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Bóg a stworzenie w teologii prawosławnej

Paedagogia Christiana, 2011
The question of the genesis of the world and the attitude of God toward the worldis one of the main issues discussed in theology, philosophy, and natural sciencesthrough centuries. The Orthodox Church while answering the question relies onthe thoughts of
Jeremiasz Jan Anchimiuk
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NATURE MAKES AN ASCENT FROM THE LOWER TO THE HIGHER: GREGORY OF NYSSA ON HUMAN DISTINCTIVENESS

Zygon, 2023
This essay explores the way in which early Christian writers held an eschatological understanding of what it is to be human, something that is to be attained, through the transformation of death and resurrection, and something that requires our assent ...
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Book Symposium on Gregory of Nyssa's On the Human Image of God: An Appreciation of Responses

International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 28, Issue 2, Page 188-196, April 2026.
Abstract In response to the review essays by Rowan Williams, Morwenna Ludlow, Gabrielle Thomas, Paul Blowers and Martin Laird, this essay by John Behr addresses questions raised about translation methods and the complexities of understanding Gregory's rhetorical style as integral to his mode of writing theology.
John Behr
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Reseñas

Patristica et Mediaevalia, 1993
Historia Philosophiae Medii Aevii. Studien zur Geschichte der Philosophie des Mittelalters (Edición a cargo de Burkhard Mojsisch y Olaf Pluta). B. R. Grüner, Amsterdam-Philadelphia, 1991, 2 vol., 1163 pp. / GREGORII NYSSENI, De Oratione dominica.
María Mercedes Bergadá, Francisco Bertelloni   +1 more
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The Influence of Philo’s De Abrahamo on Gregory of Nyssa’s De Vita Moysis

Acta Universitatis Carolinae Theologica, 2019
Although Gregory of Nyssa was familiar with the work of Philo of Alexandria and no doubt drew inspiration from him in many ways, the number of Philo’s works Gregory actually knew is still not known. This article explores the possible influence of Philo’s
Markéta Bendová
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Architect of the Image: Argumentation, Economy and Translation in Gregory of Nyssa's On the Human Image

International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 28, Issue 2, Page 151-160, April 2026.
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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Book Symposium Introduction: John Behr, Gregory of Nyssa: On the Human Image of God

International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 28, Issue 2, Page 135-142, April 2026.
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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St. Gregory of Nyssa – Reflections on the Uncertainties in His Biography

Forum Theologicum Sardicense
St Gregory of Nyssa remains one of the most enigmatic figures among the Church Fathers. Although multiple accounts of his life have come down to us, they are riddled with ambiguities that leave ample room for speculation. Theological scholarship from the
Vladimir Iontchev
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Thinking the World: Gregory of Nyssa on the Definitive Calling of Humanity

International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 28, Issue 2, Page 143-150, April 2026.
Abstract In this response essay to John Behr’s Gregory of Nyssa: On the Human Image of God, Rowan Williams highlights Gregory’s exposition of the complex account of nous and its meaning in relation to sensory embodiment. Nous, in Gregory’s treatise, is the presence of unified divine activity in the diversity of creation.
Rowan Williams
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Book Review: Tamsin Jones, A Genealogy of Marion's Philosophy of Religion: Apparent Darkness

Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy, 2013
A review of Tamsin Jones, A Genealogy of Marion's Philosophy of Religion.
N. N. Trakakis
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