St Symeon the new theologian and his teaching on the vision of the divine light

The article deals with the problem of the divine light in the mystical works of St Symeon the New Theologian (949-1022) in the context of the Eastern Christian ascetical tradition. The author focuses on the passages referring to the divine light in the works of Evagrios Pontikos, St Isaac the Syrian...

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Nebentitel:Mystical Theology of St. Simeon New Theologian
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Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: [2015]
In: European journal for philosophy of religion
Jahr: 2015, Band: 7, Heft: 2, Seiten: 3-20
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Symeōn, Heiliger, 10. Jh. / Asket / Mystiker / Erleuchtung
IxTheo Notationen:AG Religiöses Leben; materielle Religion
KDF Orthodoxe Kirche
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Zusammenfassung:The article deals with the problem of the divine light in the mystical works of St Symeon the New Theologian (949-1022) in the context of the Eastern Christian ascetical tradition. The author focuses on the passages referring to the divine light in the works of Evagrios Pontikos, St Isaac the Syrian, St Maximus the Confessor, and in the Makarian corpus. As is shown in the present contribution, none of these authors created a fully-developed theory of the vision of the divine light. Being close to these writers in many ideas, St Symeon was generally independent of any of them in his treatment of the theme of vision of light, always basing himself primarily upon his own experience.
Beschreibung:Abweichender Titel im Inhaltsverzeichnis: "Mystical Theology of St. Simeon New Theologian"
Enthält:Enthalten in: European journal for philosophy of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.24204/ejpr.v7i2.117