Deification In Christ: Orthodox Perspectives On The Nature Of The Human Person (contemporary Greek Theologians, Vol 5)
by Panayiotis Nellas /
1987 / English / PDF
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The Church Fathers asserted that man's true greatness is to be
found in the fact that he is "called to be a god." They stressed
that man realizes his true existence in the measure in which he
is raised up toward God and united with Him. In the foreword to
this study, Bishop Kallistos (Ware) reflects on how difficult it
is today, because of our modern understanding of the human
person, to find the right words to express the subtle but
significant ways that Christian writers of the past saw this
mysterious, often indefinable character of the human person.
The Church Fathers asserted that man's true greatness is to be
found in the fact that he is "called to be a god." They stressed
that man realizes his true existence in the measure in which he
is raised up toward God and united with Him. In the foreword to
this study, Bishop Kallistos (Ware) reflects on how difficult it
is today, because of our modern understanding of the human
person, to find the right words to express the subtle but
significant ways that Christian writers of the past saw this
mysterious, often indefinable character of the human person.
According to Bishop Kallistos, "few if any works have opened up
for me more lines of inquiry than Deification in Christ" and few
have helped me better to appreciate the Patristic approach" to
the nature and destiny of man.
According to Bishop Kallistos, "few if any works have opened up
for me more lines of inquiry than Deification in Christ" and few
have helped me better to appreciate the Patristic approach" to
the nature and destiny of man.
In this extraordinary study, Panayiotis Nellas examines certain
central themes of patristic anthropology synthetically,
throughout the whole range of patristic anthropology
synthetically, throughout the whole range of patristic
literature. He then treats the same themes in a single father and
in a service from the Orthodox liturgy. Finally, he cites a
number of patristic passages at length and provides references
and notes which incorporate the findings of modern scholarship.
This approach not only provides an excellent introduction to
patristic anthropology, but also clearly demonstrates the
internal consistency and coherence of the Orthodox understanding
of man and his relation to God and the world.
In this extraordinary study, Panayiotis Nellas examines certain
central themes of patristic anthropology synthetically,
throughout the whole range of patristic anthropology
synthetically, throughout the whole range of patristic
literature. He then treats the same themes in a single father and
in a service from the Orthodox liturgy. Finally, he cites a
number of patristic passages at length and provides references
and notes which incorporate the findings of modern scholarship.
This approach not only provides an excellent introduction to
patristic anthropology, but also clearly demonstrates the
internal consistency and coherence of the Orthodox understanding
of man and his relation to God and the world.Deification in Christ
Deification in Christ is part of the CONTEMPORARY GREEK
THEOLOGIANS SERIES.
is part of the CONTEMPORARY GREEK
THEOLOGIANS SERIES.
