TIME AS RESPITE FOR DISCERNING AND BEGINNING ETERNAL COMMUNION WITH GOD
TIME AS RESPITE FOR DISCERNING AND BEGINNING ETERNAL COMMUNION WITH GOD
Author(s): Gheorghe F. AnghelescuSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History of Church(es), Ancient Philosphy, Philosophy of Religion
Published by: Ideas Forum International Academic and Scientific Association
Keywords: time; cyclicity; Church; East; Greek philosophy;
Summary/Abstract: At the beginning of the Holy Apostles' mission, Greek philosophy was dominated by ideas of permanence and return. Despite the great variety of the existing trends, a common model seemed to be accepted in all the systems: the vision of an eternal cosmos. Each thing worthy of existing was considered to have existed in a perfect manner before all times and was impossible for it to be added in this perfect plenitude. It was considered that no essential change was possible, and no real novelty could ever emerge. However, in this framework dominated by the idea of cyclicity, the Saviour’s disciples were going to bring a new message: the good news of the birth, death, and Resurrection of the embodied Son of God. This unique reality would open the perspective of a linear time endowed with the concept of union with eternity.
Journal: ICOANA CREDINTEI. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Scientific Research
- Issue Year: 8/2022
- Issue No: 16
- Page Range: 29-36
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English