La figura del Cristo Médico y la acción terapeútica del gnóstico en Evagrio Póntico
The Abba figure, central to early Christian monasticism, receives in the thought of Evagrius Ponticus (the first systematizer of monastic spirituality) the significant denomination of "Gnostic" because it is the monk who has attained a certain degree of spiritual science after having cross...
| Published in: | Veritas |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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2018
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Veritas
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| RelBib Classification: | BF Gnosticism KCA Monasticism; religious orders NBF Christology |
| Further subjects: | B
Gnostic
B enfermedad B gnóstico B Palabra B Word B Disease B Christ Physician B Cristo médico B Knowledge B Conocimiento |
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| Summary: | The Abba figure, central to early Christian monasticism, receives in the thought of Evagrius Ponticus (the first systematizer of monastic spirituality) the significant denomination of "Gnostic" because it is the monk who has attained a certain degree of spiritual science after having crossed the Praktiké. The latter constitutes, in the evagriana understanding of the Christian itinerary, the first stage of the spiritual progress characterized mainly by the fulfillment of the commandments in order to obtain the virtue. At the end of the Praktiké, the apátheia (establishment of a state katà phýsin of the passionate part) is reached, which constitutes a propitious condition of the soul to receive the science present in things and rational beings. Evagrius calls "gnostic" who has received at least the first fruits of this science or gnosis. The "ministry of the word" that monasticism assigns to the Abba, is, for Evagrius, within this framework of Christian life. Our Author attributes the gnostic a medicinal function which finds in the figure - very important for the Late Antique Christianity- of the "Christ Physician", its archetype, its specificity and its root. We are interested in examining on this occasion how this figure of Christ appears in the work of Evagrius Ponticus and how it would constitute the model and root of the therapeutic ministry that, in Evagrian thought, can be exercised by the Gnostic. Keywords: Christ Physician, gnostic, word, knowledge, disease. |
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| ISSN: | 0718-9273 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Veritas
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-92732018000100113 |