The origins of the Christian mystical tradition

Louth, Andrew.

The origins of the Christian mystical tradition from Plato to Denys / [electronic resource] : Andrew Louth. - 2nd ed. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2007. - 1 online resource (xvi, 228 p.)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-222) and index.

Plato -- Philo -- Plotinus -- Origen -- Nicene orthodoxy: Athanasius ; Gregory of Nyssa -- The monastic contribution: Evagrius of Pontus ; the Macarian Homilies ; Diadochus of PhoticÄe -- Augustine -- Denys the Areopagite -- Patristic mysticism and St. John of the Cross ; Divine darkness and the dark night -- The mystical life and the mystical body: Platonism and mysticism ; the communion of saints.

1435624114 (electronic bk.) 9781435624115 (electronic bk.)


Fathers of the church.
Mysticism--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.


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