The Sculptor and his Stone

Selected Readings on Hellenistic and Christian Learning and Thought in the Early Greek Fathers

AvChrysostomos

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

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Beskrivning

A collection of essays exploring the importance of classical Hellenistic thought in the early development of the Eastern Orthodox tradition.This book argues for the inseparability of classical Hellenism from the Greek patristic tradition from a distinctly Eastern Orthodox perspective. Postulating a common striving for truth in both domains, it places emphasis on the contributions of the ancients and Greek paideia to Christian learning and culture. In the spirit of the late Werner Jaeger, the essays contained in the volume provide a fruitful strategy for looking anew at the Greek classical world and Christianity through the eyes of the Greek Fathers, the direct inheritors of the ancient Greek worldview. Collectively, the author and contributors excellently demonstrate that, conflated with the visionary insights of the Jewish prophets and of Jewish messianism, the wisdom of the ancients served to pave the way for the unfolding of the fullness of Christian teaching and its spiritually enlightening revelation.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-01-26
Mått:153 x 229 x 9 mm
Vikt:240 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:James Clarke
Antal sidor:172
Förlag:Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN:9780227176221

Utforska kategorier

Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

The Most Reverend Chrysostomos is Senior Research Scholar at the Centre for Traditionalist Orthodox Studies.

Recensioner i media

This fine book illustrates how early Christian thought synthesised Jewish revelation with Greek philosophy and literature, integrating intellectual knowledge with spiritual understanding. The articles illustrate this synthesis with a number of topics, such as the relationship between soul, body, and spirit. Metropolitan Chrysostomos' clear introduction encourages readers, in the current anti-Christian culture, to understand the powerful truths and insights of the early Christian writers.

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgementsContributorsIntroductionChapter 1 Man and His Universe in Hellenistic Thought and the Greek Fathers / The Reverend Gregory Telepneffand the Most Reverend ChrysostomosChapter 2 Body, Soul, and Spirit in the Greek Ancients and in the Greek Fathers and Their Theological Legacy inEastern Orthodox Christianity / The Most Reverend ChrysostomosChapter 3 The Greek Fathers and Secular Knowledge / The Most Reverend Chrysostomos and Archimandrite PatapiosChapter 4 The Transformation of Hellenistic Philosophical Nomenclature in the Greek Patristic Tradition / The Most Reverend Chrysostomos and Archimandrite PatapiosChapter 5 The Notion of Rhetoric in the Eastern Orthodox Patristic Tradition / Bishop AuxentiosChapter 6 The Concept of Philosophy in the Hellenic Tradition / Constantine CavarnosChapter 7 Images of the Invisible Beauty: Plotinian Aesthetics and Byzantine Iconography / Archimandrite PatapiosChapter 8 In Defense of Piety: Respect for Words and Respect for "The Word" / J.C.B. PetropoulosChapter 9 Free Will, Character, and Responsibility in Classical Greek Thought, the Greek Fathers, and Modern Existentialism / Constantine CavarnosChapter 10 The Ancient Greek Heritage / Constantine CavarnosChapter 11 The Hellenic Heritage in Byzantium / Constantine Cavarnos