THE SUFFERING OF THE IMPASSIBLE GOD by Paul L. Gavrilyuk ( 9780199297115 )

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THE SUFFERING OF THE IMPASSIBLE GOD
THE DIALECTICS OF PATRISTIC THOUGHT

By:

Paul L. Gavrilyuk

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OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

27 April, 2006

Series:

Oxford Early Christian Studies

Pages:

224

Description:

Gavrilyuk reconsiders the issue of divine suffering and divine emotions in the early Church Fathers, who are commonly criticized for accepting the argument of Hellenistic philosophy that God cannot suffer or feel emotions. He shows that this view represents a misreading of the evidence.

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The Suffering of the Impassible God provides a major reconsideration of the issue of divine suffering and divine emotions in the early Church Fathers. Patristic writers are commonly criticized for falling prey to Hellenistic philosophy and uncritically accepting the claim that God cannot suffer or feel emotions. Gavrilyuk shows that this view represents a misreading of evidence. In contrast, he construes the development of patristic thought as a series of dialectical turning points taken to safeguard the paradox of God's voluntary and salvific suffering in the Incarnation.

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