Theological and HistoricalContext of Teaching on epinoiai in Works of Gregory of Nyssa Cover Image

Теолошко-историјска позадина учења о epinoiai код Св. Григорија Ниског
Theological and HistoricalContext of Teaching on epinoiai in Works of Gregory of Nyssa

Author(s): Basil Studer
Contributor(s): Milan Tanić (Translator)
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Systematic Theology
Published by: Свети Архијерејски Синод
Keywords: Gregory of Nyssa; Basil the Great; Origen; Eunomius; names of Christ; ἐπίνοιαι; Triadology; Christology

Summary/Abstract: In the controversy betweenBasil the Great and his brother Gregory of Nyssa on one side, and Eunomius, the Bishop of Cyzicus, on theother, the teaching on the ἐπίνοιαι, which comesfrom anOrigenist background, emerges to light in the writings ofthe Cappadocians. In this paper, the author analyzes the historical and theological development of the teaching, as well as how itcame fromOrigen to Gregory of Nyssa.

  • Issue Year: XLIV/2011
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 133-154
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Serbian
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