Formula and Context

Formula and Context Studies in Early Christian Thought

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The great trinitarian and christological controversies of the 4thû6th centuries provide the main theme for the articles collected here û seven of which appear for the first time in English. Underlying these studies is the author's determination to subject the extant texts to the most careful analysis, in order to reveal fully their true meanings, and to uncover the accuracy û or, as is also proved, the inaccuracy û of long-accepted attributions and chronologies. As a result, Professor Abramowski has made a major contribution towards unravelling the tangled history of early Christian dogma, not to mention the complications of Church politics, and towards putting it on a firm chronological basis. Other particular topics covered are those of Antiochene and Nestorian thought, and the contacts between Gnosticism and the Neoplatonists. - - Les grandes controverses trinitariennes et de christologiques des IVe et VIe siÞcles font le thÞme principal de cet recueil. Les articles laissent transpara¯tre la rÚsolution de lÆauteur quant Ó une analyse minutieuse des textes subsistants, afin dÆen rÚvÚler le sens rÚel et dÆen Útablir lÆexactitude û ou, comme il en est aussi le cas, lÆinexactitude û concernant certaines attributions et chronologies acceptÚes de longue date. Le rÚsultat de cette dÚmarche Útant une contribution majeure du Professor Abramowski Ó lÆÚclaircissement de lÆhistoire pour le moins confuse du dogme palÚochrÚtien û sans oublier les complications de la politique de lÆEglise û et Ó son Útablissement sur des bases chronologiques plus fermes et prÚcises. Parmi les autres thÞmes couverts dans ce volume, sont ceux de la pensÚe antiochÞne nestorienne et des contacts entre les philosophes nÚo-platoniciens et le gnosticisme.

Book information

ISBN: 9780860782889
Publisher: Ashgate
Imprint: Variorum
Pub date:
DEWEY: 230
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 320
Weight: 700g
Height: 157mm
Width: 230mm
Spine width: 25mm