'Nobody has ever seen God': the denial of the possibility of mystical experiences in eighth- and eleventh-century Byzantium
In scholarly treatments of Byzantine mysticism the eighth, ninth and tenth centuries are given short shrift. Authors deal at length with the seventh-century authors John Climacus, Maximus the Confessor and Thalassius the Libyan and then immediately proceed to a discussion of the oeuvre of Symeon the...
| Published in: | Journal for late antique religion and culture |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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[2018]
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Journal for late antique religion and culture
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
John, Climacus 575-650
/ Maximus, Confessor, Heiliger 580-662
/ Simeon, Sethus ca. 11. Jh., 2. Hälfte
/ Mystical experience
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| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KDF Orthodox Church NBC Doctrine of God |
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Maximus the Confessor
B John Climacus B Byzantine mysticism B Symeon the New Theologian |
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