Božie vtelenie a obnovenie Božieho obrazu v človeku (Gregor z Nyssy: Život Mojžiša)

• Authors: Helena Panczová

Title variants

EN

God’s Incarnation and Restoration of God’s Image in Humans (Gregory of Nyssa: Life of Moses)

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

The doctrine that God’s Incarnation made possible the restoration of God’s image in humans forms the basis of the ascetic teaching of the Greek Christian tradition. It is so also for Gregory of Nyssa in his Life of Moses where he discusses the life of virtue. This stream of thought provides the work with a substantial unity and it emerges in key places: theophany in the burning bush when Moses received the vocation to restore the image of God in him; manna, the miraculous bread from heaven; the theophany on Mount Sinai with the vision of the heavenly tabernacle. The breaking and renewing of the Tables of the Law corresponds with what happened with human nature: damaged by the First Fall, but with the Incarnation renewed into its pristine shining beauty. This idea culminates at the end of the work when Moses dies: the paradoxical circumstances of his death confirm that he fulfilled his vocation.

Keywords

EN

Deification of Humans; Incarnation; Allegorical Exegesis; Exodus

Discipline

• THEOLOGY: THEOLOGY

• Publisher: Palacky University, Cyrill-Method Theological Faculty, Olomouc, Czech Republic
• Journal: Studia theologica
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 3
• Pages: 23-35

Contributors

author

Helena Panczová

• Studia theologica, redakce, Cyrilometodějská teologická fakulta Univerzity Palackého v Olomouci, Univerzitní 22, 771 11 Olomouc, Czech Republic, http://www.studiatheologica.eu