‘Drawing aside the Mystic Veil’: Augustine’s Mystical Encounter with the Divine in the Confessions
This article explores Augustine’s account of his experience of the divine as set down in selected passages from the Confessions, and views his mysticism in relation to its context, dynamics, and influences. The article examines the Neo-Platonic elements that informed Augustine’s conceptualisation of...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
[2016]
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Journal of early Christian history
Year: 2016, Volume: 6, Issue: 3, Pages: 86-97 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity |
| Further subjects: | B
Augustine
B Spirituality B Religious Experience B Mysticism B Neo-Platonism B Early Christianity B Confessions B Patristics B Christian Spirituality |
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| Summary: | This article explores Augustine’s account of his experience of the divine as set down in selected passages from the Confessions, and views his mysticism in relation to its context, dynamics, and influences. The article examines the Neo-Platonic elements that informed Augustine’s conceptualisation of mysticism, and attempts to make sense of where intense mystical experiences, like the Ostia vision, fit in with Augustine’s broader understanding of mysticism as a way of life. |
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| ISSN: | 2471-4054 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of early Christian history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/2222582X.2016.1272191 |