Doctrine of Deification in the Greek Patristic Tradition

Name: Doctrine of Deification in the Greek Patristic Tradition
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ISBN: 9780199205974

ISBN-10: 0199205973

ISBN-13: 9780199205974

Edition: 2006

Authors: Norman Russell

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Deification in the Greek patristic tradition was the fulfillment 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…

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List price: $85.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/16/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 9.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.408
Language: English



Abbreviations



Introduction



The Metaphor of Deification



The Need for the Study



Scope and Method



Overview



Deification in the Graeco-Roman World



The Origins of Deification



The Ruler-Cult



Jewish and Christian Attitudes to the Ruler-Cult



The Democratization of the Ruler's Apotheosis



The Mystery Cults



Philosophical Religion



The Egyptian Hermetists



Interaction with Christianity



The Jewish Paradigm: From Ezekiel to the yored merkavab



Ancient Israel



The Impact of Hellenism



Palestinian Judaism



The Rabbinic Tradition



Influence on Christianity



The Earliest Christian Model: Participatory Union with Christ



Pauline Christianity



Jewish Christianity



Johannine Christianity



Ignatius of Antioch



Valentinian Christianity



Justin Martyr



Two Anonymous Contemporaries



Tatian



Theophilus of Antioch



Irenaeus of Lyons



Hippolytus of Rome



The Early Christian Approach to Deification



The Alexandrian Tradition I: Christian Schools and Study Circles



Alexandrian Christianity



The School of Basilides



The School of Pantaenus



Clement of Alexandria



Origen



Didymus the Blind



The Alexandrian Concept of Deification



The Alexandrian Tradition II: The Imposition of Episcopal Control



The Eclipse of the Independent Teacher



Athanasius



Apollinarius of Laodicea



Cyril of Alexandria



The Legacy of Alexandria



The Cappadocian Approach: Divine Transcendence and the Soul's Ascent



Basil of Caesarea



Gregory of Nazianzus



Gregory of Nyssa



The Cappadocian Achievement



The Monastic Synthesis: The Achievement of Maximus the Confessor



Evagrius Ponticus



The Macarian writings



Diadochus of Photice



Dionysius the Areopagite



Maximus the Confessor



Epilogue



Leontius of Jerusalem



John Damascene



Symeon the New Theologian



Gregory Palamas



The Dissemination of Hesychast Spirituality



Modern Approaches to Deification



Deification in the Syriac and Latin Traditions



The Greek Vocabulary of Deification


Bibliography


Indexes