An Arithmological Metaphor for the Holy Trinity in Gregory of Nazianzus (Or. 29,2; 23,8) and Its Neopythagorean Background

Abstract

The Neopythagorean arithmological metaphor for the Holy Trinity as used by Gregory of Nazianzus (Or. 29,2; 23,8) shows a similarity to both the Neopythagorean treatise Theologoumena arithmeticae (8), and Philo of Alexandria's De Abrahamo (122).

Keywords

• Late ancient philosophy
• Early Christian Thinking
• Patrology
• Arithmology
• Neopythagoreanism
• Gregory of Nazianzus
• Theologoumena arithmeticae
• Philo of Alexandria