Fatherhood of God from Origen to Athanasius

Name: Fatherhood of God from Origen to Athanasius
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ISBN: 9780199242481

ISBN-10: 0199242488

ISBN-13: 9780199242481

Edition: 2000

Authors: Peter Widdicombe

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The fatherhood of God has a central, if increasingly controversial, place in Christian thinking about God. Yet although Christians referred to God as Father from the earliest days of the faith, it was not until Athanasius in the fourth century that the idea of God as Father became a topic of sustained analysis. Looking at the genesis of Athansius' understanding of divine fatherhood against the background of the Alexandrian tradition, Dr Widdicombe demonstrates how the concept came to occupy such a prominent place in Christian theology. He argues that there is a continuity in the Alexandrian tradition which runs from Origen to Athanasius, and shows how in the detail of their language and in…

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List price: $95.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/18/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 313
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English