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...
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 Tr...
Lucas Francisco Mateo-Seco Giulio Maspero Seth Cherney
"The Brill Dictionary of Gregory of Nyssa" is the fruit of wide-ranging collaboration between more than forty scholars from various disciplines and perspectives, providing in two hundred articles a symphonic vision of the studies on Gregory of Nyssa and his thought.
"The Brill Dictionary of Gregory of Nyssa" is the fruit of wide-ranging collaboration between more than forty scholars from various disciplines and pe...
The book aims at showing the most important topics and paradigms in modern Trinitarian theology. It is supposed to be a comprehensive guide to the many traces of development of Trinitarian faith. As such it is thought to systematize the variety of contemporary approaches to the field of Trinitarian theology in the present philosophical-cultural context. The main goal of the publication is not only a description of what happened to Trinitarian theology in the modern age. It is rather to indicate the typically modern specificity of the Trinitarian debate and - first of all - to encourage...
The book aims at showing the most important topics and paradigms in modern Trinitarian theology. It is supposed to be a comprehensive guide to the man...
