Gregory of Nyssa and the Concept of Divine Persons by Lucian Turcescu (English)

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Book Title
Gregory of Nyssa and the Concept of Divine Persons
ISBN-13
9780195174250
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9780195174250
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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0195174259
ISBN-13
9780195174250
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30524331

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
186 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Gregory of Nyssa and the Concept of Divine Persons
Publication Year
2005
Subject
Christian Theology / Systematic, Christian Theology / General, Religious
Type
Textbook
Author
Lucian Turcescu
Subject Area
Religion, Biography & Autobiography
Series
Aar Academy Ser.
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
14.1 Oz
Item Length
6.3 in
Item Width
9.3 in

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Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2004-005194
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
231/.044/092
Synopsis
The concept of personhood is central to a wide range of contemporary issues, ranging from reproductive rights to the death penalty and euthanasia. We may think that the concept of person is a modern discovery. In fact, however, this idea does not originate with our discovery of human rights, consciousness, and individuality. As this study shows, for example, the fourth-century theologian Gregory of Nyssa developed a very sophisticated concept of the person in the context of his attempts to clarify the paradox of the Trinity - a single God comprising three distinct persons. Turcescu offers the first in-depth analysis of Gregory's writings about the divine persons. Turcescu's work not only contributes to our knowledge of the history of Trinitarian theology but can be helpful to theologians who are dealing with issues in contemporary ethics., The concept of personhood is central to a wide range of contemporary issues, ranging from reproductive rights to the death penalty and euthanasia. We may think that the concept of person is a modern development. In fact, however, this idea does not originate with our discovery of human rights, consciousness, and individuality. In this study Lucian Turcescu shows that the fourth-century theologian Gregory of Nyssa developed a very sophisticated concept of the person in the context of his attempts to clarify the paradox of the Trinity-a single God comprising three distinct persons. Turcescu offers the first in-depth analysis of Gregory's writings about the divine persons. He shows that Gregory understood personhood as characterized by uniqueness, relationality, and freedom. He reasoned that the three persons of the Trinity have distinctive properties that make them individuals, that is, capable of being enumerated and circumscribed. But this idea of individuation, inherited from the neo-Platonists, falls short of expressing a clear notion of personal uniqueness. By itself it would suggest that a person is merely a collection of properties. Gregory's great contribution was to perceive the importance of relationality to personhood. The three divine persons know and love each other, are in communion with each other, and freely act together in their common will. This understanding, argues Turcescu, adds up to a concept of personal uniqueness much like our modern one. Turcescu's work not only contributes to our knowledge of the history of Trinitarian theology but can be helpful to theologians who are dealing with issues in contemporary ethics.
LC Classification Number
BT109.T87 2004

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