TY  - BOOK
AU  - Maspero,Giulio
TI  - Trinity and man: Gregory of Nyssa's Ad Ablabium 
T2  - Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae
SN  - 9789047420798
AV  - BR65.G76 M37 2007eb
U1  - 231/.044 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Gregory,
KW  - Trinity
KW  - History of doctrines
KW  - Early church, ca. 30-600
KW  - God
KW  - Knowableness
KW  - Negative theology
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-210) and indexes; Preliminary material -- Chapter One. Nature and action -- Chapter Two. Apophatism and person -- Chapter Three. The spirit and unity -- General conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index of persons -- Index of biblical references; Available to subscribing member institutions only
N2  - Why is it that when we speak of three human subjects, we speak of a unique nature, but we say that they are “three men”, while when we speak of the Trinity, we speak again of a unique nature, but we say that they are “one God”? Gregory of Nyssa gives the answer in his Ad Ablabium , work that lately is the focus of a discussion about the interpretation of Gregory’s thought and the social analogy of the Trinity. Trinity and Man is the first monograph devoted entirely to this tract and contributes to the debate, offering a commentary to the text, which follows the development of the Nyssian arguments and frames them in the context of Gregory’s theological grammar
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004158726.i-216
ER  -