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Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, and the transformation of divine simplicity [electronic resource] / Andrew Radde-Gallwitz.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford early Christian studiesPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (xxi, 261 p.)ISBN:
  • 9780191571992 (electronic bk.)
  • 0191571997 (electronic bk.)
  • 9786612383465 (electronic bk.)
  • 6612383461 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, and the transformation of divine simplicity.DDC classification:
  • 231/.4 22
LOC classification:
  • BT148 .R33 2009eb
Online resources: Summary: Divine simplicity is the idea that, as the ultimate principle of the universe, God must be a non-composite unity not made up of parts or diverse attributes. Radde-Gallwitz explores how this idea was appropriated by early Christian theologians from non-Christian philosophy with particular reference to Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nyssa.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [236]-250) and index.

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Divine simplicity is the idea that, as the ultimate principle of the universe, God must be a non-composite unity not made up of parts or diverse attributes. Radde-Gallwitz explores how this idea was appropriated by early Christian theologians from non-Christian philosophy with particular reference to Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nyssa.

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