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John of Damascus on Human Action, the Will, and Human Freedom
Abstract John of Damascus, influenced by Nemesius, thought that will (θέλησις) and its free use are possessed by all intellects. Since this includes God, he certainly cannot have meant by this what we mean by ‘free will’. Rather, he means that the will offers something like the freedom to desire what is appropriate, or good.Michael Frede +2 more
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John of Damascus on Human Action, the Will, and Human Freedom
2002Abstract It is not surprising that John of Damascus should assume that there is such a thing as the will, and that it is in virtue of having such a will that we are responsible for what we are doing. By John’s time this was a standard assumption which could be taken for granted. Though not originally a Christian doctrine, but of Stoic
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Dionysius and John of Damascus
2022AbstractThis essay considers John Damascene’s use of Dionysius under the four headings of negative theology, Christology, angelology, and the defence of icons. Under the first heading Dionysius represents orthodoxy, yet Damascene tends to cite him only when his authority can be buttressed by that of accredited saints such as Gregory Nazianzen, and ...
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2018
In John of Damascus and Islam, Schadler offers a reassessment of the Christian application of the term heresy to Islam, and the description of the new religion made by John of Damascus in the eighth century C.E.
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In John of Damascus and Islam, Schadler offers a reassessment of the Christian application of the term heresy to Islam, and the description of the new religion made by John of Damascus in the eighth century C.E.
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Development in Theological Method and Argument in John of Damascus
Journal of Early Christian Studies, 2020Terminological confusion exacerbated by councils divided the church in late antiquity. John of Damascus addressed the resultant terminological impasse by providing the re-established Jerusalem patriarchate with theological polemic that reemphasized the preeminence of the Council of Nicaea.
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Perichoresis, Deification, and Christological Predication in John of Damascus
Mediaeval Studies, 2000La pensee de Jean Damascene s'est developpee dans un contexte de philosophie classique, et fondamentalement stoique. L'A. examine en premier lieu son interpretation de la nature, notamment dans sa theorie des univers. Dans une deuxieme partie, il se penche sur des theories classiques de melange, en meme temps qu'une description complete de la facon de ...
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