God in early Christian thought : : essays in memory of Lloyd G. Patterson / / edited by Andrew B. McGowan, Brian E. Daley & Timothy J. Gaden.

While the diversity of early Christian thought and practice is now generally assumed, and the experiences and beliefs of Christians beyond the works of great theologians increasingly valued, the question of God is perennial and fundamental. These essays, individually modest in scope, seek to address...

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Superior document:Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae, v. 94
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Year of Publication:2009
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae ; v. 94.
Physical Description:1 online resource (416 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Who is the Demiurge? : Irenaeus' picture of God in Adversus haereses 2 / Richard A. Norris
  • God beyond knowing : Clement of Alexandria and discourse / Annewies van den Hoek
  • God in early Latin theology : Tertullian and the Trinity / Andrew B. McGowan
  • Knowing God in the Theological orations of Gregory of Nazianzus : the heritage of Origen / Joseph W. Trigg
  • God and Methodius : use of, and background to, the term aprosdees as a description of God in the works or Methodius of Olympus / Katherina Bracht
  • Patristic exegesis and the arithmetic of the divine from the Apologists to Athanasius / James D. Ernest
  • The Holy Spirit in Gregory Nazianzen : the pneumatology of Oration 31 / Christopher A. Beeley
  • Divine semiotics and the way to the triune God in Augustine's De Trinitatis / Khaled Anatolios
  • Ephrem's doctrine of God / Ute Possekel
  • Trinitarian theology in early Christian anaphoras / Robert J. Daly
  • Theophany and the invisible God in early Christian theology and art / Robin M. Jensen
  • God and the poor in early Christian thought / Susan R. Holman
  • The persons in God and the person of Christ in patristic theology : an argument for parallel development / Brian E. Daley
  • God and storms in early Christian thought / Robert M. Grant.