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Christianity and Classical Culture: The Metamorphosis of Natural Theology in the Christian Encounter with Hellenism

By Jaroslav Pelikan

Book information

Publisher
Yale University Press
Year
1993
ISBN
0300055544, 9780300055542
LCC
NB1202 .P46 1993
Open Library ID
OL1396182M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
22 MB (23372915 bytes)
Series
Gifford Lectures Series
Edition
First Edition
Pages
379\379
Topic
Religion Orthodoxy
Orientation
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00
Религиоведение;Религиоведение христианства;История

Description

Provides an account of the lives and writings of the Cappadocians, showing how they managed to be Greek and Christian at the same time. Pelikan concentrates on four Cappadocians: Gregory of Nazianzus, Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa and Macrina, sister and teacher of the last two.

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