The fatherhood of God from Origen to Athanasius

The fatherhood of God from Origen to Athanasius

by Widdicombe, Peter

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The fatherhood of God has a central, if increasingly controversial, place in Christian thinking about God. Yet although Christians referred to God as Father from the earliest days of the faith, it was not until Athanasius in the fourth century that the idea of God as Father became a topic of sustained analysis. Looking at the genesis of Athanasius' understanding of divine fatherhood against the background of the Alexandrian tradition, Dr Widdicombe demonstrates how the concept came to occupy su…

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  • Full title :The fatherhood of God from Origen to Athanasius / Peter Widdicombe.

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The fatherhood of God has a central, if increasingly controversial, place in Christian thinking about God. Yet although Christians referred to God as Father from the earliest days of the faith, it was not until Athanasius in the fourth century that the idea of God as Father became a topic of sustained analysis. Looking at the genesis of Athanasius' understanding of divine fatherhood against the background of the Alexandrian tradition, Dr Widdicombe demonstrates how the concept came to occupy such a prominent place in Christian theology. From back cover.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©1994
  • Edition:Revised paperback edtion

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The Physical Object

  • Description:xxiii, 290 pages ; : 22 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0199242488, 9780199242481
  • oclc:ocm44502366
  • LC Classification:BT153.F3
  • Dewey Decimal:231/.1/09015

Table of Contents

Part I. Origen : Father, Son, and salvation. -- The doctrine of God -- The revelation of the Son and the names of God -- Eternal Father and eternal Son -- The knowledge of God as Father and adoption as sons -- Origen : conclusion -- Part II. The fatherhood of God in the Alexandrian tradition to 325. -- After Origen -- Before Nicaea -- Part III. Athnasius : Father, Son, and salvation. -- Background : philosophy ; doctrine of Scripture -- God as Father -- Father and Son -- Adoption, salvation, and the life of unity.

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Subjects

Athanase, (saint Athanasius,, Saint, Patriarch of Alexan… Dieu -- Paternité -- 30-600 (Église pri… God -- Fatherhood -- Early church, ca. … Origen Origène

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Widdicombe, Peter

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