Believing and Seeing
This article reconsiders the relationship between vision and faith, recuperating an understanding of the ray of darkness accented by Church Fathers such as Gregory of Nyssa and Dionysius for a fuller understanding of the beatific vision. Vision and faith are not ultimately two opposite movements,...
Published in: | Theological studies |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
[2017]
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In: |
Theological studies
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Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Faith
/ Beatific vision
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IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality |
Further subjects: | B
FAITH (Christianity)
B Gregory of Nyssa B Vision B Fathers of the church B Dionysius B Beatific Vision B Faith B DIONYSIUS, of Halicarnassus B Epektasis |
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Summary: | This article reconsiders the relationship between vision and faith, recuperating an understanding of the ray of darkness accented by Church Fathers such as Gregory of Nyssa and Dionysius for a fuller understanding of the beatific vision. Vision and faith are not ultimately two opposite movements, but rather two inseparable aspects of one dynamism leading to a knowing union with God that is ever-more. |
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ISSN: | 2169-1304 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Theological studies
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0040563917731743 |