The Development of the Term ἐνυπόστατος from Origen to John of Damascus

The Development of the Term ἐνυπόστατος from Origen to John of Damascus......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Abbreviations......Page 12
Introduction......Page 14
Part I. The Pre-Neochalcedonian ἐνυπόστατος-Tradition......Page 22
1.1. Basic Considerations......Page 24
1.2. ἐνυπόστατος - A Genuinely Christian Theological Term......Page 25
1.2.1. Irenaeus?......Page 26
1.2.2. Origen......Page 27
1.2.3. Origin and the Genuine Meaning(s) of the Term......Page 30
2.1.1. A First Instance of Theological Relevance: The Letter of the Six Bishops......Page 38
2.1.2. A \'Third Kind\' of Logos: προφορικός, ἐνδιάθετος, ἐνυπόστατος......Page 39
2.1.3. The Hypostatical Independence of the Logos in the Creeds......Page 42
2.2.1. Ps-Athanasius and Didymus......Page 46
2.2.2. Epiphanius of Salamis......Page 48
2.2.3. John Chrysostom......Page 50
2.2.4. Cyril of Alexandria......Page 51
Part II. The Christological Application of ἐνυπόστατος......Page 56
Introduction......Page 58
3. ἐνυπόστατος, the \'Insubsistence Formula\', Their Connection and Relevance for Post-Chalcedonian Christology during the Sixth-Century Debate......Page 62
3.1.1. ἐνυπόστατος and Insubsistence in John\'s Apology for Chalcedon......Page 63
3.1.2. Background and Possible Sources......Page 69
3.2.1. Interpreting the \'Locus Classicus\'......Page 74
3.2.2. Leontius and the Insubsistence Formula......Page 81
3.3.1. Origin and Problems of the Distinction......Page 82
3.3.2. Attempted Solutions in the Later Commentaries on Aristotle......Page 89
3.3.3. Inherence of Accidents......Page 92
3.3.4. Inherence of Substantial Parts (Specific Differences, Substantial Qualities)......Page 96
3.3.5. Inherence of Genera and Species......Page 102
3.3.5.1. The Problem of Participation......Page 104
3.3.5.2. The Problem of Individuation and Immattered Forms......Page 109
3.4. Ephrem of Amid......Page 113
3.5. Pamphilus the Theologian......Page 117
3.5.1. Pamphilus Reading Leontius of Byzantium......Page 118
3.5.2. Complementary Neochalcedonian Arguments: Pamphilus and the Insubsistence Formula......Page 123
3.6.1. De sectis, Praxis VII......Page 127
3.6.2. Anastasius I. of Antioch, the Disadvantages of the Common Usage and the Systematical Problems of Insubsistence-Christology......Page 131
3.7. Leontius of Jerusalem......Page 135
3.7.1. Leontius\' Usage of ἐνυπόστατος......Page 136
3.7.2. Leontius and the Insubsistence Formula......Page 145
4.1. Maximus the Confessor......Page 152
4.1.1. Maximus\' Usage of ἐνυπόστατος......Page 154
4.1.2. The Insubsistence Formula in Maximus......Page 163
4.2. Excursus: Anastasius Sinaites (and the Doctrina Patrum)......Page 168
4.3. John of Damascus......Page 175
4.3.1.1. The Trinitarian Usage......Page 176
4.3.1.2. The Christological Usage......Page 177
4.3.2. The Exact Meaning of the Insubsistence Formula......Page 187
5. Summary......Page 196
Sources......Page 202
Literature......Page 207
Index of Ancient Sources......Page 214
General Index......Page 221