Nourishment in Paradise and After Resurrection: Double Creation According to Gregory of Nyssa
Gregory of Nyssa (cca 335-cca 395), one of the three Cappadocian Fathers, introduces the creation of human beings on the basis of Genesis 1:26-27 and interprets these two biblical verses as a ‘double creation’—the first of which is ‘in the image of God’ (Genesis 1:26) and secondly as male or female...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sciendo, De Gruyter
2021
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Perichoresis
Year: 2021, Volume: 19, Issue: 4, Pages: 55-63 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity NBE Anthropology NBQ Eschatology |
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Philo of Alexandria
B Word B Restoration B double creation B Plants |
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| Summary: | Gregory of Nyssa (cca 335-cca 395), one of the three Cappadocian Fathers, introduces the creation of human beings on the basis of Genesis 1:26-27 and interprets these two biblical verses as a ‘double creation’—the first of which is ‘in the image of God’ (Genesis 1:26) and secondly as male or female (Genesis 1:27). His concept of ‘double creation’ is obviously inspired by Philo of Alexandria, a first-century Jewish philosopher, but Gregory points out the condition of human beings before and after committing the sin, in contrast to Philo’s conception. While Philo distinguishes between the first and the second creation of the entirety of nature, Gregory only relates the double creation to humans. Thus plants as nourishment for humans, according to Genesis, must be matched with the second creation of humans. In the resurrection, when the ‘first creation’ of human nature will be reached, human beings with their restored bodies will only feed on immaterial, spiritual food—the Word of God. |
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| ISSN: | 2284-7308 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Perichoresis
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2478/perc-2021-0024 |