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No, says Anatolios ( Retrieving Nicaea: The Development and Meaning of Trinitarian Doctrine <\/a> , 232-3 $\"\"$ ): \u201cwe do not find an extended and focused discussion of the likeness between the unity-in-distinction in the human realm and that in the divine realm as a central theme in Gregory\u2019s theology, certainly not to the extent that we find in modern proponents or even in Richard of St. Victor.\u201d <\/p>\n

Yet, Anatolios thinks we should not soften the force of Gregory\u2019s use of analogies between divine and human. For starters, \u201ccategorical dismissals of Gregory\u2019s adverting to some likeness between the unity of the divine hypostaseis <\/em> in the one nature and the communion of human nature among individuals have to take account of Gregory\u2019s distinct sense of the unity of human nature.\u201d Plus, \u201cthe consideration that Gregory explicitly contrasts human and divine types of co-activity does not render the likeness between human communion and trinitarian unity a \u2018disanalogy,\u2019 since an aspect of unlikeness is inherent to the notion of analogy. An analogy does not simply do away with the radical otherness between God and creation but functions to illuminate a certain likeness within that radical unlikeness.\u201d <\/p>\n

Anatolios points to a passage in Gregory\u2019s homilies on the Song of Songs that provides \u201ca significant counterpoint of the likeness between human and divine co-activity.\u201d He \u201cevokes an eschatological vision wherein the diversity of human action will be harmonized by the Holy Spirit into a unified clinging to the good that is imitative of the mutual indwelling of the Father and Son.\u201d In Gregory\u2019s own words, they \u201call should be one, united by the one and only Good through the Holy Spirit.\u201d After citing Ephesians 4:3-4, he adds that \u201cit is even better to state the divine words of the gospels themselves: \u2018That all may be one, just as you, Father, are in me and I am in you, that they also may be one in us\u2019 (John 17:21).\u201d <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"