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St. John Damascene : tradition and originality in Byzantine theology

Andrew Louth
Print Book, English, 2002
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Oxford University Press, New York, 2002
Oxford early Christian studies
327 s.
9780199252381, 9780199275274, 0199252386, 0199275270
186279028
Byzantinisches Reich
Johannes (von Damaskus)
Johannes Damascenus 675-749
Johannes Damascenus, kyrkofader, ca. 650-ca. 750
John, of Damascus, Saint
Teologi kristendom ortodoxa kyrkor
Theologie
Illustrationsxiii
Abbreviationsxiv
PART I: Faith and Life
1. Life and Times
3(12)
2. St John Damascene and Tradition
15(16)
PART II: Faith and Logic
3. The Fountain Head of Knowledge: Nature and Development
31
4. Settling the Terms 3
8(46)
(a) Elementary Introduction
38(2)
(b) Dialectica
40(2)
(c) 'Christian' Logical Handbooks
42(2)
(d) John's Purpose
44(3)
(e) The Central Role of hypostasis
47(7)
5. Defining Error
54(30)
(a) Heresiology and On Heresies
54(7)
(b) Manichaeism
61(10)
(c) Messalianism
71(5)
(d) Islam
76(8)
6. Defining the Faith
84(109)
(a) On the Orthodox Faith
84(5)
(b) God and the Trinity
89(28)
(c) Creation and Human Kind
117(27)
(d) The Incarnate Oikonomia
144(35)
(e) Concluding Chapters
179(14)
PART III: Faith and Images
7. Against the Iconoclasts
193(30)
(a) The Three Treatises against those who Attack the Holy Icons
198(11)
(b) The Florilegia and the Source of John's Arguments
209(4)
(c) John's Doctrine of the Icon
213(6)
(d) John's Place in Iconophile Theology
219(4)
8. Χρupsilonσomicron&rhoρomicronαζ ('flowing with gold'): John the Preacher
223(27)
(a) The Nature of John's Preaching
224(10)
(b) The Homily on the Transfiguration of the Lord
234(9)
(c) The Homilies on the Dormition of the Mother of God
243(7)
Interlude: Steps to the Altar: John the Monk at prayer
250(2)
9. Γλupsilonkappaomicron&rho&rhoημων ('sweetly speaking'): John the Poet
252(31)
(a) Palestinian Monasticism and the Development of the Canon
253(5)
(b) The Paschal Canon
258(10)
(c) The Canon on the Transfiguration of the Lord
268(6)
(d) The Canon on the Dormition of the Mother of God
274(9)
Epilogue283(6)
Bibliography289(18)
Index of Citations307(10)
General Index317