RT Article
T1 The Concept of Deification in Greek and Syriac
JF Review of ecumenical studies, Sibiu
VO 11
IS 3
SP 439
OP 455
A1 Seppälä, Serafim 1970-
LA English
PB [publisher not identified]
YR 2019
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1695897080
AB The early patristic authors dealt with the idea of deification in varying circumstances, in relation to different questions, and in more than one language. This article examines Syriac and Greek discourses and vocabularies related to deification in Early Christian and Post-Chalcedonian sources, concentrating on the Syriac tradition, which is less studied. The comparison illustrates certain similarities and differences. The most striking difference is, perhaps surprisingly, that in the Syriac tradition, the idea of deification is prevalent but specific terms to indicate it are almost never used. The incommensurability of the discourses exemplifies the conceptual difficulties at the emergence of the schisms between the Greek and Syriac speaking parts of Christendom.
K1 Chalcedonian
K1 Deification
K1 Greek
K1 Syriac
K1 Divinization
K1 Theosis
DO 10.2478/ress-2019-0031