On the Soul and the Resurrection

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Christian theological work patristic text philosophical dialogue theological dialogue

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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Label	Occurrences
On the Soul and the Resurrection canonical	3
On the Soul and the Resurrection by Gregory of Nyssa	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian theological work ⓘ patristic text ⓘ philosophical dialogue ⓘ theological dialogue ⓘ
aimsTo	defend Christian doctrine of the resurrection ⓘ reconcile philosophical reasoning with Christian faith ⓘ
associatedWithPerson	Basil of Caesarea ⓘ Macrina the Younger ⓘ
author	Gregory of Nyssa ⓘ
dialoguePartner	Gregory of Nyssa ⓘ Macrina the Younger ⓘ
discussesTopic	afterlife ⓘ 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 ⓘ Christian theology ⓘ Platonic dialogue ⓘ
hasOriginalLanguage	Greek ⓘ
hasPerspective	Christian Platonic framework ⓘ
hasSetting	conversation at the deathbed of Macrina ⓘ
historicalContext	late antique Christian theology ⓘ
influencedBy	Origenist thought ⓘ Plato ⓘ biblical theology ⓘ
literaryForm	dialogue ⓘ
mainCharacter	Gregory of Nyssa ⓘ Macrina the Younger ⓘ
partOf	Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ surface form: Cappadocian Fathers’ corpus
philosophicalTradition	Christian Platonism ⓘ Platonism ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
theologicalOrientation	Cappadocian theology ⓘ
timeOfComposition	4th century ⓘ
usesPhilosophicalMethod	dialectic ⓘ rational argumentation ⓘ

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Gregory of Nyssa → notableWork → On the Soul and the Resurrection ⓘ

On the Making of Man → relatedWorkByAuthor → On the Soul and the Resurrection ⓘ

Homilies on the Song of Songs → relatedWorkByAuthor → On the Soul and the Resurrection ⓘ

Macrina the Younger → describedIn → On the Soul and the Resurrection ⓘ

this entity surface form: On the Soul and the Resurrection by Gregory of Nyssa