Human Dignity, Freedom of Will and the Conscience Process Anchored in Church Fathers’ Writings From Second to the Fifth Century Cover Image

DEMNITATEA UMANĂ, LIBERTATEA VOINȚEI ȘI PROCESUL CONȘTIINȚEI ÎN REPERE DIN SCRIERI PATRISTICE DINTRE SECOLELE AL II-LEA ȘI AL V-LEA
Human Dignity, Freedom of Will and the Conscience Process Anchored in Church Fathers’ Writings From Second to the Fifth Century

Author(s): Laurențiu Gabriel Nistor
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion
Published by: Editions IARSIC
Keywords: church fathers; Origen; Gregory Thaumaturgos; Cyprian; Lactantius; Clement of Alexandria; Clement of Rome; Chrysostome; Augustine; Human dignity; Conscience; Moral freedom; Soteriology; early church;

Summary/Abstract: In the tradition of the Church Fathers human dignity, moral freedom and a functional conscience remained stable anchors that created a context into which a practical understanding of salvation for the human being. The following article summarizes, reinterprets and opens further perspectives that build on the Kendall Soulen’s and Linda Woodheads’ research published in introductory chapter of God and Human Dignity, attempting to open outlooks for future research.

  • Issue Year: 7/2019
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 391-403
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Romanian