About the image and likeness of God in man in anthropology of St. Grigoriy Nizsky
Keywords:
St. Grigoriy Nizsky, the image, the image of God, likeness of God
Abstract
The article analyzes two directions in the interpretation of St. Grigoriy Nizsky strings from Genesis (Gen. 1, 26-27): “And God said: Let us make man in our image, after our likeness”. The author argues that the terms “God’s image”and “likeness of God”in anthropology of St. Grigoriy Nizskyis not identical. Thus, the image of God –this property (idiom) of human nature and likeness of God –this human aspirations, aimed at renovation eroded by sin human nature to the divine plan of the Creator of it.
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http://theology.in.ua/ua/bp/theological_source/patristic/39873/ [in Russian]
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Mc. Clear E. V. (1948), “The Fall of Man and Original Sin in the Theology of St. Gregory of Nyssa”, Theology Studies. Baltimore, Vol. 9. pp. 175 – 212.
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www.pravenc.ru/text/166529.html [in Russian]
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Martynov, A. V. (1886), “Anthropology of the Holy. Gregory the Bishop of Nyssa: Experience issled. In the region. Christian philosophy of the IV century” [“Antropologija sv. Grigorija ep.
Nisskogo: Opyt issled. v obl. hristianskoj filosofii IV v”], PrTCO. Ch. 37, pp. 1-154. [in Russian]
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Pavko, M., Holy. (1972), Anthropology of St. Gregory of Nyssa, thesis abstract for the degree of candidate of theology [Antropologija sv. Grigorija Nisskogo, avtoreferat dissertacii na
soiskanie u4enoj stepeni kandidata bogoslovija, Moskovskaja Duhovnaja Akademija, Zagorsk], Moscow Theological Academy, Zagorsk, Rkp, as a manuscript. [in Russian]
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Skvortsov, I. M. (1863), “Christian use of philosophy, or Philosophy of Gregory of Nyssa” [“Hristianskoe upotreblenie filosofii, ili Filosofija Grigorija Nisskogo”], TKDA, Vol. 10, рp.
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Skvortsov, K. I. (1865), “The teaching of St. Gregory of Nyssa on the dignity of human nature” [“Uchenie sv. Grigorija Nisskogo o dostoinstve prirody chelovecheskoj”], TKDA, T. 3. Vol.
, рp. 159-184. [in Russian]
Shchipina, R. V. (2007), An anthropology of Gregory of Nyssa in the system of Byzantine culture, the dissertation author’s abstract on competition of a scientific degree of the candi-date of philosophical sciences (specialty 09.00.13) [Antropologija Grigorija Nisskogo v sisteme vizantijskoj kul’tury, avtoreferat dissertacii na soiskanie uchenoj stepeni kandidata filosofskih nauk (special’nost’ 09.00.13)], St. Petersburg, 198 p. RSL OD, 61: 07-9 / 483, viewed 29 March 2017, available at: http://www.lib.ua-ru.net/diss/cont/174056.html [in Russian].
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Published
2018-02-27
How to Cite
Velichko, E. (2018). About the image and likeness of God in man in anthropology of St. Grigoriy Nizsky. IDEAS. PHILOSOPHICAL JOURNAL. SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC ISSUES, (1(11), 28-35. https://doi.org/10.34017/1313-9703-2018-1(11)-28-35
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Philosophical Anthropology
