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StGregorytheTheologiansOration38.11&17
StAndrewsPatristicSymposium2010
RevdDrDoruCostache
StAndrewsGreekOrthodoxTheologicalCollege
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StMaximustheConfessorstheoryofeverything:
Ascribedtothetraditionofthesaints Noapparentliteraryantecedents
Thescholarlyquestforantecedents
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ScholarlydisinterestinStGregorytheTheologianasacontributortothehistory
behindtheMaximiantheory
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Whatisatheoryofeverything? DescriptionoftheMaximiantheory Thescholarlyquestforsources StGregorytheTheologiansinput
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Atheoryofeverything:ascientificattempttoencapsulaterealityinaconsistentand
completemathematicalformula Oneconsistentandcompleteformulaisimpossible(PaulDavies)
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Difficulty41:theclassicreferencefortheMaximiantheory
StMaximusattempttomapreality Asteppingstoneforthetheory:contemplatingtheordivineprinciples
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Reality:uncreatedandcreated
Creation:intelligible/invisibleand
sensible/visible
Visible:skyandearth
Earth:paradise
andcivilisedworld
Civilisedworld:maleandfemale
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Overcominggenderdivision
Unifyingcivilisationand
paradisiacallife
Realisationoftheunityofvisible
Unificationofcreation
CreationofferedtoGoddeificationofcreation
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Thehumanfailuretounifythevariousstrandsofreality
Christasmediatorparexcellence
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AseriesofcontributionsthatledtotheMaximianconstruct
WecannotreducetheMaximiangeniustotheseantecedents(HansUrsvonBalthasar)
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LarsThunberg TheconceptofthemicrocosminpaganandChristianauthors
StGregoryofNyssascontributions(microcosm,imageofGod)
NemesiusofEmesascontributions(microcosm,theunifyingtaskofhumankind)
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JohnMeyendorff Descriptionofthetheory ReferencetotheCappadociansuseoftheconceptofthemicrocosm
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AndrewLouth EmphasisonStMaximusdependenceonStGregoryofNyssasAgainstEunomius
ThePlatonicdivisionofbeingemended:theintelligibleorinvisiblesideofrealitycontainsamoreradicalrift,
betweentheuncreatedandcreated
TheignoranceofcreationregardingitsCreator
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AdamCooper StMaximusrelianceonStGregoryofNyssaandNemesiusofEmesa
QuotesStGregorytheTheologiansOration38.11withoutreferencetotheMaximianDifficulty41
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SurvivingtheCappadocians,hedrewimmenselyonthem
TreatiseontheNatureofMan 1:asummaryoftheCappadociancosmologyand
anthropology
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Overall,oneofthemainsourcesoftheMaximianthought
UnilateralrelianceofStMaximusDifficulty41onStGregoryofNyssaimprobable
Atextshouldbeinterpretedinthecontext TheBookofDifficultiesdealswithStGregorytheTheologiansthought
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ChristologicalchaptersinthelaterBookofDifficulties2-4
Thedoctrineoftheandricityarticulatedwithouttheuseoftheterm(notbelongingtoStGregory)
UseofthetermsbelongingtoStGregorytheTheologian:Christasacompositeortwofold
person
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Thethemeofignorance AcommonCappadociantopic StGregorytheTheologianalludestoitinOration38.7
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LarsThunberg: StMaximusasadeepadmirerofStGregorytheTheologian
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QuotedbyStMaximusinDifficulty7 Atfirst,themind[intelligibleworld]andthesense[visibleworld]weredistinctfromeachother,eachremainingwithintheirspecificconfines[].[][Thus,
therewas]noknowledgeofthewholerichnessof[divine]goodness.Such[wisdom]needingtobemadeobvious,theartisanLogoswilledtomakethehumanbeingasoneanimalmadeofboth,namelytheinvisibleandvisiblenatures.So,takingthebodyfromthealready
structuredmatter,heexhaledthebreathingfromhimself[],placingonearththehumanbeingassomesecondworld,greatinitssmallness,anotherangel,acompositeworshipper.
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Thehumanbeingpresentedinacosmicsetting
Humannatureasamicrocosmicsynthesisoftherealms
ThesefeaturesarereiteratedassuchbyDifficulty41
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Thecontext Chapters9&10:makingoftheinvisibleandvisiblerealms
Chapter11:humanbeingasmicrocosm Chapter12:paradiseandfall Chapter13:divinepedagogyinhistoryandtheincarnation
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Thetheoryofeverything:secondandfifthdivisions
ReiterationofthemainideaofOration38.11 Difference:Oration38.11unitesintelligibleandsensibleinthehumannature
Difficulty41doesnotmentionthepsychosomaticstructureofthehumannature
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Agreement:thereisaconnectionbetweenhumanexistenceandthecohesionofthe
universe(theanthropiccosmological
principle)
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DoxologicalrecapitulationoftheeventsintheNativitynarratives
Context: Chapter13:theparadoxicalaspectoftheincarnation
Chapters14&15:assessmentofthekenoticorhumblestateoftheLogosincarnate
Chapter16:themeaningofthefestalseasonofChristmasandEpiphany
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Theconsequencesofthefallnotexplicitlyaddressedintheircosmologicalaspect
OurreturntoAdammightsuggesthoweverthatsuchconsequenceswerenotignoredbyStGregory
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Thefestalseasonasasacramentofunion: Glorify[Christ]withtheshepherds;hymnwithangels;dancewiththearchangels.Letthisfestival
becommontotheheavenlyandearthlypowers.ForIbelievethattheytogetherrejoiceand
celebratetoday.
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ContinuityanddevelopmentoftheChristianworldview
TheneedtoreassesstheplaceofStGregorytheTheologianamongthecontributorstothetheoryofeverything
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