Gregory of Nazianzus - Images and Reflections (Bortnes Jostein)(Pevná vazba)

Gregory of Nazianzus (ca. 330-390) is one of the three Greek church fathers from Cappadocia. This book explores both his theology - which earned him the honorary title "the Theologian" - and his general importance as an independent thinker, prolific writer, orator, and poet.
Gregory has often been in the shadow of the other Cappadocians, Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nyssa. This book demonstrates his central position in the formation of a hellenized Christian culture as well as his topicality today. More than any other ancient personality, save perhaps for Cicero and Augustine, Gregory recreates his inner life in his writings, and allows us to participate directly in the exciting intellectual and emotional climate of late antiquity.
The reader is offered illuminating discussions of Gregory's exposition of the Trinity, his doctrine of deification, his theory of
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