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Trinity and Man contributes to the actual discussion on the interpretation of Gregory of Nyssas thought and particularly on the Ad Ablabium: it constitutes the first monograph devoted entirely to this tract, analyzed here from the theological point of view.
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Trinity and Man
Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae Formerly Philosophia Patrum Text and Studies of Early Christian Life and Language
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J. den Boeft – J. van Oort – W.L. Petersen † D.T. Runia – C. Scholten – J.C.M. van Winden
VOLUME 86
Trinity and Man Gregory of Nyssa’s Ad Ablabium
By
Giulio Maspero
LEIDEN • BOSTON 2007
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CONTENTS Abbreviations ........................................................................... Introduction to the Treatise .................................................... I. Trinity and Man ............................................................... II. Content of the Ad Ablabium ........................................... III. Dating the Treatise ........................................................... IV. Linguistic Analysis ............................................................ V. Keys to Reading ................................................................
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Chapter One Nature and Action ......................................... I. Universal Nature ............................................................... a. The Ad Ablabium ........................................................ b. Universal Nature .......................................................... c. Nature and Essence ..................................................... d. Nature and Time ......................................................... e. Conclusion .................................................................... II. The Energies ..................................................................... a. The Ad Ablabium ........................................................ b. The ................................................................ c. Activity .......................................................................... d. Palamism ...................................................................... III. Unity of Action ............................................................... a. The Ad Ablabium ........................................................ b. Unity of Action ............................................................ c. Economy and Immanence ........................................... d. The Unity of Men ...................................................... e. The Apokatastasis ........................................................ 1. The Interpretations .................................................. 2. Gregory .................................................................... 3. Evolution .................................................................. 4. Terminology .......................................................