Deification in the Latin Patristic Tradition
Publisher: The Catholic University of America Press
Published: Jan 29, 2019
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780813231426
Description: "Contributors to this volume refute the widely held perception that the doctrine of deification primarily belonged in the Eastern Church, and that the Western Church reduced the rich biblical and Greek patristic understanding of salvation to a narrow view of redemption. To the contrary, these essays provide evidence of the wide-ranging use of deification themes in major Latin patristic sources, showing that deification was a native part of early Latin theology that was consitently and creatively employed"--
Notes: Source title: Deification in the Latin Patristic Tradition (Studies In Early Christianity)