Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Second Series Volume V Gregory of NyssaPhilip Schaff |
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... Matter: but not in Matter itself Matter, therefore, in his eschatology is not to be burnt up and annihilated : only soul and body have to be refined, as gold (this is a striking comparison) is reined. He is very clear upon the relations ...
... Matter: but not in Matter itself Matter, therefore, in his eschatology is not to be burnt up and annihilated : only soul and body have to be refined, as gold (this is a striking comparison) is reined. He is very clear upon the relations ...
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... matter, is like God But this likeness does not extend to the point of identity. Incomprehensible, immortal, it is not uncreated. The distinction between the Creator and the Created cannot be obliterated. The attributes of the Creator ...
... matter, is like God But this likeness does not extend to the point of identity. Incomprehensible, immortal, it is not uncreated. The distinction between the Creator and the Created cannot be obliterated. The attributes of the Creator ...
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... matter of which the world was made, regulated and governed directly from the Source whence they both iowed. Indeed every system of thought, not excepting Stoicism, was struck with the blight of this fatalism. There was no freedom for ...
... matter of which the world was made, regulated and governed directly from the Source whence they both iowed. Indeed every system of thought, not excepting Stoicism, was struck with the blight of this fatalism. There was no freedom for ...
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... matter) are now to be the factors in theology ; although Gregory does now and then, for mere purposes of illustration, divide the Universe still into the intelligible and the sensible. When once pre-existence was given up, the parts of ...
... matter) are now to be the factors in theology ; although Gregory does now and then, for mere purposes of illustration, divide the Universe still into the intelligible and the sensible. When once pre-existence was given up, the parts of ...
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... matter by the one creative act ' in the beginning.' In the plan of the universe, though not in reality as with ... matter, which is neither intelligent or intelligible. But what if matter is only a concourse of qualities, tmmm, or -f tXo ...
... matter by the one creative act ' in the beginning.' In the plan of the universe, though not in reality as with ... matter, which is neither intelligent or intelligible. But what if matter is only a concourse of qualities, tmmm, or -f tXo ...
Contents
33 | |
Books TilIX Translation with Notes by Rev H A Wilson | 135 |
Books XXII Rev H C Ogles translation revised with Notes by Rev H | 220 |
On the Holy Spirit against Mscedonius A Fragment Translation with Notes | 326 |
On Not three Gods Translation with Notes by Rev H A Wilson 386 331 337 | 386 |
The Great Catechism | 471 |
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