Intellect, Eikona and 'Beholding' in Gregory of Nyssa's On the Human Image of God.

In John Behr's edition of Gregory of Nyssa's On the Human Image of God, he identifies Chapter 16 of the treatise as a pivotal connecting chapter connecting the first and second parts of the book – taking up again, as it were, the exposition of human creatures as made 'in accordance with' the divine...

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Publicado en:International Journal of Systematic Theology Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. 179 - 188
Autor principal: Laird, Martin
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Apr2026
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