Tracing the Spirit: Christology in Gregory of Nyssa’s Contra Eunomium III

While Gregory of Nyssa formulated a Spirit-based account of the unity of Christ in Antirrheticus adversus Apolinarium (c.383) I argue that he already held this view when he wrote Ad Eustathium (c.381) and hence when he wrote Contra Eunomium III (c.382). That Gregory makes no explicit reference to Ch...

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1. VerfasserIn: Abecina, Alexander L. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Oxford University Press [2020]
In: The journal of theological studies
Jahr: 2020, Band: 71, Heft: 1, Seiten: 212-235
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Gregorius, Nyssenus 335-394, Contra Eunomium 3 / Christologie / Heiliger Geist
IxTheo Notationen:KAB Kirchengeschichte 30-500; Frühchristentum
NBF Christologie
NBG Pneumatologie; Heiliger Geist
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Zusammenfassung:While Gregory of Nyssa formulated a Spirit-based account of the unity of Christ in Antirrheticus adversus Apolinarium (c.383) I argue that he already held this view when he wrote Ad Eustathium (c.381) and hence when he wrote Contra Eunomium III (c.382). That Gregory makes no explicit reference to Christ’s anointing by the Spirit in Contra Eunomium III is best explained by his need to adapt his Christology to the Eunomian context where any appeal to a Spirit-based Christology would be useless and, worse, self-defeating. I propose criteria for detecting probable traces of a Spirit-based Christology in Contra Eunomium III and analyse two texts found in Parts 3 and 4 that satisfy these criteria. How we understand Gregory’s account of Christ’s unity in Contra Eunomium III therefore needs to be reframed.
ISSN:1477-4607
Enthält:Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa026