Looking at the genesis of Athansius' understanding of divine fatherhood against the background of the Alexandrian tradition Dr Widdicombe demonstrates how the concept of Father as God came to occupy such a prominent place in Christian theology.
Looking at the genesis of Athansius' understanding of divine fatherhood against the background of the Alexandrian tradition Dr Widdicombe demonstrates how the concept of Father as God came to occupy such a prominent place in Christian theology.
Looking at the genesis of Athansius' understanding of divine fatherhood against the background of the Alexandrian tradition Dr Widdicombe demonstrates how the concept of Father as God came to occupy such a prominent place in Christian theology.
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 beca…
Contents cover books: I, II, IV, V, VI and X.
The roots of many 20th-century questions lie in the ancient dialogue between the early Christians and culture of the old classical world. This book takes three Christian thinkers: Justin, Clement of Alexandria, and Origen, and shows what the debate looked like from the Christian…
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"The historian of Western culture cannot travel far without discovering that the roots of many twentieth-century questions lie in in the ancient dialogue between the early Christians and the culture of the old classical world. This book takes three Christian thinkers -- Justin, …
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