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Freedom in Oratio catechetica of Gregory of Nyssa in the Context of De principiis of Origen

Publication at Protestant Theological Faculty |
2013

Abstract

According to Origen freedom enables a change of the ontological status of free acting creatures and subsequently of the entire cosmos. Gregory of Nyssa stresses the anthropological dimension of freedom: a man is able to make decisions about himself.