Examining the usage of the term both in the trinitarian debates before Chalcedon and especially the Christological ones afterwards, this study illustrates the gradual, yet profound change in its meaning initiated by Leontius of Byzantium: In distinguishing between the hypostasis and the Leontius initiates a crucial shift in that an is no longer straightforwardly considered as a proper, independent hypostasis of its own, but as something realized in a hypostasis which is by no means necessarily endowed with a hypostasis of its own. This technical discussion of the term is accompanied by an attempt at classifying the entirety of the different usages it keeps on displaying despite its Christian theological origin and its outstanding importance during the post-chalcedonian Christological debates.
- ISBN10 900422419X
- ISBN13 9789004224193
- Publish Date 19 March 2012
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country NL
- Imprint Brill
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 212
- Language English
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