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Private Creeds and their Troubled Authors
- Author(s):
- Andrew Radde-Gallwitz (see profile)
- Date:
- 2016
- Group(s):
- Biblical Studies, Religious Studies
- Subject(s):
- Church history--Primitive and early church, Religion, Civilization, Classical, History, Ancient
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- 4th century, Basil of Caesarea, creeds, Eunomius of Cyzicus, Early Christianity, Religions of late Antiquity
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M64372
- Abstract:
- This article defends the disputed label “private creeds” as a useful one for describing a number of fourth century texts. Offering such a confession was the normal method for clearing one’s name on charges of heterodoxy in fourth-century Greek Christianity, though writing such a creed made the author susceptible to charges of innovation. A number of letters on Trinitarian doctrine by Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nyssa should be read in light of the tradition of private creeds. Indeed, the writings of Basil and Gregory provide unparalleled evidence for the roles such creeds played in Christian disputes of the fourth century.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Published as:
- Journal article
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 6 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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