Byzantine Neoplatonism and Western medieval mysticism: reminiscences of Christology Maximus the Confessor in the mystical doctrine of Bernard of Clairvaux Cover Image

Византийский неоплатонизм и западная средневековая мистика: реминисценции христологии Максима Исповедника в учении Бернарда Клервоского
Byzantine Neoplatonism and Western medieval mysticism: reminiscences of Christology Maximus the Confessor in the mystical doctrine of Bernard of Clairvaux

Author(s): A. V. Timofeev
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Philosophy, Special Branches of Philosophy, Theology and Religion, Philosophy of Religion
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: Byzantine Neoplatonism; Western medieval mysticism; grace; free will; synergy; stages of love

Summary/Abstract: The article considers the correlation between the Christological doctrine of Maximus the Confessor and mystical teachings of St. Bernard of Clairvaux. Analyzed the ideological parallels provisions on synergies divine and human will, sequence degrees of freedom and Christian love in the teachings Christian thinkers.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 19
  • Page Range: 35-42
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Russian