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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Writings from the Greco-Roman world
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Writings from the Greco-Roman world.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introductory essay: Recovering the true thought of the Origenian Evagrius: a needed reassessment of the influence of Origen and Gregory of Nyssa on Evagrius -- Evagrius's life reconsidered in light of Origen's and Gregory's influence -- Kephalaia gnostika, their two versions, and their riddles -- Evagrius's works, the loss of some in Greek, their survival in translations -- Letter to Melania and its relation to the Kephalaia gnostika -- Good and evil, gnosis and ignorance, virtue and sin, apatheia and passions, and restoration -- Aeons and the telos -- Christ, the attainment of unity, and creation -- Positive role of matter and a crucial (and overlooked) terminological distinction: different kinds of bodies -- Apatheia, pathē, and charity-love, which is no pathos -- Judgment and providence, justice and mercy -- Conclusions: contribution to research -- Present commentary and acknowledgments -- Evagrius, Kephalaia gnostika: translation and commentary. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Evagrius, Ponticus, 345?-399. Gnostikos.
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Origen.
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Origen. |
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Gnostikos (Evagrius, Ponticus) |
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Theology, Doctrinal -- Early works to 1800.
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Theology, Doctrinal. |
| Chronological Term |
Early works to 1800 |
| Genre/Form |
Early works.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Ramelli, Ilaria, 1973- translator.
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| ISBN |
9781628370409 (electronic book) |
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1628370408 (electronic book) |
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9781628370393 |
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9781628370416 |
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