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Three Wise Men from the East - The Cappadocian Fathers and the Struggle for Orthodoxy (Paperback)
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Three Wise Men from the East - The Cappadocian Fathers and the Struggle for Orthodoxy (Paperback)
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Includes a foreword by Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of
Canterbury.The Cappadocian fathers of the fourth century--Basil of
Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa and Gregory Nazianzen--produced thoughts
on the Trinity, the creation, the incarnation, the holistic reading
of scripture and the discipline of the soul which are playing a
more seminal role in Christian theology today that at any time in
the last four hundred years. Too often, however, their teachings
are appropriated in a piecemeal manner, with no acknowledgement of
their mutual interdependence.In this comprehensive introduction to
their writings, Patrick Whitworth enables the modern reader to
share their understanding of the purpose and scope of theology. At
the same time, he brings before us three strong personalities, who,
like the rest of us, were children of time and place, taking up the
pen to address a particular audience on particular occasions.
Stripping out the ruling ideas from the polemical or rhetorical
dress in which they have come down to us, he shows that the
insights of genius lose nothing by being translated from the
exquisite opacity of the original Greek into plain but accurate
English prose. -- Professor Mark Edwards, Christ Church
Oxford."Wonderfully comprehensive and clear. We are able to see the
Cappadocians not as counters in the board game of controversy but
as complex human figures wrestling with the challenges of internal
and external crises for the Church. This will be a really welcome
tool for all students of early Christianity, and excellent and
accessible reading for anyone who wants to understand better the
formative period of Christian teaching. It is a message that the
Church of our own time should take very seriously." -- Rowan
Williams (from the foreword), Master of Magdalene College,
CambridgePatrick Whitworth read Modern History at Christ Church
Oxford, and a Theology MA in Reformation Studies under T. H. L.
Parker at Durham. He has spent over 30 years in Anglican Ministry,
currently Rector of All Saints Weston Bath, Langridge and North
Stoke. He is married to Olivia with four grown up children.
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