Mojžiš – Boží priateľ: Priateľstvo človeka s Bohom ako vrchol duchovného rozvoja (Gregor z Nyssy, Život Mojžiša II,319–321)

• Authors: Panczová Helena

Title variants

EN

Moses – God’s Friend: a Friendship between a Human and God as the Ultimate in Spiritual Development (Gregory of Nyssa, Life of Moses II,319–321)

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

At the end of the Life of Moses Gregory of Nyssa presents his hero under the biblical title "God’s friend" (Ex 33:11 LXX). The Hellenistic idea about friendship between a human and God is delicately linked with the argumentation that human perfection consists in the renewal of God’s image in a human. (1) The friendship of Moses and God is connected with Gregory’s central exposition on epectasis: both themes are derived from the exegesis of one biblical episode (Ex 33:12–23) and are also connected with the explanation that the motivation is love. (2) Friendship with God formed part of the original image of God in humans. So when Moses renewed God’s image in him, he automatically became God’s friend. (3) Friendship is characterized by reciprocity. In the relationship between Moses and God Gregory sees it in the process of cognition. Moses/a human gets to know God and in the end he/she is known by God. What is meant here is probably the reciprocal relationship between two processes in a human: getting to know the true God and changing into a true human being (renewal of God’s image).

Keywords

EN

Ex 33; 11 (LXX); Friendship with God; Epectasis; Freedom; Image of God in Humans

Discipline

• THEOLOGY: THEOLOGY

• Publisher: Palacky University, Cyrill-Method Theological Faculty, Olomouc, Czech Republic
• Journal: Studia theologica
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 1
• Pages: 41-59

Contributors

author

Panczová Helena

• Teologická fakulta Trnavskej univerzity Kostolná 1, P. O. Box 173 814 99 Bratislava

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Identifiers

DOI

10.5507/sth.2019.020 37