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Teodoret z Cyru i dialog filozoficzny
Theodoret of Cyrus and philosophical dialogue

Author(s): Joanna Szwed-Kostecka
Subject(s): Philosophy of Religion, Pastoral Theology, History of Religion
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Theodoret of Cyrus; Eranistes; philosophical dialogue; florilegium;

Summary/Abstract: Theodoret, bishop of Cyrus, played an important role in the history of the Christian Church and Christian theology in the fifth century. His dialogue Eranistes was composed in 447 or 448 and its body consists of three discussions in a dialogue form, between two persons: Or-thodoxos and Eranistes. The work is introduced by a prologue in which the author describes heresies, to which he is opposed. The first dialogue deals with the immutability of Christ, in the second one the author proves that two natures of Christ are united, and the third one deals with the impassibility of divine nature of the incarnate Word. Each dialogue in supplemented by citations from the earlier ecclesiastical authors. The aim of this study is to examine the dialogue of Theodoret on the genological level.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 173-184
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish