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Christopher A. Beeley - Gregory of Nazianzus on the Trinity and the Knowledge of God - 9780199948871 - V9780199948871
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Gregory of Nazianzus on the Trinity and the Knowledge of God

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Description for Gregory of Nazianzus on the Trinity and the Knowledge of God Paperback. Series: Oxford Studies in Historical Theology. Num Pages: 422 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: AVGD; HRCC1; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 610.
Gregory of Nazianzus (329-390 CE), "the Theologian," is the premier teacher on the Holy Trinity in Eastern Christian tradition, yet for over a century historians and theologians have largely neglected his work. Christopher Beeley's groundbreaking study -- the first comprehensive treatment in modern scholarship -- examines Gregory's doctrine of the Trinity within the full range of his theological and practical vision. Following an overview of Gregory's life and major works, Beeley traces the central soteriological meaning of Gregory's doctrine in the spiritual dialectic of purification and illumination; the dynamic process of divinization (theosis); the singular identity of Jesus Christ as the eternal Son of God; the divinity and essential presence of the Holy Spirit; and the interpretation of Scripture "according to the Spirit." The book culminates in Gregory's understanding of the Trinity as a whole -- which is "theology" in the fullest sense -- rooted in the monarchy of God the Father and uniquely known in the divine economy of salvation. Finally, Beeley identifies the Trinitarian shape of pastoral ministry, on which Gregory is also the foundational teacher for later Christian tradition. Beeley offers new insights in several key areas, reinterpreting the famous Theological Orations and Christological epistles within the full corpus of Gregory's orations, poems, and letters. Gregory stands out as the leading ecclesiastical figure in the Eastern Roman Empire and the most powerful theologian of his age, who produced the definitive expression of Trinitarian orthodoxy from a characteristically Eastern tradition of Origenist theology, independent of the work of Athanasius and in several respects more insightful than his Cappadocian contemporaries. Long eclipsed in modern scholarship, Gregory Nazianzen is now brought into full view as the major witness to the Trinity among the Greek fathers of the Church.

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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
422
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New
Series
Oxford Studies in Historical Theology
Number of Pages
422
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199948871
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V9780199948871
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About Christopher A. Beeley
Christopher A. Beeley is the Walter H. Gray Assistant Professor of Anglican Studies and Patristics at Yale University Divinity School and Berkeley Divinity School at Yale, and an Episcopal priest.

Reviews for Gregory of Nazianzus on the Trinity and the Knowledge of God
Christopher Beeley's book sheds new light on important aspects of Gregory's theology. But the major contribution of his argument is to show persuasively how all Gregory's doctrinal themes cohere in his soteriological understanding of the Trinity, an understanding that Beeley carefully locates in Gregory's own experience both as a Christian leader in controversial times and as a Christian thinker informed by scripture and by the classical Greek heritage. The book demonstrates how, for Gregory, the Trinity not only frames the entire Christian message of salvation but also functions as the wellspring for the spiritual life and for pastoral care.
Rowan A. Greer, Professor Emeritus, Yale Divinity School, and author of Christian Hope and Christian Life

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