The Suffering of the Impassible God: The Dialectics of Patristic Thought
Author:   Paul L. Gavrilyuk (Assistant Professor of Historical Theology, University of St Thomas, St Paul, Minnesota)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780199269822


Pages:   222
Publication Date:   11 March 2004
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Paul L. Gavrilyuk (Assistant Professor of Historical Theology, University of St Thomas, St Paul, Minnesota)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.40cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.40cm
Weight:   0.372kg
ISBN:  

9780199269822


ISBN 10:   0199269823
Pages:   222
Publication Date:   11 March 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction 1: Testing the fall into Hellenistic philosophy theory 2: The function of divine impassibility in patristic theology 3: The reality of Christ's suffering defended in the struggle with Docetism 4: Patripassian controversy: the Son, not God the Father, is the subject of the Incarnation 5: The orthodox response to Arianism: involvement in suffering does not diminish Christ's divinity 6: The case of Cyril against Nestorius: a theology of divine self-emptying Conclusion

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[This book] deserves to to be called magisterial, and there are few other treatments of the topic comparably admirable in their combination of reasoned reflection and scrupulous scholarship. ...deserves to be recommended without reservation. --Journal of Religion<br>


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Paul L. Gavrilyuk is Assistant Professor of Historical Theology in the University of St Thomas, St Paul, Minnesota.

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