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THE IMAGO DEI AND HUMAN PERFECTION: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CHRISTOLOGY FOR GREGORY OF NYSSA'S UNDERSTANDING OF THE HUMAN PERSON

THE IMAGO DEI AND HUMAN PERFECTION: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CHRISTOLOGY FOR GREGORY OF NYSSA'S... I. INTRODUCTION Most twentieth‐century scholarship regarding Gregory of Nyssa's theological anthropology has focused upon Gregory's most explicitly anthropological treatise, On the Making of Man , which was written toward the end of Gregory's life as a conclusion to Basil the Great's Hexaemeron . These studies have contributed significantly to our understandings of Gregory's view of human sexuality and the Fall and of his incorporation of particular Greek philosophical concepts into his thought; consistently with Jaroslav Pelikan's characterization of the Cappadocian project as an engagement with Hellenism, twentieth‐century scholars have for the most part emphasized the Neoplatonic elements of Gregory's account of anthropology. While there has been renewed interest in Gregory's theological commitments insofar as they extend to the doctrine of the Trinity and to his views of asceticism, contemporary scholars have tended not to consider the implications of Gregory's doctrine of God for his understanding of the human person. I suspect that this omission arises from scholars' tendencies to study On the Making of Man , a text that is not highly theological at first glance, in isolation from Gregory's earlier work. In this essay, I contend that key themes from On the Making of Man are revealed http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Heythrop Journal Wiley

THE IMAGO DEI AND HUMAN PERFECTION: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CHRISTOLOGY FOR GREGORY OF NYSSA'S UNDERSTANDING OF THE HUMAN PERSON

The Heythrop Journal , Volume 50 (3) – May 1, 2009

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Wiley
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© The author 2009. Journal compilation © Trustees for Roman Catholic Purposes Registered 2009
ISSN
0018-1196
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1468-2265
DOI
10.1111/j.1468-2265.2009.00459.x
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Abstract

I. INTRODUCTION Most twentieth‐century scholarship regarding Gregory of Nyssa's theological anthropology has focused upon Gregory's most explicitly anthropological treatise, On the Making of Man , which was written toward the end of Gregory's life as a conclusion to Basil the Great's Hexaemeron . These studies have contributed significantly to our understandings of Gregory's view of human sexuality and the Fall and of his incorporation of particular Greek philosophical concepts into his thought; consistently with Jaroslav Pelikan's characterization of the Cappadocian project as an engagement with Hellenism, twentieth‐century scholars have for the most part emphasized the Neoplatonic elements of Gregory's account of anthropology. While there has been renewed interest in Gregory's theological commitments insofar as they extend to the doctrine of the Trinity and to his views of asceticism, contemporary scholars have tended not to consider the implications of Gregory's doctrine of God for his understanding of the human person. I suspect that this omission arises from scholars' tendencies to study On the Making of Man , a text that is not highly theological at first glance, in isolation from Gregory's earlier work. In this essay, I contend that key themes from On the Making of Man are revealed

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Published: May 1, 2009

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