On the Soul and the Resurrection
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On the Soul and the Resurrection is a theological-philosophical dialogue by Gregory of Nyssa that explores the nature of the soul, death, and the afterlife in a Christian Platonic framework.
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| instanceOf |
Christian theological work
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patristic text → philosophical dialogue → theological dialogue → |
| aimsTo |
defend Christian doctrine of the resurrection
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reconcile philosophical reasoning with Christian faith → |
| associatedWithPerson |
Basil of Caesarea
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Macrina the Younger → |
| author |
Gregory of Nyssa
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| dialoguePartner |
Gregory of Nyssa
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Macrina the Younger → |
| discussesTopic |
afterlife
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creation in the image of God → death → divine goodness → divine justice → eschatology → human free will → immortality of the soul → judgment after death → nature of the soul → problem of evil → purification after death → restoration of all things → resurrection → resurrection of the body → soul → |
| genre |
Christian philosophy
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Christian theology → Platonic dialogue → |
| hasOriginalLanguage |
Greek
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| hasPerspective |
Christian Platonic framework
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| hasSetting |
conversation at the deathbed of Macrina
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| historicalContext |
late antique Christian theology
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| influencedBy |
Origenist thought
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Plato → biblical theology → |
| literaryForm |
dialogue
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| mainCharacter |
Gregory of Nyssa
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Macrina the Younger → |
| partOf |
Cappadocian Fathers’ corpus
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| philosophicalTradition |
Christian Platonism
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Platonism → |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
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| theologicalOrientation |
Cappadocian theology
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| timeOfComposition |
4th century
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| usesPhilosophicalMethod |
dialectic
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rational argumentation → |
Referenced by (4)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Homilies on the Song of Songs
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On the Making of Man → |
relatedWorkByAuthor |
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Macrina the Younger
("On the Soul and the Resurrection by Gregory of Nyssa")
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describedIn |
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Gregory of Nyssa
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notableWork |