Language and theology at Saint Gregory of Nazianz – „suffering” and deifyng „passion” of the „hurt eagle” Cover Image

Limbaj şi t(h)eo-logie la Sf. Grigorie T(h)eo-logul – „suferinţa” şi „pătimirea” îndumnezeitoare a „vulturului rănit”
Language and theology at Saint Gregory of Nazianz – „suffering” and deifyng „passion” of the „hurt eagle”

Author(s): Lucian Colda
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion
Published by: Facultatea de Teologie Ortodoxă Alba Iulia
Keywords: Saint Gregory of Nazianz; Trinity; God; word; language; theology

Summary/Abstract: Beyond any conceptualizing, language becomes at Saint Gregory of Nazianz grace-bearer, which opens the door to living through an unconceptualized apophatic reality, being both revealer as well as creator of theology. The paradox of this experiencing consists of exactly the fact that, although it belongs to the field of unconceptualization, it is expressed through language, which is a part of the conceptualized area. The unconceputalizing Trinity reveals Itself through the conceptualizing theological language, without depleting the concealement itself by doing so. Witness of this experience, Saint Gregory of Nazianz, who is also known as the hurt eagle, becomes himself, by means of his great love for the accuracy of the Orthodox faith, of his suffering for Christ s Church and by what has proven to be his deifyng pain, a creator of theology, and this, particularly because he is the Theologian.

  • Issue Year: XVII/2012
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 17-28
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Romanian