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Rendering Trauma Beneficial… for Whom? Gregory of Nyssa’s Homily 12 on the Song of Songs

Vox Patrum
Gregory’s Homily 12 on the Song of Songs offers one opportunity to trace the legacies of the compelling claim, in Galatians 6:17, that Paul bears “the marks of Christ” on his body. Gregory appeals to this verse to aid his exegesis of Song 5:7 (a violent
Maria Dasios
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Religion, Mathematics and Nothing [PDF]

, 2012
The concept of "nothing" is important in both mathematics and theology. Its most obvious use in mathematics is in the number zero which arrived in Western Europe in the 12th Century. In theology it features significantly in the dogma of creaho ex nihilo,
Duffy, Mervin
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The Concept of the Boundary (methorios) in theAnthropology of Saint Gregory of Nyssa

Bogoslovni Vestnik
Gregory of Nyssa’s understanding of anthropology is anything but one-dimensional. Characteristic of his thinking is the gradual move away from a Platonic, dualistic conception towards a holistic one, which was developed both in dialogue with ...
Alenka Arko
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Valuing Water with Gratitude and Restraint: A Catholic Theological Imperative [PDF]

, 2010
An overview of some patristic and medieval theological teachings on water and other goods of creation provides key perspectives on our valuing and our use of ...
Schaefer, Jame
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Gregory of Nyssa’s Treatment of Ancient Beliefs in his Homilies

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In his many homilies, Gregory of Nyssa contrasts Christian belief to earlier forms of belief that were still very present in the Roman empire during the fourth century, namely the classical polytheistic faith and Judaism, with the explicit intention of ...
Jonathan Farrugia
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Surface slicks are pelagic nurseries for diverse ocean fauna. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2021
Whitney JL, Gove JM, McManus MA, Smith KA, Lecky J, Neubauer P, Phipps JE, Contreras EA, Kobayashi DR, Asner GP.   +9 more
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The Pilgrim’s Progress or Regress? The Case of Transhumanism and Deification

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Transhumanism presents a view of human progress by transcending the human, regarding finitude and suffering to be fundamental problems that must be overcome by radical bioenhancement technologies.
Kimbell Kornu
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La idea unitaria del hombre en el De hominis opificio de Gregorio de Nisa [PDF]

, 2016
El De hominis opificio de Gregorio de Nisa es considerado el primer tratado de antropología cristiana, en el que se lleva a cabo una síntesis entre la antropología bíblica, la filosofía griega y la visión del hombre propia de las ciencias naturales ...
García-Cuadrado, J.A. (José Ángel)
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Once Again: Gregory of Nyssa on Universals

The Journal of Theological Studies, 2005
This essay takes up the contentious issue of Gregory of Nyssa's use of a theory of the universal. It is argued that Gregory, in his trinitarian theology and elsewhere in his thought, employs with remarkable coherence a kind of theory of which the universal is essentially the whole of its individuals (collection theory).
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The Role of Natural Theology and Its Sources in the Anti-Eunomian Discourse Concerning Comprehensibility of God

Seminare, 2017
Basil and Gregory criticized dialectics on the grounds that it tries to usurp the truths that could only be known through Revelation. Nevertheless, the Church Fathers developed natural theology in which they deliberately used arguments based on sensual ...
Karolina Kochańczyk-Bonińska
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