Mystical Experiences and Mystical Theology in Augustine of Hippo? A Reconsideration of the Sources (conf. 9, an. quant. 33, doctr. chr. 2)
The current article addresses the question concerning Augustine's mysticism from two perspectives: practice and theory. In the Confessiones, Augustine recounts how he reached an experience of God - the 'Ostia-ecstasy', shortly after his baptism. After an extensive state of the art on...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
[2018]
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Medieval mystical theology
Year: 2018, Volume: 27, Issue: 1, Pages: 36-59 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity |
| Further subjects: | B
Confessiones
B 'Ostia-ecstasy' B Augustine of Hippo (354-430) B De doctrina christiana B ascent of the soul B De animae quantitate |
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| Summary: | The current article addresses the question concerning Augustine's mysticism from two perspectives: practice and theory. In the Confessiones, Augustine recounts how he reached an experience of God - the 'Ostia-ecstasy', shortly after his baptism. After an extensive state of the art on the debate of Augustine's mysticism, the first part of this article studies Confessiones IX, 23-6, in which Augustine describes his experience at Ostia. Next, this passage is compared with an experience of similar nature Augustine had in Milan, before his conversion (Confessiones VII, 16; 23; 26). The second part deals with Augustine's theories on the ascent of the soul, as he formulates them in De animae quantitate XXXIII, 70-6 and De doctrina christiana II, 9-11. |
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| ISSN: | 2046-5734 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Medieval mystical theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/20465726.2018.1472416 |