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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Bibliografiske detaljer
Hovedforfatter:	Gaston, T
Andre forfattere:	Edwards, M
Format:	Thesis
Sprog:	English
Udgivet:	2014
Fag:	Ancient philosophy Biblical studies Church history Religions of antiquity Theology and Religion Metaphysics

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Cherubim and Seraphim in the Old Testament
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Jewish hermeneutics of divine testing with special reference to the epistle of James
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"Not to offer himself again and again": an exegetical and theological study of repetition in the letter to the Hebrews
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Knowledge of God in Philo of Alexandria with special reference to the Allegorical Commentary
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The emergence of resurrection faith
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The authorial spirit? Biblical citations in Jacob of Edessa's Hexaemeron
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The question of the beginning and the ending of the so-called history of David's rise: a methodological reflection and its implications
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Satire in the Old Testament
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Theology and identity of the Egyptian Jewish diaspora in Septuagint of Isaiah
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Lamentations and the grief process: a psychological reading
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Gifts to the Gods: Aparchai, Dekatai and related offerings in Archaic and Classical Greece
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Curiosity in the Austrian Enlightenment
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Divine perfection and human potentiality: trinitarian anthropology in Hilary of Poitiers' De Trinitate
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Religion égyptienne: problèmes de méthode et de contexte social
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Divine authority and covenant community in contemporary culture
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The doctrine of Tenrikyo
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Morality and religion
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Can we love as God loves?
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Praying to stop being an atheist
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A fine-tuned universe
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'All is pure for the pure’: redefining purity and defilement in early Greek Christianity, from Paul to Origen
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From Abraham to the 'Abrahamic religions' : Louis Massignon and the invention of a religious category
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The ecclesiastical career of George Neville 1432-1476
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Myth, mimesis and mutiple identities: feminist tools for transforming theology
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