Meister Eckhart and the Nearness of God (Sermon 30 Praedica Verbum)
As a preacher, Meister Eckhart knew the power of an idea and as a theologian, he grasped the mystery of the Incarnation. In exploring the nearness of God we see the preacher and theologian wrestle with the Incarnate Word, both in Christ and in us, as well. As a young theologian in Paris reading Aqui...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
2023
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Medieval mystical theology
Year: 2023, Volume: 32, Issue: 2, Pages: 64-73 |
| Further subjects: | B
Incarnation
B Epistemology B Preaching B Understanding B Divinization B Existence |
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| Summary: | As a preacher, Meister Eckhart knew the power of an idea and as a theologian, he grasped the mystery of the Incarnation. In exploring the nearness of God we see the preacher and theologian wrestle with the Incarnate Word, both in Christ and in us, as well. As a young theologian in Paris reading Aquinas on esse, he glimpsed the significance of divine knowing and divine existence. As a preacher, he proclaimed in various images and metaphors that sublime mystery in the human soul. It is a reality beyond our ‘thingly’ thinking and demands a new understanding of God beyond existence. Eckhart challenges our limited conceptual categories to move us from the created order to the uncreated, even beyond the existence of God. Sermon 30 offers us an opening to understand this incarnate mystery more fully as well as Eckhart’s use of language. |
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| ISSN: | 2046-5734 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Medieval mystical theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/20465726.2023.2268455 |