Illumination in Basil of Caesarea's Doctrine of the Holy SpiritAugsburg Fortress Publishers, 2014 - 250 pagini If Basil of Caesarea receives mention in a standard course of lectures on Christian theology or history it is as the first person to write a dedicated discourse on the Holy Spirit. Ironically, the primary question about Basil for scholars is whether he fully believed in the divinity of the Holy Spirit himself. Timothy McConnell argues that Basil did regard the Holy Spirit as fully divine and an equal Person of the Holy Trinity. However, Basil refused to use philosophical terminology to make the point, preferring instead to prove the divinity of the Holy Spirit by what the Spirit himself revealed through divine act and Holy Scripture. Thus, "illumination" becomes the primary paradigm that Basil used to argue the divinity of the Holy Spirit, rather than philosophical rationalism of his time. What Basil called illumination, later theologians would come to refer to as 'theology of revelation' setting the stage for this study's high relevance for contemporary thought. |
Cuprins
Basil and Knowledge of God | 1 |
Illumination and the Holy Spirit | 9 |
In Divine LightBaptism as Illumination | 31 |
The Divine Light over Creation | 71 |
The Divine Light over Scripture | 145 |
To Speak of the Spirit of God | 215 |
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Alte ediții - Afișează-le pe toate
Illumination in Basil of Caesarea's Doctrine of the Holy Spirit Timothy P. McConnell Previzualizare limitată - 2014 |
Termeni și expresii frecvente
act of creation activity allegory angels archē argument Arius Athanasius baptism baptismal command baptized Basil claims Basil of Caesarea Basil writes Basil’s view beginning believer Bible Cappadocian Christian church confession cosmos Courtonne created order Creator Creed divine light doctrine of creation essence eternal Eunomius Eunomius of Cyzicus Eunomius’s Eustathius exegesis exegetical existence explored faith Father God’s Greek Gregory of Nazianzus Gregory of Nyssa Gregory Thaumaturgus heavens Henry Barclay Swete Hexaemeron Holy Spirit human Ibid illumination inspiration interpretation Irenaeus knowledge language Libanius Lord meaning mind nature Nicaea Nicene ofGod ofJesus ofthe Spirit Only-Begotten ontological Origen Origenist perfection person pneumatology principle Pro-Nicene Prohaeresius prophets Psalm reading reference revealed rhetoric Rowan Williams saints sanctification Scripture sermon soul Spir teaching Testament theology things thought Trinitarian Trinity understanding University Press Vaggione verse Wilken wisdom words worship καὶ τῆς