On the Six Days of Creation (Fathers of the Church: Shorter Works) 9780813233765, 0813233763

Table of contents :
Contents
Abbreviations
Select Bibliography
Preface
Introduction
1. Date of Composition
2. The Aim and Genre of the Work
3. Gregory and Basil
4. Gregory’s Sources
5. Gregory’s Theological and Philosophical Interpretation of the Creation Narrative
5.1. God and creation
5.2. How everything began: The laying of the foundations
5.3. The “construction” of heaven and earth
6. Water
6.1. Basil’s account of the “waters above the firmament”
6.2. Gregory’s account
6.3. Gregory’s explanation of the “water cycle”
On the Six Days of Creation
Translated text
Indices
General Index
Index of Holy Scripture

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