The Distinction of Sexes and the Divine Image
Oftentimes, looking to patristic authors such as Gregory of Nyssa or Maximus the Confessor, modern writers assert that sexual distinction is foreign to the divine image in which the human being is created. An inconceivability of any divisions residing in God is the basis of this perception, and the...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2023
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Phronema
Year: 2023, Volume: 38, Issue: 2, Pages: 79-102 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages KDF Orthodox Church NBE Anthropology NCF Sexual ethics |
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Image of God
B Gregory, of Nyssa, Saint, ca. 335-ca. 394 B Maximus, Confessor, Saint, ca. 580-662 B Patristics B Anthropology B Marriage B Human Beings |
| Summary: | Oftentimes, looking to patristic authors such as Gregory of Nyssa or Maximus the Confessor, modern writers assert that sexual distinction is foreign to the divine image in which the human being is created. An inconceivability of any divisions residing in God is the basis of this perception, and the projection of this onto the human condition, as being in God's image. This paper attempts to demonstrate that this position incorrectly supposes division where unity ought to reside. All creation ought to reveal God, notwithstanding the sexual distinction of the human being. Accordingly, this very distinction within the human condition is a road which one is called to live fully, towards a more intimate reflection of God and the authentication of the divine image within. |
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| ISSN: | 0819-4920 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Phronema
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