Visions of Christ: the anthropomorphite controversy of 399 CE

In the late fourth century, tales began to circulate of 'anthropomorphites' dwelling in the Egyptian desert-uneducated monks who crudely believed God to have a body. This characterization was accepted until the nineteenth-century discovery of "The Life of Apa Aphou of Pemdje". Al...

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Main Author: Patterson, Paul A. 1971- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Tübingen Mohr Siebeck 2012
In: Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum (68)
Year: 2012
Reviews:Visions of Christ. The anthropomorphite controversy of 399 CE. By Paul A. Patterson. (Studies and Texts in Antiquity and Christianity, 68.) Pp. xi+183. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2012. €49 (paper). 978 3 16 152040 2; 1436 3003 (2014) (Russell, Norman)
Series/Journal:Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum 68
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Egypt (Antiquity) / Monasticism / Christology / Anthropomorphism / Controversy / Geschichte 399
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Religious disputations
B God (Christianity) History of doctrines Early church, ca. 30-600
B God (Christianity) Attributes
B Christian Heresies History Early church, ca. 30-600
B Egypt Church history
B Thesis
B Anthropomorphism
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