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Unification/Henosis
(331 words)
[German Version] Unification (ἕνωσις/
hénōsis) with the divine is the goal of mystical theology. In both the Neoplatonism of Plotinus and Proclus and in the Christian mysticism of Gregory of Nyssa and Dionysius Areopagita, the term refers to an ecstatic experience of self-transcendence through direct participation in God, which leads to deification. The Latin equivalent is
unio mystica; here Augustine of Hippo played a fundamental role. The Neoplatonic approach was based on the theological dialectic of transcendence and immanence along with the theory of emana…
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Religion Past and Present
Exaltation
(459 words)
[German Version] is one of the earliest claims about Jesus. The
loci classici are Phil 2:9–11, “Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above all other names” (v. 9), and Acts 2:33, “Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you both see and hear.” The theme i…
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Apophatic Theology
(770 words)
[German Version] In the “Mystical Theology” of Dionysius the Areopagite
apophasis or negation (Gk ἀπό + φάναι [
apó +
phánai]: lit. “speaking away”) is coordinated with
kataphasis or affirmation in setting out the twin methods of theology. Since God is the cause of all beings, we may ascribe to God “all the affirmations we make in regard to beings.” But “more appropriately, we should negate all these affirmation…
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Religion Past and Present
Heaven
(3,990 words)
[German Version] Cosmology and Kingdom of God I. Religious Studies – II. Old Testament –III. New Testament – IV. Church History – V. Dogmatics – VI. Contemporary Art
I. Religious Studies
1. To a vision that has not been tamed by scientific theory, heaven is a realm of the beyond (Hereafter, Concepts of the). Like the netherworld, it invades the human world as air or earth and sea, but it is beyond the experience of mortals; it is concrete, but cannot be entered. Observation of the concrete phenomena confirms the symbol …
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Ascension of Christ
(3,139 words)
[German Version] I. Religious Studies – II. Old Testament – III. New Testament – IV. History of Dogma and Dogmatics – V. Art History – VI. Judaism
I. Religious Studies The attempt to ascend to the abode of the gods is associated with myths and expressions of the impossible (Deut 30:12; Prov 30:4) and of presumption (Isa 14:13f.; the Aloads, Bellerophon). Nevertheless divine help empowers (Wind, cloud, wings, Angels…
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