АНТРОПОЛОГИЈА СВЕТОГ АПОСТОЛА ПАВЛА
ANTROPOLOGY OF THE SAINT APOSTLE PAUL

Summary/Abstract: This paper analyzes and systematically examines the teaching of the Apostle Paul on man. In the first part of the study the influence of Jewish and ancient Greek anthropological teaching on the thought of the Apostle Paul is examined. The aim of this examination is to point out, on the one hand, that Paul’s teaching is primarily based on the Old Testament anthropology, while on the other hand, that it contains anthropological formulations which point to their Hellenistic origin. The second part deals with the most important anthropological terms: spirit (πνεῦμα), soul (ψυχή), body (σάρξ/σῶμα), mind (νοῦς), and heart (καρδία). By the investigation of these terms and concepts behind them it is concluded that in the Pauline anthropological thought man is neither spirit, nor soul, nor body, but a complete being, a psychosomatic one, composed of both soul and body together.

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