Why Three? An exploration of the origins of the doctrine of the Trinity with reference to Platonism and Gnosticism

Why Three? An exploration of the origins of the doctrine of the Trinity with reference to Platonism and Gnosticism

<p>In this thesis I explore the emergence of the Christian triad with reference to two contemporary movements: Middle Platonism and Gnosticism. The earliest Christian writer to enumerate the three constituents of what would become the Christian Trinity is Justin. In addition to his three extan...

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Manylion Llyfryddiaeth
Prif Awdur:	Gaston, T
Awduron Eraill:	Edwards, M
Fformat:	Traethawd Ymchwil
Iaith:	English
Cyhoeddwyd:	2014
Pynciau:	Ancient philosophy Biblical studies Church history Religions of antiquity Theology and Religion Metaphysics

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The repetition of originality : on the question of association between late antique ‘Gnostics’ and the medieval Kabbalah : an argument for a revised methodology
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A discussion of the Canaanite mythological background to the Israelite concept of eschatological hope in Isaiah 24-27
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Cyhoeddwyd: (2013)

St. Paul's Deuteronomy
gan: Lincicum, D
Cyhoeddwyd: (2009)

Cherubim and Seraphim in the Old Testament
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Cyhoeddwyd: (2013)

Jewish hermeneutics of divine testing with special reference to the epistle of James
gan: Ellis, N
Cyhoeddwyd: (2013)

"Not to offer himself again and again": an exegetical and theological study of repetition in the letter to the Hebrews
gan: Moore, NJ
Cyhoeddwyd: (2014)

Knowledge of God in Philo of Alexandria with special reference to the Allegorical Commentary
gan: Ryu, B
Cyhoeddwyd: (2013)

The emergence of resurrection faith
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Cyhoeddwyd: (2011)

The authorial spirit? Biblical citations in Jacob of Edessa's Hexaemeron
gan: Salvesen, A
Cyhoeddwyd: (2008)

The question of the beginning and the ending of the so-called history of David's rise: a methodological reflection and its implications
gan: Yoon, S
Cyhoeddwyd: (2011)

Satire in the Old Testament
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Cyhoeddwyd: (2014)

Time in the book of Qohelet
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Cyhoeddwyd: (2013)

Theology and identity of the Egyptian Jewish diaspora in Septuagint of Isaiah
gan: Kim, K
Cyhoeddwyd: (2009)

Lamentations and the grief process: a psychological reading
gan: Joyce, P
Cyhoeddwyd: (1993)

Chapter 3: How present is Romans in early Christian school exercises: Is P.Lond.Lit 207 mislabelled?
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Cyhoeddwyd: (2010)

Homogénéité et diversité dans les religions à Rome
gan: Price, S
Cyhoeddwyd: (2003)

Review of Nature, Man and God in Medieval Islam: al-Baydawi's Tawali' al-Anwar with al-Isfahani's Commentary, edited and translated by Edwin E. Calverly and James W. Pollock (Leiden, 2002).
gan: al-Akiti, M
Cyhoeddwyd: (2004)

Possible objections to a philosophical approach to ancient Israelite religion: A critical refutation
gan: Jacobus W. Gericke
Cyhoeddwyd: (2011-06-01)

Heidegger and Religion 4
gan: Sinclair, M, et al.
Cyhoeddwyd: (2008)

Human will and divine will in Roman divination
gan: Driediger-Murphy, LG
Cyhoeddwyd: (2011)

Divine justification: Flavian imperial cult
gan: Suess, J, et al.
Cyhoeddwyd: (2011)

THE RELEVANCE OF CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION FOR THEOLOGY IN CONTEMPORARY SOUTH AFRICA
gan: Anne Verhoef
Cyhoeddwyd: (2017-12-01)

What Is the Philosophy of Religion?: A Thomistic Account
gan: Michael D. Torre
Cyhoeddwyd: (2023-02-01)

Horrendous evils and the ethical perfection of God
gan: Vitale, V, et al.
Cyhoeddwyd: (2012)

THE APOLOGETIC CONCERN IN THE WORK OF BIBLICAL THEOLOGIANS OF THE KIEV THEOLOGICAL ACADEMY FROM THE END OF THE NINETEENTH TO THE BEGINNING OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (THE PROBLEM OF FINDING COMMON GROUND FOR THEOLOGICAL AND SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT)
gan: Sergey Golovashchenko
Cyhoeddwyd: (2013-06-01)

Gifts to the Gods: Aparchai, Dekatai and related offerings in Archaic and Classical Greece
gan: Jim, S
Cyhoeddwyd: (2011)

Curiosity in the Austrian Enlightenment
gan: Robertson, R
Cyhoeddwyd: (2009)

Divine perfection and human potentiality: trinitarian anthropology in Hilary of Poitiers' De Trinitate
gan: Mercer, J, et al.
Cyhoeddwyd: (2015)

Religion égyptienne: problèmes de méthode et de contexte social
gan: Baines, J
Cyhoeddwyd: (1994)

Divine authority and covenant community in contemporary culture
gan: Billingham, J
Cyhoeddwyd: (2014)

The doctrine of Tenrikyo
Cyhoeddwyd: (1993)

Morality and religion
gan: Mawson, T
Cyhoeddwyd: (2009)

Can we love as God loves?
gan: Anderson, P
Cyhoeddwyd: (2006)

Praying to stop being an atheist
gan: Mawson, T
Cyhoeddwyd: (2010)

A fine-tuned universe
gan: Mawson, T
Cyhoeddwyd: (2010)

'All is pure for the pure’: redefining purity and defilement in early Greek Christianity, from Paul to Origen
gan: Blidstein, M
Cyhoeddwyd: (2014)

From Abraham to the 'Abrahamic religions' : Louis Massignon and the invention of a religious category
gan: Mohd Nasir, N
Cyhoeddwyd: (2015)

Jansenism, holy living and the Church of England: historical and comparative perspectives, c. 1640 - c. 1700
gan: Palmer, T
Cyhoeddwyd: (2015)

The ecclesiastical career of George Neville 1432-1476
gan: Keir, G
Cyhoeddwyd: (1970)

Myth, mimesis and mutiple identities: feminist tools for transforming theology
gan: Anderson, P
Cyhoeddwyd: (1996)