Gregory of Nyssa's Engagement with Conceptual Metaphors: The Analogies of "Father," "Son," and "Begetting" in Against Eunomius

This essay explores what Gregory of Nyssa is doing when he claims in Against Eunomius that his use of the language of "father," "son" and "begetting" for the divine is supported by the "apprehension of ordinary people" and by the "judgement of nature.&quo...

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Main Author: Sandwell, Isabella 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2019]
In: Religion & theology
Year: 2019, Volume: 26, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 112-146
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Gregorius, Nyssenus 335-394, Contra Eunomium / Christian literature / Language / Metaphor / Father / Son / Generation
IxTheo Classification:FA Theology
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages
Further subjects:B conceptual metaphors
B divine Sonship of Christ
B Eunomius
B Gregory of Nyssa
B development of Trinitarian doctrine
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Summary:This essay explores what Gregory of Nyssa is doing when he claims in Against Eunomius that his use of the language of "father," "son" and "begetting" for the divine is supported by the "apprehension of ordinary people" and by the "judgement of nature." It uses conceptual metaphor theory in order to show that while Gregory recognised the role of ordinary human language in comprehending the divine, and so engaged with normal conceptual mappings from the domain of kinship, he also sought to transform those mappings in order to transform peoples' thought processes and thus how they conceptualised the divine.
ISSN:1574-3012
Contains:Enthalten in: Religion & theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15743012-02601007