The Divine Sense: The Intellect in Patristic Theology

by A.N. Williams

Book Overview

A. N. Williams examines the conception of the intellect in patristic theology from its beginnings in the work of the Apostolic Fathers to Augustine and Cassian in the early fifth century. The patristic notion of intellect emerges from its systematic relations to other components of theology: the relation of human mind to the body and the will; the relation of the human to the divine intellect; of human reason to divine revelation and secular philosophy;...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521793173
• ISBN13: 9780521793179
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.2"