Athanasian Paganisation of Arius: Unprecedented Application of the Deification Theme
Athanasian contribution to the development of the deification theme and its subsequent influence on Christian spirituality remains significant. Athanasius certainly applied deification in his fight with Arianism. A generally acknowledged application of deification in Athanasius in an anti-Arian cont...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2019]
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Journal of religious history
Year: 2019, Volume: 43, Issue: 1, Pages: 70-82 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Athanasius Alexandrinus 295-373
/ Arius, Haeresiarcha 260-336
/ Apotheosis
/ Arianism
/ Paganism
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| RelBib Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity NBC Doctrine of God |
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| Summary: | Athanasian contribution to the development of the deification theme and its subsequent influence on Christian spirituality remains significant. Athanasius certainly applied deification in his fight with Arianism. A generally acknowledged application of deification in Athanasius in an anti-Arian context also finds additional support in a seemingly unexpected placeAthanasian criticism of pagan divinization, mostly concentrated in Against the Pagans. Relying on a traditional Christian apologetic approach for criticism of pagan divinization, Athanasius contextualizes the theology of Arius as the paganization of Christianity as well as proposes necessary prerequisites for Christian understanding of deification. This is an unprecedented application of deification in Christian theology where one Christian author portrays the teaching of another Christian author as pagan divinization. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9809 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religious history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/1467-9809.12569 |