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The wings of the Spirit : exploring feminine symbolism in early pneumatology : a reassessment of a key metaphor in the spiritual teachings of the Macarian homilies in the light of early Syriac Christian tradition /
"The book explores the rich symbolism of the Holy Spirit as a mother bird with hovering wings within early Syriac sacramental liturgies, proto-monastic rites of initiation, hymnody and teaching on prayer and spiritual states of inspiration and contemplation. The author traces these influences i...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leuven :
Peeters,
2020.
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| Colección: | ESWTR studies in religion ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: The Macarian homilies as a flight path of the Holy Spirit from Eastern heart to Western mind?
- Part I. 'Wings of the Spirit': early Syriac symbolic pneumatology. The descent of the 'hovering' wings of the Spirit in the sacramental 'mysteries' ; The ascent on wings in spiritual states of grace, inspiration and contemplation
- Part II. Macarian 'wings language': context and hermeneutics. Macarius-Symeon, the teacher of heart-felt prayer and ascetic purification ; The Holy Spirit as the heavenly mother of grace ; The parable of the mother-bird and her fledglings ; Four thematic clusters of teaching ; Glorification of the soul as the chariot-throne of God
- Part III. A Macarian synthesis of Syriac and Greek wings metaphors? The Holy Spirit and the Nicene Creed ; 'Wings language': the scholarly debate on Macarian dependency ; Syro-Mesopotamian influences on the Cappadocian Fathers ; Macarius-Symeon and Gregory of Nyssa: a cross-fertilisation of traditions and teaching ; A case study of points of contact: Oratio 15, of Gregory of Nyssa's, Commentary on the Song of Songs.