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  • 1 - Being an Image of God

  • Gabrielle Thomas
  • Book:
    The Image of God in the Theology of Gregory of Nazianzus
    Published online:
    25 May 2019
    Print publication:
    06 June 2019, pp 9-34

  • Summary

    Chapter 1 begins with a discussion of Gregory’s hermeneutics, arguing that Gregory interprets the whole biblical narrative in light of Christ and the salvation story. We move on to establish the predominant biblical themes which feed into Gregory’s multifaceted account of the image of God. These include beliefs about the divine presence manifested through images and idols; ethics; and an interesting thread which concerns the spiritual warfare between the image of God and powers of opposition, of which ‘the devil’ is common epithet used by Gregory.

The Image of God in the Theology of Gregory of Nazianzus
  • Gabrielle Thomas
  • Published online:
    25 May 2019
    Print publication:
    06 June 2019
  • Gregory of Nazianzus, known best for his Christology and Trinitarian doctrine, presents an incomparable vision of the image of God. In this book, Gabrielle Thomas offers a close analysis of his writings and demonstrates how Nazianzen depicts both the nature and experience of the image of God throughout his corpus. She argues that Nazianzen's vision of the human person as an image of God is best understood in light of biblical and extra-biblical themes. To establish the breadth of his approach, Thomas analyzes the image of God against the backdrop of Nazianzen's beliefs about Christology, Pneumatology, creation, sin, spiritual warfare, ethics, and theosis. Interpreted accordingly, Nazianzen offers a dynamic and multifaceted account of the image of God, which has serious implications both for Cappadocian studies and contemporary theological anthropology.