The Intertwining of Multiplicity and Unity in Dionysius' Metaphysical
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Durham E-Theses The Christology of nestorius and the chalcedonian settlement Fletcher, Stanley P. How to cite: Fletcher, Stanley P. (1972) The Christology of nestorius and the chalcedonian settlement, Durham theses, Durham University. Available at Durham E-Theses Online: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/9976/ Use policy The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that: • a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in Durham E-Theses • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders. Please consult the full Durham E-Theses policy for further details. Academic Support Oce, Durham University, University Oce, Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HP e-mail: [email protected] Tel: +44 0191 334 6107 http://etheses.dur.ac.uk THE REVEREND STANLEY P. FLETCHER, B.A. THE CHRISTOLOGY OP NESTORIUS AND THE CHALCEDONIAN SETTLEMENT A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM The copyright of this thesis rests with the author. No quotation from it should be published without his prior written consent and information derived from it should be acknowledged. THE GHRISTOLOGY OF NESTORIUS AND THE CHALCEDONIAN SETTLEMENT - ABSTRACT The assessment of Nestorius1 Christology begins with a consideration of his indebtedness to Paul of Samosata, Diodore of Tarsus and Theodore of Mopsuestia. -
Repentance As Divine Communion in St. Symeon the New Theologian´S Hymns of Divine Love
International Journal of Orthodox Theology 11:1 (2020) 7 urn:nbn:de:0276-2020-1025 John Anthony McGuckin Repentance as Divine Communion in St. Symeon the New Theologian´s Hymns of Divine Love Abstract Much English language scholarship on St. Symeon the New Theologian has, perhaps understandably, been intri- gued by and focused on the saint's narrative of his luminous visions of the Lord. But this has often served to Archpriest John Anthony distract readers from the primary McGuckin is the Nielsen thrust of the most rhapsodic and ec- Professor of Byzantine static of all his writings, the Hymns Theology Emeritus at Uni- of Divine Love. This paper argues that on Theological Seminary, New York, Professor of this major teaching is the doctrine of Early Christian Thought in radical repentance that the saint the Theological Faculty of espouses: and he does it in such a way Oxford University, Rector as to redirect the flow of earli- of St. Gregory's Orthodox Mission in St. Anne's on er Christian teaching on the develop- Sea in England, and a ping stages of the spiritual life in a Fellow of the British Royal profoundly innovative manner. Historical Society. 8 John Anthony McGuckin Rather than seeing re-pentance as a 'beginner's stage' in spiri- tuality, to be succeeded by 'unitive' and 'contemplative' stages (as in many manuals of spiritual theology which suppose they thus reproduce Pseudo-Dionysios) Symeon appears to pro- ject radical and heartfelt repentance as the royal road to the deepest level of communion with Christ. For him, repentance is one of the highest spiritual states, not the lowest. -
"Breaking Ground" a Look at the Impact of the Cappadocian Fathers on the Establishment of the Doctrine of the Holy
Verbum Volume 7 Issue 1 Article 11 December 2009 "Breaking Ground" A look at the Impact of the Cappadocian Fathers on the Establishment of the Doctrine of the Holy Spirit During the Transition Between the Council of Nigeria (325) and the Council of Constantinople (381). Frederick J. Flo St. John Fisher College Follow this and additional works at: https://fisherpub.sjfc.edu/verbum Part of the Religion Commons How has open access to Fisher Digital Publications benefited ou?y Recommended Citation Flo, Frederick J. (2009) ""Breaking Ground" A look at the Impact of the Cappadocian Fathers on the Establishment of the Doctrine of the Holy Spirit During the Transition Between the Council of Nigeria (325) and the Council of Constantinople (381).," Verbum: Vol. 7 : Iss. 1 , Article 11. Available at: https://fisherpub.sjfc.edu/verbum/vol7/iss1/11 This document is posted at https://fisherpub.sjfc.edu/verbum/vol7/iss1/11 and is brought to you for free and open access by Fisher Digital Publications at St. John Fisher College. For more information, please contact [email protected]. "Breaking Ground" A look at the Impact of the Cappadocian Fathers on the Establishment of the Doctrine of the Holy Spirit During the Transition Between the Council of Nigeria (325) and the Council of Constantinople (381). Abstract In lieu of an abstract, below is the essay's first paragraph. "At the center of Christian dogma lies the worship of the Holy Trinity. Naturally, with every central focus comes controversy. Throughout history, the interpretation of the Trinity has created a tremendous amount of debate. -
The Christological Function of Divine Impassibility: Cyril of Alexandria and Contemporary Debate
The Christological Function of Divine Impassibility: Cyril of Alexandria and Contemporary Debate by David Andrew Graham A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Wycliffe College and the Theological Department of the Toronto School of Theology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Theology awarded by the University of St. Michael's College © Copyright by David Andrew Graham 2013 The Christological Function of Divine Impassibility: Cyril of Alexandria and Contemporary Debate David Andrew Graham Master of Arts in Theology University of St. Michael’s College 2013 Abstract This thesis contributes to the debate over the meaning and function of the doctrine of divine impassibility in theological and especially christological discourse. Seeking to establish the coherence and utility of the paradoxical language characteristic of the received christological tradition (e.g. the impassible Word became passible flesh and suffered impassibly), it argues that the doctrine of divine apatheia illuminates the apocalyptic and soteriological dimension of the incarnate Son’s passible life more effectively than recent reactions against it. The first chapter explores the Christology of Cyril of Alexandria and the meaning and place of apatheia within it. In light of the christological tradition which Cyril epitomized, the second chapter engages contemporary critiques and re-appropriations of impassibility, focusing on the particular contributions of Jürgen Moltmann, Robert W. Jenson, Bruce L. McCormack and David Bentley Hart. ii Acknowledgments If this thesis communicates any truth, beauty and goodness, credit belongs to all those who have shaped my life up to this point. In particular, I would like to thank the Toronto School of Theology and Wycliffe College for providing space to do theology from within the catholic church. -
Mystical Union in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
International Journal of Theology, Philosophy and Science No. 4, Year 3/2019 https://ijtps.com/ ISSN 2601-1697, ISSN-L 2601-1689 https://doi.org/10.26520/ijtps.2019.3.4.93-112 MYSTICAL UNION IN JUDAISM, CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM PhD. Alexandru-Corneliu ARION Lecturer, Faculty of Theology and Sciences of Education, “Valahia” University of Târgovişte, ROMANIA Email: [email protected] Motto: «Theologians may quarrel, but the mystics of the world speak the same language». (Meister Eckhart) ABSTRACT This article presents the so-often discussed problem of the core of religions, of what seems to link them rather than to separate them. Thus, after having presented the characteristics of unitive mysticism and its language at a phenomenological level, we turn to mystical union in the three major monotheistic religions of the world. Judaism, Christianity and even Islam have all developed the idea of a personal God, this ideal representing religion at its best. In the monotheistic faiths the God of creation, revelation, and redemption is not a static and indifferent First Principle but a loving and all-knowing God, who creates humans whose likeness to Him consists precisely in their ability to know and to love. However, the variations found in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam on this topic are too multiple to be easily characterized. That’s why it is difficult to appreciate the dynamics of union unless one addresses the relation between unitive expressions and the roles of love and knowledge. Union, whether conceived of as the uniting of God and human or in a deeper way as some form of identity with God, has been a key feature of the mystical traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. -
Henosis: Workload-Driven Small Array Consolidation and Placement for HDF5 Applications on Heterogeneous Data Stores
Henosis: Workload-driven small array consolidation and placement for HDF5 applications on heterogeneous data stores Donghe Kang, Vedang Patel, Ashwati Nair, Spyros Blanas, Yang Wang, Srinivasan Parthasarathy {kang.1002,patel.3140,nair.131,blanas.2,wang.7564,parthasarathy.2}@osu.edu The Ohio State University ABSTRACT Although the aggregate data volume of many datasets is enor- Scientific data analysis pipelines face scalability bottlenecks when mous, individual observations are often stored as independent small processing massive datasets that consist of millions of small files. files for downstream processing. The supernovae detection pipeline Such datasets commonly arise in domains as diverse as detecting in the ASAS-SN sky survey stores detected transient stars in sepa- supernovae and post-processing computational fluid dynamics sim- rate 1.7 KB files [19]; a vortex prediction pipeline on the simulation ulations. Furthermore, applications often use inference frameworks of a Mach 1.3 jet produces vortices with average size 8 KB [36]; such as TensorFlow and PyTorch whose naive I/O methods exacer- sequencing the human genome produces nearly 30 million files av- bate I/O bottlenecks. One solution is to use scientific file formats, eraging 190 KB each [8]; and 20 million images served by SDSS are such as HDF5 and FITS, to organize small arrays in one big file. less than 1 MB on average [7]. These files are small compared with However, storing everything in one file does not fully leverage the the typical block sizes of modern file systems. For example, the de- heterogeneous data storage capabilities of modern clusters. fault block size of the Hadoop Distributed File System (HadoopFS) This paper presents Henosis, a system that intercepts data ac- is 64 MB and the default stripe size of the Lustre parallel file system cesses inside the HDF5 library and transparently redirects I/O to is 1 MB. -
The Importance of Athanasius and the Views of His Character
The Importance of Athanasius and the Views of His Character J. Steven Davis Submitted to Dr. Jerry Sutton School of Divinity Liberty University September 19, 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter I: Research Proposal Abstract .............................................................................................................................11 Background ......................................................................................................................11 Limitations ........................................................................................................................18 Method of Research .........................................................................................................19 Thesis Statement ..............................................................................................................21 Outline ...............................................................................................................................21 Bibliography .....................................................................................................................27 Chapter II: Background of Athanasius An Influential Figure .......................................................................................................33 Early Life ..........................................................................................................................33 Arian Conflict ...................................................................................................................36 -
1 CURRICULUM VITAE Rev. John D. Jones, Ph. D. Professor Department of Philosophy Marquette University Special Fields: Compas
CURRICULUM VITAE Rev. John D. Jones, Ph. D. Professor Department of Philosophy Marquette University Special Fields: Compassion, Eastern Christian Spirituality, Dionysius the Areopagite, Neoplatonism, Philosophy of Poverty Degrees: • A.B., California State University, Long Beach, 1969, Philosophy • Secondary Teaching Credential (Mathematics), California State University, Long Beach, 1970 • M.A., California State University, Long Beach, 1972, Philosophy • Ph.D., Boston College, 1976, Philosophy Academic Experience: • St. Anselm’s College, Assistant Professor, Philosophy, 1976-1977 • Marian College, Assistant Professor, Philosophy, 1977-1978 • Marquette University, Assistant Professor, Philosophy, 1978-1984 • Marquette University, Associate Professor, Philosophy, 1985-1995 • Marquette University, Assistant Chair, Philosophy, 1992-1998 • Marquette University, Professor, Philosophy, 1995- present • Marquette University, Chair, Philosophy, 1998-2004 • Marquette University, Acting Chair, Philosophy, December 2004-August 2005 • Marquette University, Interim Chair, Physics Department, AY 2013-14 • Marquette University, Interim Chair, Philosophy Department, AY 2016-17 • Marquette University, Chair, Philosophy Department, July 2017- December 31, 2018 Clerical Ordination: Ordained to Holy Priesthood of the Orthodox Church in America (May, 2009) PUBLICATIONS: Books in Print Pseudo-Dionysius Areopagite: The Divine Names and Mystical Theology. Milwaukee: Marquette University Press, 1980. Contains a translation from the Greek, notes, and critical introductory study (pages 1-101). (Selections republished in Walter Kaufmann and Forrest E. Baird (ed.), Medieval Philosophy, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1994: 131-136.) Avoiding Nuclear War: The Moral Considerations. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1985 (Marc Griesbach, co-editor). Poverty and the Human Condition. New York: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1990. Hervaeus Natalis. The Poverty of Christ and the Apostles. Translated from the Latin, with introduction and notes. -
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Introduction This dissertation sets itself the modest task of explaining Plotinus’ mystical teaching of henosis as it is presented in the Enneads. While my aim is fairly sim- ple and implies an equally straightforward method, the background from which this dissertation emerges does not appear to be so. Therefore, in this introduc- tory part, I will first look into the historical reception of Plotinus’ thought (Sec- tion 1) and the scholarly approaches to mysticism as a discipline (Section 2), and finally return to specify the subject, method and structure of the dissertation accordingly (Section 3). Section 1 The Historical Reception of Plotinus’ Thought The task of discussing the historical reception of Plotinus (205–270 C.E.) needs not strike us as overly ambitious, because Plotinus’ only extant work, the En- neads, remains more or less underappreciated due to several historical factors. For this reason, in this section I shall only attempt to identify certain factors that hinder Plotinus’ work from being understood properly in its own term. 1.1 The Extent of Plotinus’ Influence The first noteworthy issue concerns the extent of Plotinus’ influence. According to the entry Plotinus from The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Porphyry’s edition of Plotinus’ Enneads preserved for posterity the works of the leading Platonic interpreter of antiquity. Through these works as well as through the writings of Porphyry himself (234–c. 305 C.E.) and Iamblichus (c. 245–325 C.E.), Plotinus shaped the entire subsequent history of philosophy. Until well into the 19th century, Platonism was in large part understood, appropriated or rejected based on its Platonic expression and in adumbrations of this. -
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Palamism in the Twentieth Century An Examination of the Essence/Energies Distinction in Vladimir Lossky, Kallistos Ware and Dumitru Staniloae Jonas Eklund Supervisor Professor Gösta Hallonsten This Master’s Thesis is submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the MA degree at MF Norwegian School of Theology, 2017, autumn, in collaboration with the Newman Institute, Uppsala, Sweden AVH5010: Master's Thesis (60 ECTS) Master of Theology 43 726 words ABSTRACT This Master’s thesis will explicate, analyse and discuss the Orthodox doctrine of the essence/energies distinction in three prominent 20th century theologians, namely, Vladimir Lossky, Kallistos Ware and Dumitru Staniloae. This is urgent because of the central position this doctrine occupies in contemporary Orthodoxy, together with the lack of precision one usually encounters when references are made to this distinction. Methodologically, it will proceed by a careful reading of primary sources in order to explicate and clarify, in each theologian, the most important lines of thought concerning the essence/energies distinction. It will also explicate details which may affect, elucidate, or even put into question, these major lines of thought. As secondary sources, other Orthodox theologians as well as Greek Church fathers will be consulted. Lossky and Staniloae, respectively, present rather clear visions about the relationship between God’s essence and energies. As it turns out their positions are quite far from each other and, at some points, even incommensurable. Ware, on the other hand, affirms traditional and contemporary formulations, yet without providing any clear definition of his own opinion. As regards God’s energies towards creation, the opinions of the three theologians are pretty close; but regarding God’s eternal energies, their differences become apparent. -
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"IN PERSONA CHRISTI" ITS SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE THEOLOGY OF MINISTERIAL PRIESTHOOD IN THE DOCUMENTS OF VATICAN II by Jerome F. Thompson, B.A. A Thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School, Marquette University, in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts Milwaukee, Wisconsin Apr iI, 1987 Preface It was in my service as Coordinator of Hispanic Affairs for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee that I felt the need to formally work toward a degree in theology at Marquette University. The Hispanic community and the staff of the Apostolate inspired and encouraged me to undertake the task. A lot of years and a lot of work have intervened since this work was first begun. I wish to express my thanks to the Hispanic community and staff in Milwaukee for their continued personal and academic support. It am grateful to the members of the theology department of Marquette, especially Rev. William Kelly SJ and Rev. Philip J. Rossi SJ in their assistance as chairs of the department, to Rev. Richard Roach SJ, my first advisor, and Rev. Donald Keefe SJ, my final advisor, for their patience and guidance, and to Rev. Joseph Lienhard SJ and Rev. Joseph Murphy SJ who served on the reading and approval committee. I wish also to express my thanks to the officers and staff of the National Organization for the Continuing Education of Roman Catholic Clergy (NOCERCC) for whom I have worked these past five years for nudging me on and enduring my research ,and writing. Catholic Theological Union in Chicago provided a great support to me especially through its fine library resources. -
The Intertwining of Multiplicity and Unity in Dionysius’ Metaphysical Mysticism*
The Intertwining of Multiplicity and Unity In Dionysius’ Metaphysical Mysticism* Francisco J. Romero Carrasquillo Universidad Panamericana Guadalajara, México [email protected] Abstract In Dionysius, the procession of things from, and their rever- sion to, the One, far from being distinct and clear-cut events, can be understood as intertwined, simultaneous, and co-eternal ‘moments’ of the same cosmic reality, whereby a given thing oscillates, or spirals, between unity and multiplicity. Moreover, Dionysius’ mystical itinerary is a special case of his proces- sion-reversion metaphysics: mysticism is the soul’s own rever- sion to the One. This explains why the mind also intertwines cataphatic and apophatic mystical discourses, as it spirals Recibido: 05 -05 - 2012. Aceptado: 27 - 10 - 2012. * I would like to thank Richard C. Taylor and Fr. John D. Jones for having read earlier drafts of sections of this paper, and for having offered valuable comments and encouragement. In my analysis of Dionysius’ metaphysics, I am especially indebted to Fr. Jones, who taught me how to read this difficult author, not only through his graduate teaching but also through his scholarship, in particular his superb introduction to (and translation of) The Divine Names and Mystical Theology: John C. Jones, Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite: The Divine Names and Mystical Theology (Milwaukee: Marquette University Press 1980); as well as his two essays, “The Ontological Difference for St. Thomas and Pseudo- Dionysius” (Dionysius, IV (1980), pp. 119-132) and “Hyper by Any Other Name: The Logic of Negative Theology in Pseudo-Dionysius, Aquinas and Damascius” (unpublished manuscript, read at The 36th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI, May 2001).