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Author : Jules Gross
Publisher :
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 36,39 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Religion
ISBN :
Author : Norman Russell
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 32,87 MB
Release : 2005-01-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0191532711
Deification in the Greek patristic tradition was the fulfilment of the destiny for which humanity was created - not merely salvation from sin but entry into the fullness of the divine life of the Trinity. This book, the first on the subject for over sixty years, traces the history of deification from its birth as a second-century metaphor with biblical roots to its maturity as a doctrine central to the spiritual life of the Byzantine Church. Drawing attention to the richness and diversity of the patristic approaches from Irenaeus to Maximus the Confessor, Norman Russell offers a full discussion of the background and context of the doctrine, at the same time highlighting its distinctively Christian character.
Author : Philip Theodore Wild
Publisher :
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 48,97 MB
Release : 1950
Category : Mystical union
ISBN :
Author : Stephen Finlan
Publisher : James Clarke & Company
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 30,29 MB
Release : 2010-02-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0227903544
'Deification' refers to the transformation of believers into the likeness of God. Of course, Christian monotheism goes against any literal 'god making' of believers. Rather, the NT speaks of a transformation of mind, a metamorphosis of character, a redefinition of selfhood, and an imitation of God. Most of these passages are tantalizingly brief, and none spells out the concept in detail.
Author : Norman Russell
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 40,60 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0199265216
Deification was not only a pagan concept but a metaphor for a deeply Christian view of the purpose of human life. This title brings together much recent research on the Church Fathers from the second to the seventh centuries, offering an analysis of their spiritual teaching and setting it within the context of the times.
Author : Jared Ortiz
Publisher : Studies in Early Christianity
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 12,44 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0813231426
"Contributors to this volume refute the widely held perception that the doctrine of deification primarily belonged in the Eastern Church, and that the Western Church reduced the rich biblical and Greek patristic understanding of salvation to a narrow view of redemption. To the contrary, these essays provide evidence of the wide-ranging use of deification themes in major Latin patristic sources, showing that deification was a native part of early Latin theology that was consitently and creatively employed"--
Author : James Bernard Murphy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 20,37 MB
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1009392921
The goal of human life, according to Plato, Aristotle, and the Bible, is to become as much like god as possible. This book, written in vivid and lucid English, illuminates Greek philosophy by showing how it grows out of ancient Greek religion and how it compares to biblical religion.
Author : Michael W. Holmes
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 832 pages
File Size : 16,86 MB
Release : 2007-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 080103468X
A contemporary version of important early Christian texts that are not included in the New Testament. The translation, Greek texts, introduction, notes, and bibliographies are freshly revised.
Author : Myk Habets
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 11,23 MB
Release : 2016-02-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1317010833
Torrance's vision of Theosis (deification/divinisation) is explored through his doctrine of creation and anthropology, his characterisation of the incarnation, his accounts of reconciliation and union with Christ, and his theology of church and sacraments. Myk Habets' study distinguishes Torrance's Reformed vision of theosis from other possible accounts of salvation as divinisation as they are found, for instance, within patristic thought and Eastern Orthodoxy. This book presents the first critique of the theology of T.F.Torrance to focus on theosis, and examines a model of theosis within the realm of reformed theology built upon Western theology.
Author : William Johnston
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 29,58 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780823220748
For centuries, mystics have groped for words in which to account for the supreme reality of this experience which not only illuminates a man's mind and fills his heart with new strength, but even radically transforms his whole life. All this is said in classic and unforgettable pages by TheCloud of Unknowing, the work of an anonymous fourteenth-century English writer.