DISPOSITIONS AND RELATIONS IN GREGORY NAZIANZEN Cover Image

СОСТОЯНИЯ И ОТНОШЕНИЯ У ГРИГОРИЯ НАЗИАНЗИНА
DISPOSITIONS AND RELATIONS IN GREGORY NAZIANZEN

Author(s): Pavel Butakov
Subject(s): Metaphysics, Logic, Ancient Philosphy, Philosophy of Middle Ages, Philosophy of Religion, Eastern Orthodoxy
Published by: Новосибирский государственный университет
Keywords: Gregory Nazianzen; Trinity; category of relation; Stoic categories; schesis;

Summary/Abstract: The Greek word ‘schesis’ in the works of Gregory Nazianzen has generally been translated as ‘relation’ and interpreted as a programmatic term for his doctrine of Trinitarian relations. Although this may be a valid interpretation of the terminology of other 4th century theologians, this is not true of Gregory. His usage of the word ‘schesis’ does not correspond with the traditional Aristotelian or Stoic ways of designating a relation. It denotes a status or a disposition, it may even mean a place in a relation, but it is not the relation itself, and not a disposition towards another. Therefore all the interpretations of Gregory’s teaching on the Trinitarian relations are to be revisited and reformulated more carefully, keeping in mind the peculiarity of his usage of ‘schesis.’

  • Issue Year: IX/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 363-372
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Russian