De Trin. names a form of discourse which attempts to see the truth
Samuel J. Korb
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Abstract In this contribution to a book symposium on Gregory of Nyssa's On the Human Image, Morwenna Ludlow reflects on John Behr's attention to the literary structure and argumentative flow of the book, its interplay with the similarly structured Timaeus of Plato and the difficulties of translating a work of such rhetorical and pastoral sophistication
Morwenna Ludlow
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Nearness and delay of the parousia for ante and post-Nicene fathers, part one, is an article about how the apostolic and the early Church Fathers perceive the second coming of Jesus in terms of closeness and delay.
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Cruttwell's Literary History of Early Christianity - A Literary History of Early Christianity, including the Fathers and the chief Heretical Writers of the ante-Nicene period, for the Use of Students, and General Readers, by C. T. Cruttwell, M.A., author of A History of Roman Literature, &c. In two volumes. London, Griffin. 1893. [PDF]
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Book Symposium Introduction: John Behr, Gregory of Nyssa: On the Human Image of God
Abstract This article introduces a series of response essays to John Behr's Gregory of Nyssa: On the Human Image of God, which includes contributions from Rowan Williams, Morwenna Ludlow, Paul Blowers, Gabrielle Thomas and Martin Laird – with a final response from John Behr.
Thomas Breedlove, Alex Fogleman
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Abstract The ‘widow’ is a gendered, socially contingent category. Women who experienced spousal bereavement in the early middle ages faced various socio‐economic and legal ramifications; the ‘widow’ was further a rhetorical figure with a defined emotional register. The widower is, by contrast, an anachronistic category.
Ingrid Rembold
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