'When the Most Blessed Athanasius was Opposing the Arians' ( Ep. 148.2.10): The Defense of the Nicene Faith Refracted through an Augustinian Lens
In a short passage in his Ep. 148, Augustine states that, in defense of the Nicene faith, Athanasius had argued that God allows himself to be seen in biblical theophanies 'by assuming a creature'. The article shows that this view is a distortion of Athanasius’ polemical strategies against...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
| Verificar disponibilidad: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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| En: |
Ephemerides theologicae Lovanienses
Año: 2024, Volumen: 100, Número: 2, Páginas: 305-322 |
| (Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar: | B
Augustinus, Aurelius, Santo 354-430
/ Athanasius, Alexandrinus, Heiliger 295-373
/ Symbolum Nicaenum
/ Teofanía
/ Contemplación de Dios
/ Arrianismo
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| Clasificaciones IxTheo: | CB Existencia cristiana KAB Cristianismo primitivo NBA Dogmática NBB Revelación |
| Acceso en línea: |
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| Sumario: | In a short passage in his Ep. 148, Augustine states that, in defense of the Nicene faith, Athanasius had argued that God allows himself to be seen in biblical theophanies 'by assuming a creature'. The article shows that this view is a distortion of Athanasius’ polemical strategies against Arianism, and that, in an effort to establish the credibility of his views, Augustine was, in fact, 'manufacturing' his famous predecessors’ consent to a fundamentally novel conception of visio Dei. |
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| ISSN: | 1783-1423 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Ephemerides theologicae Lovanienses
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2143/ETL.100.2.3293346 |