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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782334403321

Autore

Maspero Giulio

Titolo

Trinity and man [[electronic resource] ] : Gregory of Nyssa's Ad Ablabium / / by Giulio Maspero

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2007

ISBN

1-281-92151-3

9786611921514

90-474-2079-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 pages)

Collana

Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae ; ; v. 86

Disciplina

231/.044

Soggetti

Trinity - History of doctrines - Early church, ca. 30-600

God - Knowableness - History of doctrines

Negative theology - History of doctrines

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-210) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary material -- Chapter One. Nature and action -- Chapter Two. Apophatism and person -- Chapter Three. The spirit and unity -- General conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index of persons -- Index of biblical references.

Sommario/riassunto

Why is it that when we speak of three human subjects, we speak of a unique nature, but we say that they are “three men”, while when we speak of the Trinity, we speak again of a unique nature, but we say that they are “one God”? Gregory of Nyssa gives the answer in his Ad Ablabium , work that lately is the focus of a discussion about the interpretation of Gregory’s thought and the social analogy of the Trinity. Trinity and Man is the first monograph devoted entirely to this tract and contributes to the debate, offering a commentary to the text, which follows the development of the Nyssian arguments and frames them in the context of Gregory’s theological grammar.