The term μυστήριον in early Christian texts and its role in the formation of Christian mysticism and mystical theology in the Ante-Nicene period
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https://doi.org/10.31802/2500-1450-2018-31-4-63-92Keywords:
Mysticism, Christianity, theology, Septuagint, Ignatius, Clement, OrigenAbstract
The article deals with the origin and development of the concept of “mysticism” in Christian theology in the pre-Nicene period. Author shows, in particular, that the unity of the mystical experience is fixed in terms of μυστήριον, μύστης, μυστικός, μυσταγωγία etc. The theolog- ical justification of this vocabulary gets in the text of the Scriptures (Mt. 13, 11; Mk. 4, 11; Lk. 8, 10). The author shows that early Christian theologians tried to translate these notions into practice. In accordance with this, two aspects of the development of mystical theology are distinguished: the first is connected with understanding the Revelation of the Wisdom of God, which cannot be expressed verbally; the second - with an experienced comprehension and familiarity with the fullness of the Godhead. At the heart of the mystical Christian experience lies the fact of the Incarnation, or the union of the divine (uncreated) and human (created) natures in Jesus Christ - the Son of God and the Son of Man, who is the edge-stone stoneof all Orthodox mysticism.
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