Negative Theology: Its Use and Christological Function in Late Antiquity and Subsequent Developments

Q2 Arts and Humanities

Verbum Vitae Pub Date : 2023-10-03 DOI:10.31743/vv.16337

Johannes Aakjær Steenbuch

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Abstract

This article discusses the historical development of negative theology from its formulations in early Christianity to its later forms in Medieval Neo-Platonism. First analyzing how in early Christian thought negative theology was often used for a Christological purpose, the article goes on to discuss the implications of the Neo-Platonic notion of God as beyond being. While primarily applying a historical methodology, the article concludes by encouraging a rediscovery of the Christological orientation for negative theology found in its early Christian formulations.

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否定神学:它在古代晚期的应用和基督论功能及其后续发展

本文讨论了否定神学从早期基督教的提法到中世纪新柏拉图主义的后期形式的历史发展。本文首先分析了早期基督教思想中消极神学是如何被用于基督论目的的，然后讨论了新柏拉图主义关于上帝是超越存在的概念的含义。虽然主要运用历史方法论，但文章的结论是鼓励重新发现早期基督教公式中发现的消极神学的基督论取向。

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Verbum Vitae Arts and Humanities-Religious Studies

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0.70

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16 weeks

期刊介绍： Published since 2002, "Verbum Vitae" is issued biannually by the Institute of Biblical Studies of the Faculty of Theology, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland. Each issue of the journal includes scholarly articles dedicated to a specific biblical theme and presented in three sections: (I) Old Testament, (II) New Testament, and (III) Patristics and the Life of the Church. The final "Life of the Church" perspective tries to broaden out each issue''s given topic into its multiple connections and implications, mostly dogmatic, moral, pastoral, liturgical, or sociological. The forth section of the journal always consists of reviews of recently published monographs and collections on biblical themes. Because of the journal''s interdisciplinary character, it seeks to include among the contributors not only biblical scholars but also theologians of various specializations.