‘Divine deceit’ or the ‘devil's delusion’? Gregory of Nazianzus on Christ's defeat of the devil
This essay considers Gregory of Nazianzus’ allusion to ‘divine deceit’, a motif related to the so-called ‘Christus Victor’ theory of atonement. This allusion is curious when we recall that for Gregory, the devil, not God, is the master of deception. When we treat On the Lights (Or. 39) as a literary...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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Scottish journal of theology
Year: 2024, Volume: 77, Issue: 3, Pages: 211-223 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Gregorius, Nazianzenus 329-390
/ Atonement teaching
/ Deception
/ Jesus Christus
/ Devil
/ Platonism
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity NBF Christology NBH Angelology; demonology NBK Soteriology VA Philosophy |
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Christus Victor
B Salvation B Devil B Gregory of Nazianzus B Jesus Christ |
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