A Comparison of Basil of Caesaarea and Gregory of Nyssa On the Creation Week

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stu PARSONS
Keyword(s):  
Gregory Of Nyssa ◽  
The Creation

scholarly journals Toward the philosophy of creation: Maximus the confessor

2011 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 127-155
Author(s):  
Vladimir Cvetkovic
Keyword(s):  
Seventh Century ◽  
Gregory Of Nyssa ◽  
The Core ◽  
Dionysius The Areopagite ◽  
The World ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Philosophical Argumentation ◽  
Doctrine Of Creation ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Maximus The Confessor

The article aims to present the philosophical argumentation in favor of the Christian idea of the creation of the world exposed in the work of the seventh century author Maximus the Confessor. Maximus the Confessor developed his doctrine of creation on the basis of the philosophical arguments of his Christian predecessors, above all, Gregory of Nyssa, Nemesius of Emesa and Dionysius the Areopagite. The core of Maximus? argumentation on the creation of the world is similar to the position of the Alexandrian philosopher John Philoponus (6th century), but it is additionally enriched with ideas deriving from the works of the aforementioned Christian authors. Some of the ideas that form the scaffolding of Maximus? doctrine of creation are: the fivefold division of beings, which has its climax in the division between the created and uncreated nature, the movement of creatures towards God, who alone is the true goal of their movement, the eternal existence of the world in logoi as expressions of divine will, God?s providential care not only for the universal but also for the individual beings and the deification of the entire created world as the initial purpose of creation. Maximus? views on creation are conveyed in a language that combines Aristotelian, Stoic and Neoplatonist philosophical vocabulary.

scholarly journals Gregory of Nyssa on the Creation of the World

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Marmodoro
Keyword(s):  
Church Fathers ◽  
Causal Principle ◽  
Gregory Of Nyssa ◽  
The World ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Material Bodies ◽  
The Church

The Church Fathers held that God created the world from nothing, by an act of will, at a particular time. But how can an immaterial entity be the cause of the material world? Isn’t this a violation of the causal principle that ‘the like causes the like’ which all ancient thinkers endorsed? Gregory of Nyssa (c.335–395) is a very interesting player in this debate. Marmodoro argues that Gregory’s solution to the philosophical conundrum of the world’s creation is to posit that an immaterial God created immaterial qualities of objects; but such qualities are physical aspects of objects, and they compose with one another to give rise to material bodies.

scholarly journals Konstrukcja wizerunku Makryny w pismach Grzegorza z Nyssy na tle literackiej tradcyji przedstawiania heroicznej kobiety

Vox Patrum ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 60 ◽  
pp. 359-383
Author(s):  
Marta Szada
Keyword(s):  
Male And Female ◽  
Gregory Of Nyssa ◽  
The Creation

In the following article I try to investigate how the literary means used by Gregory of Nyssa in his works, especially the Life of St. Macrina, the Dialogue about Soul and Resurrection and the Letter 19. are related to the tradition of depic­ting heroic woman. In the first part of this paper I consider biblical and martyro­logical literature, ancient novels, dramas and moralistic works of Plutarch. In the second part I gain a closer look into relations between the creation of Macrina and other hagiographical works of the same time. My purposes are complex. Firstly, I would like to determine the main differences of male and female hero’s narrations. Secondly, I try to examine how Gregory uses conventions and if he is innovative.

scholarly journals Pochodzenie i upadek człowieka w "Traktatach wielkanocnych" św. Gaudentego z Brescii

Vox Patrum ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 60 ◽  
pp. 111-122
Author(s):  
Bazyli Degórski
Keyword(s):  
Human Being ◽  
Augustine Of Hippo ◽  
Gregory Of Nyssa ◽  
The Creation ◽  
John Cassian ◽  
Evagrius Ponticus

The article surveys the teaching of Gaudentius on anthropology and especially on the Creation of human being and his primordial fall. The doctrine of St. Gaudentius recalls that of the Fathers, since he was de­pending on them and at the same time he had an influence on their works, so he can be inserted in a theological sequence: Origen (ca. 185-254), Basil of Caesarea (329-379), Gregory of Nyssa (335-395), Ambrose (339-397), Evagrius Ponticus (345-399), Philastrius (died ca. 397), Gaudentius (died 410), Augustine of Hippo (354-430), John Cassian (360-435), Quodvultdeus (died 454). The anthropological teaching of St. Gaudentius is an essential part of the wider Patristic Tradition, from which he takes exegetical elements, while at the same time providing many original insights.

scholarly journals Sex, gender and Christian identity in the patristic era

2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 162-176
Author(s):  
Vladimir Cvetkovic
Keyword(s):  
Social Role ◽  
Fourth Century ◽  
Christian Identity ◽  
Sex And Gender ◽  
Loved One ◽  
Gregory Of Nyssa ◽  
First Case ◽  
Identity Based ◽  
The Creation ◽  
And Gender

Focusing on three historical examples of a different understanding of Christian identity, the paper seeks to address the role of contemporary concepts of sex and gender in the creation of Christian identity. In the first case study, focused on the literary representations of the Christian martyrdom from the second and third centuries, special emphasis is placed on the demand for the ?manly? or ?masculine? way of witnessing faith. The second historical example relates to the creation of a wider ascetic movement in the fourth-century Asia Minor, and its specific focus is on Macrina the Younger. In her Vita, Gregory of Nyssa distinguishes between Macrina?s gender identity based on her virginity on the one hand, and her social role as a widow, and ?mother? and ?father? of her monastic community on the other. Finally, the focus is shifted towards Dionysius the Areopagite and Maximus the Confessor, whose teachings about ecstasy, as a way to transcend oneself in the movement towards the loved one, provide the basis for establishing a theology of marriage and creating a Christian identity based not on sexual or gender roles, but on the uniqueness of human nature.

The role of affect in feelings of obligation

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefen Beeler-Duden ◽  
Meltem Yucel ◽  
Amrisha Vaish
Keyword(s):  
Positive Emotions ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Sense Of Obligation

Abstract Tomasello offers a compelling account of the emergence of humans’ sense of obligation. We suggest that more needs to be said about the role of affect in the creation of obligations. We also argue that positive emotions such as gratitude evolved to encourage individuals to fulfill cooperative obligations without the negative quality that Tomasello proposes is inherent in obligations.

Haydn: The Creation

1991 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Temperley
Keyword(s):  
The Creation
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