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Download PDF (598.6 Index A Protrepticus 121, 122, 163, 233 Topica 233 Abraham 23, 211 ἐνέργεια Aetius 6, 7, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, Arius 5, 6, 9, 10, 46, 48, 49, 50, 95, 96, 97, 98, 114, 115, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 119, 150, 151, 159, 166, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 167, 204, 228, 233 65, 66, 68, 69, 70, 73, 76, knowledge of God 78, 79, 86, 89, 116, 119, knowledge of substance (ὀυσία) 137, 161, 227, 228, 238, Syntagmation 7, 89, 115, 159, 241, 242, 243 166, 233 arian controversy 25, 34, 49, Aghiorgoussis M. 200, 238 70, 77, 137, 139, 140, 146, Alcinous 39, 40, 41, 45, 131, 233 148, 149 Anatolios, K. 76, 238 attributes of God 36, 101, 114, Andia Y. de 238 141 Anomeans 6, 7, 8, 9, 34, 45, 89, Creation ex nihilo 57 119, 140, 219, 221, 225, (Father and Son) will and wish 228 (βούλημα καί θέλημα) 56 Aristotle 10, 11, 13, 31, 40, 42, Monad and Diad 51 81, 92, 93, 94, 95, 103, negative theology 5, 9, 10, 55, 104, 119, 120, 121, 122, 60, 62, 64, 68, 69, 161, 227 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, status of the Son of God 2 131, 132, 134, 138, 144, Thalia 54, 62, 67 148, 152, 159, 160, 161, Armstrong A.H. 40, 238 163, 164, 169, 177, 197, Athanasius 34, 48, 57, 62, 64, 66, 204, 233, 237, 238, 239, 69, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 240 77, 79, 90, 146, 147, 227, Analytica Posteriora 233, 237 233, 234, 238, 239, 240, Analytica Priora 233 241 Categoriae 233 Contra Gentes 74, 233 De anima 122, 233 De decretis Niceane synodi 65, De generatione animalium 233 233 De interpretatione 169, 233 De Incarnatione 71, 74, 233 Ethica Nicomachea 233 De Synodis Arimini in Italia et knowledge of substance (ὀυσία) Seleuciae in Isauria 234 Metaphysica 233 245 Tomasz Stpie and Karolina Kochaczyk-Boniska - 9783631757369 Downloaded from PubFactory at 09/26/2021 05:34:38AM via free access Epistula ad episcopos Aegypti at theory of names 6, 166, 229, Libyae 234 239 Epistula ad Serapionem 234 worship and knowledge 99 knowledge of God 69, 71, 72, negativetheology 73, 77 Beeley Ch. A. 211, 212, 214, 215, Orationes Contra Arianos 234 216, 217, 218, 238 transcendence of God 70, 71, Beere, J. 11, 120, 121, 122, 123, 72, 76, 77 124, 238 Athenagoras 35, 142, 234 Benedict XVI 31, 238 Atticus 39 Birjukov D. 167, 169, 238 Augustine of Hippo 234 Bradshaw, D. 10, 11, 120, 121, Autolycus 35, 37 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 131, 135, B 141, 146, 147, 160, 231, Balás D.L. 187, 238 239 Balentine, S.E. 24, 238 Brouwer, R. 67, 239 Barnes M.R. 92, 93, 95, 103, 119, C 120, 121, 122, 125, 126, 127, 143, 145, 162, 187, Candidus 58, 77, 78, 79, 82, 84, 197, 233, 238 241 Basil of Caesarea 6, 7, 77, 165, Carabine, D. 9, 12, 24, 27, 42, 166, 168, 172, 173, 174, 239 195, 229, 234, 239, 241, Chaldean Oracles 55 242 Christian mysticism 23, 231 concept (ἐννοία) Clement of Alexandria 12, 25, 27, conceptualisation (ἐπίνοια ) 30, 32, 38, 40, 42, 44, 48, Contra Eunomium 7, 234 51, 69, 149, 227, 234, 239, Epistulae 234 240, 241, 242, 243 faith and understanding 105 Excerpta ex Theodoto 143, 234 Homiliae in Hexaemeron 234 negative theology 12, 42 Homilia in illud Attende tibi ipsi Stromata 234 234 conceptualization (ἐπίνοια) 168, knowledge of attributes 169, 170, 171 (ἀπηριθμησάμεθα) 102 Council of Antioch 8 knowledge of God Council of Constantinople 7 knowledge of substance (ὀυσία) creation 7, 25, 27, 30, 32, 37, 45, perception of 47, 49, 51, 52, 55, 57, 60, God’sincomprehensibility 63, 65, 66, 68, 69, 70, 73, theory of language 109, 115, 128, 141, 142, 246 Tomasz Stpie and Karolina Kochaczyk-Boniska - 9783631757369 Downloaded from PubFactory at 09/26/2021 05:34:38AM via free access 143, 145, 146, 149, 152, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 153, 154, 157, 159, 160, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 162, 163, 164, 182, 184, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 185, 192, 196, 201, 224 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, Cyril of Jerusalem 224, 225, 187, 188, 189, 195, 197, 235, 243 200, 203, 204, 205, 210, negative theology 225 217, 219, 228, 229, 231, 234, 235, 238, 240, 242, D 243 Daley B.E. 42, 210, 211, 213, activity of God 10, 136, 137, 214, 216, 218, 239, 243 157, 159, 160, 161 Danielou, J. 13 Apologia Apologiae 8, 112 DelCogliano, M. 6, 7, 9, 12, 91, Apology 7, 27, 33, 89, 115, 116, 98, 150, 154, 157, 166, 146, 151, 174 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, distinction between substance 172, 173, 174, 196, 197, and activity 102, 115, 119, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 142, 146, 149, 175 234, 239 Fragmenta 235 Dexippus 10, 92, 235 generation 10, 115, 137, 153, Dialectic 24, 43 160, 161, 164 Diekamp F. 7, 8, 239 knowledge of God 174 Dillon, J. M. 42, 46, 48, 233, 239 knowledge of substance (ὀυσία) Doods, E.R. 39, 239 164, 165, 180 Droge, A.J. 31, 32, 239 theory of language theory of names 150, 156, 157, E 164, 166, 167, 173 time 155 Epicureans 38 two ways of theology 115, 165, Epiphanius 235 175, 181, 229 Epistula ad Diognetum 235 ἐνέργεια Eunomius 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Eusebius of Cesarea 13, 27, 45, 56, 61, 69, 77, Eustachius of Sebasta 8 89, 97, 99, 102, 110, 112, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, F 121, 123, 127, 131, 136, 137, 138, 140, 141, 142, Festugière A.J. 239 143, 145, 146, 148, 149, G 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, Gnostics 52, 65, 143 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, God 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13, 23, 24, 247 Tomasz Stpie and Karolina Kochaczyk-Boniska - 9783631757369 Downloaded from PubFactory at 09/26/2021 05:34:38AM via free access 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, First Principle 5, 69 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, God’s activity (ἐνέργεια) 37 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, God’s attributes (ἰδίων) 25 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, Gracious Power 29 54, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, hypostases 45, 53, 131, 133 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, image likeness of God 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, incorporeal 28, 35, 43, 85, 198, 76, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 216 85, 86, 87, 89, 90, 91, 92, invisible 25, 28, 35, 37, 74, 76, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98, 100, 82, 84, 109, 141, 170, 182, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 198, 201, 206, 207, 208, 106, 107, 109, 110, 111, 209, 211, 219, 220, 224 112, 113, 114, 115, 119, Kingly Power 29 120, 121, 127, 128, 129, knowledge and worship 26 130, 131, 136, 138, 139, Maker 35, 65, 75, 188, 201 140, 141, 142, 143, 145, nature 23, 24, 38, 40, 45, 46, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 48, 148, 171, 181, 189, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 190, 191, 209, 210, 212, 156, 158, 159, 160, 161, 215 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, Persons/Divine Persons 39, 59, 167, 168, 170, 171, 173, 60, 71, 108, 117, 118, 141, 174, 175, 176, 180, 181, 146, 148, 175, 177, 182, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, powerδυνάμεις 192, 193, 195, 196, 197, Prohibitive Power 29 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, simplicity 61, 68, 78, 102, 154, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 163, 164, 170 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, substance (ὀυσία) 10, 13, 28, 29, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 110, 114, 153, 164, 165, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 166, 180, 181, 183, 187, 223, 224, 225, 227, 228, 195, 196, 199, 209 229, 230, 236, 238, 239, transcendence of God 60, 70, 241, 242, 243 90, 98 Creative Power 29 unoriginated ἀγένητος 28 Creator of the Universe 27, 30, Wisdom 60, 61, 62, 140, 145, 62, 181 218, 242 divine simplicity 54 worship 23, 25, 26, 31, 33, 34, Fatherincomprehensible 35, 38, 89, 99, 100, 101, (ἀκατάληπτος) 102, 105, 106, 109, 111, 248 Tomasz Stpie and Karolina Kochaczyk-Boniska - 9783631757369 Downloaded from PubFactory at 09/26/2021 05:34:38AM via free access 112, 113, 114, 115, 168, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 199, 200, 201, 202, 215, 125, 138, 139, 140, 141, 228 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, Gregory of Nazienzus 149, 155, 160, 175, 182, illumination 228, 229 knowledge of God Gwynn D.M. 66, 239 negativetheology Orationes H purification Hadot, P. 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, theosis 86, 236, 239 knowledge of substance (ὀυσία) Hägg, F. 12, 39, 40, 41, 46, 239 Gregory of Nyssa 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Hamilton A. 74, 239 12, 14, 23, 27, 28, 61, 70, Hanson, R.P.C. 50, 89, 239 77, 90, 100, 110, 113, 117, Harari O. 103, 104, 240 120, 136, 140, 156, 157, Henry, P. 50, 55, 63, 64, 65, 67, 162, 165, 167, 174, 175, 77, 131, 133, 134, 135, 179, 181, 183, 187, 188, 136, 137, 161, 186, 187, 192, 193, 195, 203, 205, 237, 240 210, 215, 216, 217, 223, Hieronymus 8, 236 225, 229, 230, 235, 236, Holy Scripture 6, 11, 21, 23, 26, 238, 240, 241, 242, 243 28, 44, 60, 79, 90, 105, activity of God 106, 110, 129, 138, 140, Contra Eunomium 8, 13, 110, 142, 148, 149, 158, 164, 117, 120, 140, 174, 188, 205, 207, 227, 229, 236 203, 235, 238, 240, 241 knowledge of God 23, 26 De beatitudinibus 235 knowledge and worship De infantibus praemature abrep- ἐνέργεια 11, 229 tis 235 Holy Spirit 47, 146, 147, 158, De vita Moysis 235 163, 173, 175, 177, 181, generation 165 196, 199, 202, 216, 234 In Canticum Canticorum 236 knowledge of God I knowledge of substance (ὀυσία) negative theology 10, 77, 113, Incarnation 24, 74, 77 193, 195, 203, 205, 242 intellect (νοῦς) 28, 40, 41, 42, Refutatio confessionis Eunomii 49, 73, 109, 114, 130, 131, 178, 236 137, 160, 161, 186, 188, status of God’s activities 175 202, 212, 218, 227, 230 ἐνέργεια 9, 10, 11, 12, 37, 119, Itter, A.
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