Hermeneutica simbolului în gândirea lui Paul Ricoeur. Reflecții filosofice din perspectiva misiologiei ortodoxe
The hermeneutics of the symbol in the thought of Paul Ricoeur. Philosophical reflections from the perspective of Orthodox missiology

Author(s): Bogdan MAXIM
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion
Published by: Editura Doxologia
Keywords: language; communication; symbol; word; metaphor; myth;
Summary/Abstract: Aware that the main function of language is that of communication, the Church has always testified that the power of communication was planted by God in man so that he would not live in isolation but in communion. The purpose of this study is to highlight the mystery and mystery hidden in the depths of man, which reveals its presence using sacred language through symbols. There is a theology of ideas, which godly outlines the mystery in knowledge, and an apophatic theology of symbol. In the former, reason reigns, and words are mirrors which, in light, reflect the divine world, and in the latter, love reigns, and symbols evoke mysteries beyond words. The importance of the symbol is also given by the fact that it is a hierophany. Between the two contradictions, the sacred and the profane, the hierophany is the only one that captures both, because it is the manifestation of the sacred in the profane. Symbol, as a form of hierophany, captures this revelation, along with other hierophanies: myth, ritual, and even artistic metaphor, insofar as it allows the unseen to reveal itself.

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