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St. Gregory of Nyssa – Reflections on the Uncertainties in His Biography

open access: yesForum 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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Domus Sapientiae: A Mariological and Christological Metaphor According to the Patristic, Theological, and Liturgical Tradition

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This article sheds light on the repercussions of the Proverbs sentence “Wisdom has built her house” on Christian doctrine and on the Marian iconography of the Annunciation.
José María Salvador-González
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Holy Desire or Wholly Hubris? Deification in the Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar

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The theology of deification in the Christian tradition is fraught with misconceptions. Although it embodies the core teaching of the faith, it is not only a neglected theme of theology, but often critiqued as a Promethean distortion of the gospel and/or ...
Sigurd Lefsrud
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Patristics and bishops: What four Fathers might say about episcopacy today

open access: yes, 2011
Episcopal ministry is an enduring subject of enquiry from many different points of view in the field of patristics, ecumenical, ecclesiological and historical. Yet there has been little investigation into its workings from the standpoint of its internal
Kenneth Stevenson
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THE INTELLIGIBLE TRIAD IN NEO-PLATONISM AND PATRISTICS [PDF]

open access: yesВестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия I. Богословие, философия, 2011
The author attempts to better defi ne the concept of the so-called «intelligible Triad» (esse, vivere, intellegere) in Neo-Platonism and the Fathers of the Church.
A. FOKIN
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Religious anthropology of eastern (Greek-byzantine) patristics

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The article is dedicated to reviewing the understanding of an individual found in the works of the Eastern Patristics‟ representatives at the times of Trinity and Christology disputes occurring in the Byzantine Empire from the 4th till 7th century.
Chistyakova O.V.
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Twenty-third Annual Margaret Mann Phillips Lecture: Pagan Philosophy and Patristics in Erasmus and His Contemporaries

open access: yes, 2011
As admirers of the classical past, Renaissance humanists were frequently faced with the problem of how to deal with those aspects of ancient culture, such as pagan philosophy, which presented serious challenges to their sincerely held Christian beliefs ...
Jill Kraye
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