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Augsburg Fortress Publishers
- Illumination in Basil of Caesareas's Doctrine of the Holy Spirit:
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
- Series: Emerging Scholars
summary
If Basil of Caesarea receives mention in a standard course of lectures on Christian theology or history it is as the first person to write a dedicated discourse on the Holy Spirit. Ironically, the primary question about Basil for scholars is whether he fully believed in the divinity of the Holy Spirit himself.
Timothy McConnell argues that Basil did regard the Holy Spirit as fully divine and an equal Person of the Holy Trinity. However, Basil refused to use philosophical terminology to make the point, preferring instead to prove the divinity of the Holy Spirit by what the Spirit himself revealed through divine act and Holy Scripture. Thus, “illumination” becomes the primary paradigm that Basil used to argue the divinity of the Holy Spirit, rather than philosophical rationalism of his time.
What Basil called illumination, later theologians would come to refer to as ‘theology of revelation’ setting the stage for this study’s high relevance for contemporary thought.
Table of Contents
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- Abbreviations
- pp. ix-x
- 3. The Divine Light over Creation
- pp. 71-144
- 4. The Divine Light over Scripture
- pp. 145-214
- 5. Conclusion: To Speak of the Spirit of God
- pp. 215-226
- Bibliography
- pp. 227-240
- Index of Subjects and Names
- pp. 241-244
- Index of Biblical References
- pp. 245-247
Additional Information
ISBN
9781451484441
Related ISBN(s)
9781451482775
MARC Record
OCLC
881319728
Pages
250
Launched on MUSE
2014-06-12
Language
English
Open Access
No