The Concept of <i>Ex-Opere-Operato</i>: Efficacy in the Fathers as an Evidence of Magic in Early Christianity
<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Duke University
2001-11-01
|
| Series: | Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies |
| Online Access: | http://grbs.library.duke.edu/article/view/12291 |
| Summary: | <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">Patristic writings of the third and fourth centuries sometimes attribute a theurgic power to liturgy, whether invested in words or in actions, but modify it by calling God’s response voluntary.</span></p> <!--EndFragment--> |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 0017-3916 2159-3159 |