Gregory of Nyssa and the concept of divine persons
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Gregory of Nyssa and the concept of divine persons
（American Academy of Religion academy series）
Oxford University Press, 2005
- : hard
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-168) and index
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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.
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