A Note on Evagrius’ Cosmological and Metaphysical Statements
Overall, contemporary scholars consider Evagrius’ Chapters on Knowledge a metaphysical work which proposes a fully fledged cosmology. This cosmology refers to the pre-existence of a spiritual universe and the final dematerialization of the cosmos. Recent scholars, however, challenge the metaphysical...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2020
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 71, Issue: 2, Pages: 718-730 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Evagrius, Ponticus 345-399, Kephalaia gnostika
/ Evagrius, Ponticus 345-399, Sententiae ad monachos
/ Evagrius, Ponticus 345-399, Gnosticus
/ Metaphysics
/ Cosmology
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KBL Near East and North Africa KCA Monasticism; religious orders NBC Doctrine of God NBD Doctrine of Creation |
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| Summary: | Overall, contemporary scholars consider Evagrius’ Chapters on Knowledge a metaphysical work which proposes a fully fledged cosmology. This cosmology refers to the pre-existence of a spiritual universe and the final dematerialization of the cosmos. Recent scholars, however, challenge the metaphysical assumption, advocating a monastic interpretation. I apply to Chapters the monastic lens of Evagrius’ The Monk and The Gnostic, proposing that his metaphysical and cosmological narrative encodes a map of spiritual experience. My approach also relies on recent reinterpretations of Evagrius’ masters and intellectual heirs. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa143 |