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Unknown God, Known in His Activities
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What can man know about God? This question became one of the main problems during the 4th-century Trinitarian controversy, which is the focus of this book. Especially during the second phase of the conflict, the claims of Anomean Eunomius caused an emphatic response of Orthodox writers, mainly Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nyssa. Eunomius formulated two ways of theology to show that we can know both the substance (ousia) and activities (energeiai) of God. The Orthodox Fathers demonstrated that we can know only the external activities of God, while the essence is entirely incomprehensible. Therefore the 4th-century discussion on whether the Father and the Son are of the same substance was the turning point in the development of negative theology and shaping the Christian conception of God.
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- Ancient Philosophy
- Ancient religions and mythologies
- Aspects of religion (non-Christian)
- Christian Churches, denominations, groups
- christianity
- Church controversies
- Church history
- God, knowableness
- History of Western philosophy
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- Philosophy
- Religion & beliefs
- Religion and beliefs
- Sacred texts
- Theology
- Trinity
- Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500
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DOI: 10.3726/b14190Editions