| Faith Gives Fullness to Reasoning: The Five Theological Orations of Gregory Nazianzen Contributor(s): Norris, Frederick W. (Editor) |
|
 |
ISBN: 9004092536 ISBN-13: 9789004092532 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $170.05 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 1990 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - History |
| Dewey: 230.14 |
| LCCN: 90042554 |
| Series: Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements |
| Physical Information: (1.57 lbs) 326 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Gregory Nazianzen's Theological Orations, genuine classics, reveal not only the learning and faith of their author, but also his quarrels with Neo-Arians, Pneumatomachians, pagans, and other opponents at Constantinople in the late fourth century C.E. This volume is divided into three parts. The first offers a survey of Gregory's life and works, his orientation as a philosophical rhetorician, an overview of his theology, the relevant views of his major opponents, and the manuscript tradition of these orations. The second is a commentary that concentrates on the context and flow of his arguments about paideia and theology. The third is a new English translation, the first complete one, that evokes the logical and rhetorical power of Nazianzen and through its Biblical citations shows the importance of scripture in the debates. |