Contents
Abbreviations
Note to the Reader
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Preface
1. Apolinarius of Laodicea and his Christological teachings: A Historical Sketch
2. Gregory of Nyssa and Apollinarianism
3. The Date and Circumstances of the Composition of antirrh and Theo
4. The Method of Composition and Structure of antirrh
5. The Adequacy of Gregory’s Reporting of the Text and Argumentation of the Apodeixis
6. Reconstructing the Structure and Argument of the Apodeixis
7. Gregory’s Argumentative Techniques in antirrh
8. Gregory’s Use of Scripture in antirrh
9. Gregory’s Critique of Apolinarius in antirrh
10. Gregory’s own Christology as set out in antirrh
11. Gregory’s Soteriology as set out in antirrh
13. The Christological Arguments in Theo
Anti-Apollinarian Writings
1. Introduction
2. The title of Apolinarius’s work
3. Apolinarius’s critique of the notion of Christas a “God-filled man”: Introduction
4. First excursus: Gregory attacks Apolinarius’s alleged theory that the divine Logos died on the cross
5. Apolinarius’s critique of the notion of Christas a “God-filled man”: Its origin and its condemnation by orthodox synods
6. Apolinarius’s critique of the notion of Christas a “God-filled man”: The “man from earth” and the “man from heaven”
7. Apolinarius’s trichotomous anthropology and the implication for Christology
8. Apolinarius’s critique of the notion of Christas a “God-filled man”: Implications of the Nicene definitions
9. The first Adam and the second Adam
10. Apolinarius’s teaching on the pre-existent Christ and the identity of Jesus with him
11. Second excursus: Gregory’s teaching on how we are saved through Christ’s humanity
12. Apolinarius’s teaching on the pre-existent Christ and the identity of Jesus with him (continued): Zechariah 13.7 and Hebrews 1.1–3
13. Third excursus: Gregory’s reflections on Philippians 2.5–11
14. Apolinarius’s teaching on the pre-existent Christ and the identity of Jesus with him (continued): Philippians 2.5–11
15. The divinity of Jesus: The divine mind, eternally enfleshed
16. The divinity of Jesus: “Enfleshed mind” and “God-filled man”
17. The divinity of Jesus: The divine mind,eternally enfleshed (continued)
18. The divinity of Jesus: Arguments from Scripture
19. The relationship between Christ’s divinity and his humanity: Arguments from Scripture
20. The enfleshment as the assumption of a man by God
21. More on Apolinarius’s trichotomous anthropology and the “enfleshed mind”
22. Christ as wisdom: The “God-filled man” again. Apolinarius’s first and second syllogisms
23. Soteriological arguments for the concept of Christ as “enfleshed mind.” Apolinarius’s third, fourth, and fifth syllogisms
24. The unity of Christ. Apolinarius’s sixth, seventh, and eighth syllogisms
25. More on Apolinarius’s trichotomous anthropology and the implication for Christology
26. Christ’s death and resurrection
27. The eternal Christ
28. Fourth excursus: Gregory defends his Christology
29. The eternal Christ (continued)
30. Christ’s ascension and glorification
31. Final arguments
32. Conclusion
To Theophilus, Against the Apollinarians: Translation and Commentary
Appendix and Indices
Appendix: A Reconstruction of the Possible Structure of the Apodeixis
General Index
Index of Holy Scripture
