Cappadocian legacy
Subtitle: a critical appraisal
By: edited by Doru Costache and Philip Kariatlis
Publisher: St Andrew's Orthodox Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Sydney
Language: eng
Number of pages: 444
ISBN-13: 9780977597499
Subjects: Cappadocian Fathers; Doctrinal Theology; History; Christian saints; Biography
Notes: "Do the Cappadocians, St Basil the Great, St Gregory the Theologian and St Gregory of Nyssa, still speak to our times? Cappadocian Legacy is a stimulating and rare collection of diverse approaches to these holy writers covering a wide range of topics from their contributions to theology, Christian education and exegesis, to their views on the cosmos and history. These contributions are considered through the lens of their respective works, their place within the broader patristic tradition, and in light of contemporary scholarship."--Back cover.

"Cappadocian Legacy: A Critical Appraisal reunites twenty-two articles from fourteen scholars, Australian and international. Most of these contributions resulted from papers presented for the annual St Andrew’s Patristic Symposia 2009-2011 [symposia 1-3], on the Cappadocian fathers. The articles, published after peer review, refer to a wide range of topics pertaining to the Cappadocian saints – from their contributions to theology and spirituality, Christian education and exegesis, to their views on the cosmos and history. These contributions are considered through the lens of their respective works, their place within the broader patristic tradition, and in the light of contemporary scholarship."--Publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references.

Abstracts in English.
Table of contents: title: The Cappadocian Fathers as founders of Byzantine thought / David Bradshaw; title: Were the Fathers proponents of a familial Imago Trinitas? / Adam G. Cooper; title: St Basil the Great's exposition of Nicene orthodoxy / John Anthony McGuckin; title: Why didn't St Basil write in New Testament Greek? / John A.L. Lee; title: Light (φως/φαῦσις) and its liturgical foundation in the teaching of St Basil the Great / Adrian Marinescu; title: Christian worldview : understandings from St Basil the Great / Doru Costache; title: St Basil's Trinitarian doctrine : a harmonious synthesis of Greek paideia and the scriptural worldview / Philip Kariatlis; title: The recapitulation of history and the "eighth day" : aspects of St Basil the Great's eschatological vision / Mario Baghos; title: St Basil the Great as educator : implications from the Address to youth / Dimitri Kepreotes; title: The teachings of Gregory of Nazianzus on the Trinity / Archbishop Stylianos of Australia; title: Self-knowledge and knowledge of God according to St Gregory the Theologian / Georgios Mantzarides; title: Gregory the Theologian : a spiritual portrait / Archbishop Stylianos of Australia; title: Seeking out the antecedents of the maximum theory of everything : St Gregory the Theolgian's Oration 28 / Doru Costache; title: "What then? Is the spirit God? Certainly" : St Gregory's teaching on the Holy Spirit as the basis of the world's salvation / Philip Kariatlis; title: Scripture in the works of St Gregory the Theologian / Margaret Beirne; title: St Gregory the Theolgian's existential metanarrative of history / Mario Baghos; title: Features of the theandric mystery of Christ in St Gregory the Theologian / Anthony Papantoniou; title: Divine providence and free will in Gregory of Nyssa and his theological milieu / Bronwn Neil; title: "Dazzling darkness" : the mystical or theophanic theology of Gregory of Nyssa / Philip Kariatlis; title: Approaching An apology for the hexaemeron : its aims, methods and discourse / Doru Costache; title: Spiritual enrichment through exegesis : St Gregory of Nyssa and the Scriptures / Margaret Beirne; title: Reconsidering Apokatastasis in St Gregory of Nyssa's On the soul and resurrection and the Catechetical oration / Mario Baghos.