Author : Robert G. T. Edwards
Release : 2022
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Providence and Narrative in the Theology of John Chrysostom - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Providence and Narrative in the Theology of John Chrysostom write by Robert G. T. Edwards. This book was released on 2022. Providence and Narrative in the Theology of John Chrysostom available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "This book is the first major study of providence in the thought of John Chrysostom, a popular preacher in Syrian Antioch and later archbishop of Constantinople (ca. 350 to 407 CE). While Chrysostom is often considered a moralist and exegete, this study explores how his theology of providence profoundly affected his larger ethical and exegetical thought. Robert Edwards argues that Chrysostom considers biblical narratives as vehicles of a doctrine of providence in which God is above all loving towards humankind. Narratives of God's providence thus function as sources of consolation for Chrysostom's suffering audiences, and may even lead them now, amid suffering, to the resurrection life-the life of the angels. In the course of surveying Chrysostom's theology of providence and his use of scriptural narratives for consolation, Edwards also positions Chrysostom's theology and exegesis, which often defy categorization, within the preacher's immediate Antiochene and Nicene contexts"--