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Beyond the Polemics: Freedom and Necessity in Plotinus and St Maximus Confessor
The Heythrop Journal, Volume 65, Issue 1, Page 49-63, January 2024.Abstract Abstract: The aim of this paper is to challenge the prevailing polemic between ‘necessary’ emanation and ‘free’ creation. I begin by arguing for the presence of freedom and volition in the emanationism of Plotinus. I then move on to explore the role of necessity in the creationism of Maximus. In both cases, I rely upon a twofold schematisation
Daniel Heide
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Horizonte, 2015 Thesis summaryARAÚJO, Luiz Antônio de. The conceptual denial of God and its consequences from the speculative mysticism of Pseudo-Dionysius Areopagite.
Luiz Antônio de Araújo
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Modern Theology, Volume 40, Issue 1, Page 21-45, January 2024.Abstract In this essay, I argue that ‘poetics’—defined as ‘poet‐criticism’, a practitioner’s firsthand reflection on poetic composition (poiēsis) and verse technique (technē)—makes possible for philosophical theology something that has heretofore been overlooked.
Steven Toussaint
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Pagan Energies in Maximus the Confessor: The Influence of Proclus on Ad Thomam 5
Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies, 2012 Maximus drew on the writings of the pagan Proclus in order to articulate a passage of Dionysius the Areopagite so as to support a view of two ‘powers/energies’ of Christ.
Frederick Lauritzen
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The Throne of God as a prototype of primacy in the Church and in creation
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2019 This study emphasises the cosmic dimensions of the Church understood as the Throne of God, analysing its understanding in this way by the great writers and thinkers of the ancient world, for example, Philo the Alexandrine, Saint Dionysius the Areopagite ...
Vasile Birzu
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Football, Mysticism, Thomistic Poetics
Modern Theology, Volume 40, Issue 1, Page 63-81, January 2024.Abstract This essay will especially consider the role of the cogitative power and affectivity in the formation of vocal utterances, showing how the Thomistic account of the integration of passion with reason provides a fascinating apparatus for assessing different uses of language—from the Eucharistic hymns of Aquinas, to the poetry of his Franciscan ...
Jose Isidro Belleza
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On the history of transmission of the Vision of Carpus in Church Slavonic tradition [PDF]
SCHOLE, 2008 An article by Vladimir Itkin (a former curator of the Department of Manuscripts, State Public Library in Science and Technology, Novosibirsk) on a fragment of the Dionysian corpus, “A vision of St.
Itkin, Vladimir
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Богословські роздуми: Східноєвропейський журнал богословʼя, 2016 This essay will argue that the heritage of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite represents the most living and widespread influence of Neoplatonic ideas in the Eastern Orthodox tradition.
Vladimir KНARLAMOV
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Patristica et Mediaevalia, 2010 Aquí se propone una lectura sinóptica de tres obras recientes que tienen en común la acentuación de aspectos filosóficos y teológicos del pensamiento areopagítico: Christian Schafer estudia la filosofía del CD en The Philosophy of Dionysius the ...
Julio César Lastra Sheridan
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Divine wisdom and human wisdom in The Divine Names by St. Dionysius the Areopagite [PDF]
MethexisIn the writings of St. Dionysius the Areopagite, where the right faith in God is reflected by Christian philosophy with the greatest clarity, we will fully understand the abyssal difference between divine wisdom and human wisdom. As it was revealed to St.
Savu Totu
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