“Light from Light” Article Swipe
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Maria Munkholt Christensen
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· 2023
· Open Access
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· DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/erev.12787
· OA: W4380051722
YOU?
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· 2023
· Open Access
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· DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/erev.12787
· OA: W4380051722
This article examines the phrase “light from light” in the 4th‐century Nicene and Nicene‐Constantinopolitan creeds. The article begins by presenting the earliest use of light as a metaphor for Christ and his agency, as well as examples of similar language outside “orthodox” Christianity. It goes on to examine the meaning and use of “light from light” in the orthodox creeds and the debates that accompanied them before discussing the more popular use of “light from light” in Late antiquity/Byzantine piety. The article concludes by considering the contemporary potential in the formulation “light from light.”
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