Learning to See God in the School of Creation: Theoria and the Teleological Character of Creation in Basil of Caesarea’s Hexaemeron

This article offers a constructive reading of Basil’s doctrine of creation in the Hexaemeron in order to articulate the relation between Christ the divine Logos and the logos of particular creatures. Tracing two lines of thought in Basil’s homilies on the six days of creation – (1) an ambivalence ab...

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Main Author: Fogleman, Alex (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2022
In: International journal of systematic theology
Year: 2022, Volume: 24, Issue: 4, Pages: 443-463
IxTheo Classification:KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
NBD Doctrine of Creation
NBF Christology
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