La via della virtù in Gregorio di Nissa
Departing from the Platonic and Neoplatonic concept of the infinity and ineffability of the transcendent Being, which remains by nature unattainable to man, the Nyssen develops the concept of an endless spiritual progress. On itself, the human force, is incapable of raising itself to the knowledge o...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | Italian |
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Glossa
[2017]
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Teologia
Year: 2017, Volume: 42, Issue: 3, Pages: 495-520 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity NBE Anthropology |
| Summary: | Departing from the Platonic and Neoplatonic concept of the infinity and ineffability of the transcendent Being, which remains by nature unattainable to man, the Nyssen develops the concept of an endless spiritual progress. On itself, the human force, is incapable of raising itself to the knowledge of the Uncreated Being. The way to perfection is, in fact, a self-reaching out (epéktasis) towards God, without ever pretending to have achieved it. The theme is treated both in the Commentary on the Song of Songs and in the work The life of Moses, where the author retakes the allegorico-spiritual salient phases of Moses' ascensions to Mount Sinai. There, the great lawgiver meets the Lord, or better, perceives the presence in a mysterious way. In this perspective, growth in virtue allows man to purify himself and to elevate himself to an increasingly intense participation in divine life. In fact, the insatiability of the desire of the beloved pushes the soul to search with greater ardor, until it properly experiences that momentum that gives it stability and brings it closer to God. (English) |
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| ISSN: | 1120-267X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Teologia
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