St. Augustine's Paradigm: "Ab exterioribus ad interiora, ab inferioribus ad superiora" in the Western and Eastern Christian Mysticism
I argue that St. Augustine of Hippo was the first in the history of Christian spirituality who expressed a key tendency of Christian mysticism, which implies a gradual intellectual ascent of the human soul to God, consisting of the three main stages: external, internal, and supernal. In this ascent...
| Autres titres: | Augustine's Paradigm 'ab exterioribus ad interiora, ab inferioribus ad superiora' in the Western and Eastern Christian Mysticism |
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2015]
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European journal for philosophy of religion
Année: 2015, Volume: 7, Numéro: 2, Pages: 81-107 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Augustinus, Aurelius, Saint 354-430
/ Expérience mystique
/ Cheminement spirituel
/ Pères de l'Église
/ Néoplatonisme
/ Saint-Siège (motif)
/ Église orientale
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| Classifications IxTheo: | AG Vie religieuse CB Spiritualité chrétienne |
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| Résumé: | I argue that St. Augustine of Hippo was the first in the history of Christian spirituality who expressed a key tendency of Christian mysticism, which implies a gradual intellectual ascent of the human soul to God, consisting of the three main stages: external, internal, and supernal. In this ascent a Christian mystic proceeds from the knowledge of external beings to self-knowledge (from outward to inward), and from his inner self to direct mystical contemplation of God (from inward to higher). Similar doctrines may be found in the writings of the Greek Fathers (Great Cappadocians, Dionysius the Areopagite, Maximus the Confessor, etc.). Although there are many similarities in the overall doctrine and in particular details between them, it does not imply the direct impact of Augustines theological thought on the Greek Fathers but rather the influence of the Neoplatonic philosophy on both Western and Eastern Christianity, in particular, of Plotinus theory of intellectual cognition. |
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| Description: | Abweichender Titel im Inhaltsverzeichnis: "Augustine's Paradigm 'ab exterioribus ad interiora, ab inferioribus ad superiora' in the Western and Eastern Christian Mysticism" |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: European journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.24204/ejpr.v7i2.121 |
