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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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 NERFINISHED
Macrina the Younger
author Gregory of Nyssa NERFINISHED
dialoguePartner Gregory of Nyssa NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Macrina the Younger
partOf Cappadocian Fathers’ corpus
philosophicalTradition Christian Platonism
Platonism
religiousTradition Christianity
theologicalOrientation Cappadocian theology
timeOfComposition 4th century
usesPhilosophicalMethod dialectic
rational argumentation

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Homilies on the Song of Songs
On the Making of Man
relatedWorkByAuthor
Macrina the Younger ("On the Soul and the Resurrection by Gregory of Nyssa")
describedIn
Gregory of Nyssa
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