Angelomorphic Pneumatology: Clement of Alexandria and Other Early Christian Witnesses

Bogdan Bucur,Bogdan Gabriel Bucur

Angelomorphic Pneumatology: Clement of Alexandria and Other Early Christian Witnesses
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Brill
Country
NL
Published
20 May 2009
Pages
238
ISBN
9789004174146

Angelomorphic Pneumatology: Clement of Alexandria and Other Early Christian Witnesses

Bogdan Bucur,Bogdan Gabriel Bucur

This book discusses the occurrence of angelic imagery in early Christian discourse about the Holy Spirit. Taking as its entry-point Clement of Alexandria’s less explored writings, Excerpta ex Theodoto, Eclogae propheticae, and Adumbrationes, it shows that Clement’s angelomorphic pneumatology occurs in tandem with spirit christology, within a theological framework still characterized by a binitarian orientation. This complex theological articulation, supported by the exegesis of specific biblical passages (Zech 4: 10; Isa 11 : 2-3; Matt 18:10), reworks Jewish and Christian traditions about the seven first-created angels, and constitutes a relatively widespread phenomenon in early Christianity. Evidence to support this claim is presented in the course of separate studies of Revelation, the Shepherd of Hermas, Justin Martyr, and Aphrahat.

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