Wisdom in Christian Tradition The Patristic Roots of Modern Russian Sophiology

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English | ISBN: 0192863223 | 2022 | 288 pages | EPUB, PDF | 750 KB + 2 MB
Following a survey of the biblical and classical background, Wisdom in Christian Tradition offers a detailed exploration of the theme of wisdom in patristic, Byzantine, and medieval theology, up to and including Gregory Palamas and Thomas Aquinas in Greek East and Latin West, respectively. Three principal levels of Christian wisdom discourse are distinguished: wisdom as human attainment, wisdom as divine gift, and wisdom as an attribute or quality of God. This journey through