The Term “Nature” (φύσις) in John of Caesarea and Severus of Antioch in Context with the Cappadocian Terminology of the Category of “General” and “Individual”

The Term “Nature” (φύσις) in John of Caesarea and Severus of Antioch in Context with the Cappadocian Terminology of the Category of “General” and “Individual”Bible and Christian Antiquity: English SupplementSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/P6BLTHBG/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Sergey A.KozhukhovThe Term “Nature” (φύσις) in John of Caesarea and Severus of Antioch in Context with the Cappadocian Terminology of the Category of “General” and “Individual”http://syriaca.org/cbss/P6BLTHBGhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/P6BLTHBGhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/P6BLTHBGBible and Christian Antiquity: English Supplement3 [23]2024130-151The study examines the untenable attempt of Severus of Antioch, in a polemic with John of Caesarea, called the Grammarian, to justify his use of the term “nature” (φύσις). Severus believed that the term has a different use in Triadology and Christology. In the former context, it can be used concerning the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit as a term of general meaning, on a par with the term “substance” (οὐσία). Whereas in the latter, Severus insists that it must be used in the sense of an individual in the same way as the term “hypostasis” (ὑπόστασις). In this assertion, he relies on the Cappadocian Fathers, particularly St. Gregory the Theologian and his letter <i>To Cledonius</i>. The author of this publication shows that Severus did not correctly understand what St. Gregory the Theologian wanted to convey, unlike John the Grammarian, who, like St. Gregory, uses the term “nature” in a general sense both in Triadology and Christology. Kozhukhov, Sergey A. “The Term ‘Nature’ (Φύσις) in John of Caesarea and Severus of Antioch in Context with the Cappadocian Terminology of the Category of ‘General’ and ‘Individual.’” Bible and Christian Antiquity: English Supplement 3 [23] (2024): 130–51. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.31802/BCA.2024.23.3.020. Sergey A. Kozhukhov, The Term ‘Nature’ (Φύσις) in John of Caesarea and Severus of Antioch in Context with the Cappadocian Terminology of the Category of ‘General’ and ‘Individual,’ Bible and Christian Antiquity: English Supplement 3 [23] (2024): 130–51, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.31802/BCA.2024.23.3.020.