The Suffering of the Impassible God
The Dialectics of Patristic Thought
ISBN13: 9780199297115ISBN10: 0199297118
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Table of Contents
Introduction
1.
Testing the fall into Hellenistic philosophy theory
2.
The function of divine impassibility in patristic theology
3.
The reality of Christ's suffering defended in the struggle with Docetism
4.
Patripassian controversy: the Son, not God the Father, is the subject of the Incarnation
5.
The orthodox response to Arianism: involvement in suffering does not diminish Christ's divinity
6.
The case of Cyril against Nestorius: a theology of divine self-emptying
Conclusion
