Gregory Nazianzen’s Christology of Mixture

Abstract This article provides a reconsideration of Gregory Nazianzen’s account the Christological union by analysing Gregory’s conception as ‘mixture’ (μίξις) or ‘blending’ (κρᾶσις). While scholars have long recognized that conceives Christ’s humanity and divinity kind ‘mixture’, there is disagreement to which philosophical understanding mixture—if any—underlies this conception. Three rival interpretations dominated modern scholarship on issue. The first, forwarded Franz Portmann in 1954, regards holding Stoic mixture. A second line interpretation, first proposed Harry Wolfson 1956, argues terms what refers ‘unions predominance’—a subset Aristotelian mixture ‘lesser ingredient’ converted towards greater without being completely destroyed. More recently, most extensive consideration Christology date, Andrew Hofer has argued ‘fits no ancient model’. Against these three lines will demonstrate Neoplatonic accounts mixture, adapted theory order explain immaterial natures mutual interpenetration. allows how are both truly united distinct, since according model unite themselves material other either nature undergoing change destruction. Recognition use theory, then, us grasp fundamental logic underpinning union.