‘Through you, men live endowed with reason': Gregory Nazianzen's trinitarian thinking as a window to his personal character

It has been recently argued that the doctrine of the Trinity in Gregory Nazianzen's thinking is the driving force of his personal and ecclesiastical life. However, no serious study has so far been done on the relation between Gregory Nazianzen's personal character as reflective of his theo...

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Main Author: Awad, Najib George 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2015]
In: Scottish journal of theology
Year: 2015, Volume: 68, Issue: 2, Pages: 127-142
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Gregorius, Nazianzenus 329-390 / Trinity / Character
IxTheo Classification:KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
NBC Doctrine of God
Further subjects:B dwelling place
B Reciprocity
B Monarchia
B Trinitarian Theology
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