The Doctrinal Position of the Christology of Evagrius Ponticus in the Teaching of the Eastern Church and its Correction by the Eastern Fathers and Theologians
The Doctrinal Position of the Christology of Evagrius Ponticus in the Teaching of the Eastern Church and its Correction by the Eastern Fathers and Theologians
Author(s): Vasile CristescuSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Ancient World, 6th to 12th Centuries, History of Religion
Published by: Editura Universității Aurel Vlaicu
Keywords: Evagrius Ponticus; Christology; nous; unity; spirituality; incarnation;
Summary/Abstract: The doctrinal position of the Christology of Evagrius Ponticus is reflected in the dogmatic decisions of the Fifth Ecumenical Council (553) and reconfirmed by the rediscovery and translation in the modern period of the authentic text of the Gnostic Centuries of Evagrius. This has shown once again that the dogmatic decision of the Fifth Ecumenical Council was a just one with respect to the heterodox Christology of Evagrius, conceived in terms of philosophical myth. The theological correction of this Christology was continued by Eastern Fathers and theologians such as Dionysius the Areopagite, St. Maximus the Confessor and St. John of Sinai. The same correction made by the Eastern Fathers concerns the intellectualist spiritual doctrine of Evagrius.
Journal: Teologia
- Issue Year: 95/2023
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 93-111
- Page Count: 19
- Language: English