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ST'UDIA ANSELMIANA PHILOSOPHICA THEOLOGICA EDIT A A PROFESSORIBUS INSTITUTI PONTIFICII S. ANSELMI DE URBE
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MAN'S PARTICIPATION IN GOD'S PERFECTIONS ACCORDING TO SAINT GREGORY OF NYSSA
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DA VID 1. BALAS, S. O. Ost,
FASCICULUS LV
PONTIFICIUM INSTITUTUM S. ANSELMI ~ ROMAE ~ 1966
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Table of contents Preface
NIHIL OBSTAT Ex Abbatia B. M. V. de Dallas, die IS Iunii I965 t ANSELMUS NAGY Abbas de Dallas et Vicarius Abbatis Praesidis Congregationis Zircensis
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Abbreviations - «Sigla »
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Bibliography
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I. II. III.
Sources.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XI Works and Articles on St. Gregory of Nyssa ........... XIV General Works........................................ XVII
Introduction The Theme of Participation before St. Gregory of Nyssa .... « Status Quaestionis» ..... ...................................... . 3. Aims and Plan of Our Investigation ..................... . 1.
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2. The Theme of Participation in St. Gregory of Nyssa:
I. IMPRIMATUR Ex Abbalia S. Mariae Cryptaeferratae, die IS martii I966 ffi THEoDoRus Arch. Ordinarius
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The Hierarchy of Being
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The Rejection of Subordinationism: No Intermediary between God and Creature ................................... . 2. The Theme of the « Division of Beings» in the Works of Gregory 3. The Hierarchy of Being: a Synthetic View ............... . 4. The Place of Participation ........................... .
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The Participation in Divine Goodness I. Analysis of CE I Ch. 22................................ Divine Goodness and Its Participation before Gregory...... 3. God as Absolnte Goodness ............................ 4. The Participants of Goodness .......................... 2.
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The Partaking of Divine Life Analysis of CE III, VI 66-80 ........................... . Life as a Divine Attribnte before Gregory ............... . 3. God as Life Itself ................................... . 4. The Participation of the True Life •..................... I.
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The Participation in Being
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De Vita. lVloysis II 22-25 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2. The « Real Being» and Its Participation before Gregory.... 3. God as the Real' Being ................................ 4- The Participation in Being ............................
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The Negative Implications of Participation: The Ontological Difference between God and the Spiritual Creatures
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By Participation» vs. « By Itself» ...................... Composition vs. Simplicity ............................ 3· « More and Less» vs. Infinity .......................... 4- Mutability vs. Immutability .......................... 5· Temporality vs. Eternity ..............................
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The Positive Implications of Participation: « Participation» in the History of Salvation . . . . , . . . . ..
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Participation and the Primordial Vocation of Man... . . .....
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2. Participation and Redemption in Christ ..................
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3· Participation and Spiritual Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 4· Participation and Eschatology ........