Deification in the Latin Patristic Tradition

Book Overview

It has become a commonplace to say that the Latin Fathers did not really hold a doctrine of deification. Indeed, it is often asserted that Western theologians have neglected this teaching, that their occasional references to it are borrowed from the Greeks, and that the Latins have generally reduced the rich biblical and Greek Patristic understanding of salvation to a narrow view of redemption. The essays in this volume challenge this common interpretation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813237831
• ISBN13: 9780813237831
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"