| Description |
xvii, 215 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Plato -- Philo -- Plotinus -- Origen -- Nicene orthodoxy -- The monastic contribution -- Augustine -- Denys the Areopagite -- Patristic mysticism and St. John of the Cross -- The mystical life and the mystical body |
| Summary |
An outline of the development of mystical theology in the Patristic period, tracing its roots to Plato and the Hellenistic tradition and centering on Origen, the Nicene Fathers, Augustine, Denys the Areopagite, and St. John of the Cross |
| Analysis |
Mysticism - History - Early church, ca. 30-600 |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [205]-210 |
| Subject |
Mysticism -- History -- Early church, approximately 30-600
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Mysticism -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
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Mysticism -- History.
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Mystics.
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| LC no. |
80041057 |
| ISBN |
0198266553 |
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0198266685 (paperback) |
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