St Symeon the new theologian and his teaching on the vision of the divine light
The article deals with the problem of the divine light in the mystical works of St Symeon the New Theologian (949-1022) in the context of the Eastern Christian ascetical tradition. The author focuses on the passages referring to the divine light in the works of Evagrios Pontikos, St Isaac the Syrian...
| Published in: | European journal for philosophy of religion |
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| Subtitles: | Mystical Theology of St. Simeon New Theologian |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham
[2015]
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| In: |
European journal for philosophy of religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Symeōn, Heiliger, 10. Jh.
/ Ascetic
/ Mystic
/ Enlightenment
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion KDF Orthodox Church |
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| Summary: | The article deals with the problem of the divine light in the mystical works of St Symeon the New Theologian (949-1022) in the context of the Eastern Christian ascetical tradition. The author focuses on the passages referring to the divine light in the works of Evagrios Pontikos, St Isaac the Syrian, St Maximus the Confessor, and in the Makarian corpus. As is shown in the present contribution, none of these authors created a fully-developed theory of the vision of the divine light. Being close to these writers in many ideas, St Symeon was generally independent of any of them in his treatment of the theme of vision of light, always basing himself primarily upon his own experience. |
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| Item Description: | Abweichender Titel im Inhaltsverzeichnis: "Mystical Theology of St. Simeon New Theologian" |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: European journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.24204/ejpr.v7i2.117 |