Corporealism as an Ontological Position and Its Involvement in the Thought of Tertullian
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the meaning, role, inspirations, and place of corporealism in Tertullian's system of thought, and make a clear distinction between corporealisms and materialism.
About: This article is published in Religion.The article was published on 2021-07-15 and is currently open access. It has received 10 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Traducianism & Ex nihilo.
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13 Sep 2013
TL;DR: In this article, Tertuliano de Cartago asumio frente al criterio de verdades, entre otros temas, una postura heterodoxa for la epoc en lo que respecta a la naturaleza del alma humana, apelando, mas alla de su rechazo a la injerencia de la filosofia pagana en cuestiones de fe, a conceptos provenientes de la áµo and la practica
Abstract: Dentro del ambito de la patristica cristiana se genero, en los primeros siglos de la era cristiana, una serie de problematicas teoricas relacionadas con la interpretacion de las verdades transmitidas por las Sagradas Escrituras. La filosofia helenistico-romana fue, en parte, impulso, y, al mismo tiempo, aporte conceptual para que la discusion y la formacion de diferentes tendencias exegeticas prosperaran. En ese marco, Tertuliano de Cartago asumio frente al criterio de verdad, entre otros temas, una postura heterodoxa para la epoca en lo que respecta a la naturaleza del alma humana, apelando, mas alla de su rechazo a la injerencia de la filosofia pagana en cuestiones de fe, a conceptos provenientes de la filosofia y la practica medica. Palabras clave: Patristica, Sagradas Escrituras, Tertuliano, filosofia, alma humana.
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01 Jan 2019
TL;DR: In this article, the authors refer to nedlouho předtím veřejnosti pžedstaveném zlomku s koptským textem, v němž Ježíš hovoří o své ženě.
Abstract: V Religiu 1/2013 jsem referovala o nedlouho předtím veřejnosti představeném zlomku s koptským textem, v němž Ježíš hovoří o své ženě.1 Mnozí badatelé předložili pádné důvody podporující závěr, že je tento zlomek současný padělek. K tomuto závěru jsem se přiklonila také a pokusila se ho potvrdit i na základě literárním, totiž srovnáním obsahu2 zlomku o Ježíšově ženě (nepřesně zvaného Evangelium Ježíšovy ženy; dále jen ZlJŽ) se starověkými gnostickými texty, které zmiňují Marii Magdalénu a Ježíšův vztah k ní.3 Ačkoli lze vidět jasnou závislost ZlJŽ na těchto spisech,4 zařazení zlomku do starověkého kontextu je problematické především vzhledem k užití slova „manželka“ (schime), které by gnostický autor k popisu partnerství, jež kladlo důraz především na rovinu duchovní, téměř jistě nezvolil. Obraz Marie Magdalény se v průběhu staletí proměňoval a dalo by se říci, že podle toho, jak se její legenda vyvíjela, její postava sloužila jako projekční plátno představ a problémů různých dob. Zatímco v gnostických pramenech byla Magdaléna tou, která zcela rozumí duchovním věcem, jež Ježíš vykládá, ve středověku byla ztotožněna s hříšnicí z Lu kášova evangelia (L 7,36-50)5 a dále se proměnila například v kajíc-
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TL;DR: This article examined the argumentative implications of a Latin versus Greek Vorlage and pointed out that arguments presented in Tertullian's Latin might unravel, or at least become differently interesting, if retrojected into Marcion's Greek.
Abstract: Abstract: In his landmark work on Marcion, Adolf von Harnack became the first modern scholar to propose that Tertullian only knew Marcion’s Gospel and Apostolikon in Latin translation. This proposition obtained early support but has been questioned in more recent years, the more common conjecture now being that Tertullian himself translated Marcion’s Greek into Latin as needed. In deciding this matter, scholars have compared the citations of Marcion reproduced in Tertullian’s Adversus Marcionem with corresponding Gospel and Pauline citations elsewhere in Tertullian’s writings and then other extant Latin traditions. This nexus of data is then evaluated in terms of vocabulary and stylistic variation. The results of such a method are largely a matter of how one is predisposed to read the evidence. A way forward in this debate is to attend more closely to potential argumentative implications of a Latin versus Greek Vorlage and, specifically, to instances where arguments presented in Tertullian’s Latin might unravel, or at least become differently interesting, if retrojected into Marcion’s Greek. Tertullian’s discussion in Adversus Marcionem 5,18,1 of Ephesians 3:9, a so-called locus classicus of Marcion’s theology, is one such text, and one that complicates quests for a single Latin or Greek source behind Tertullian’s usage.
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TL;DR: Before South Africa, the duality of the feline had never been clear to me; one moment, the house cats that believe they own the authors' home manifest sleekness as they stalk imaginary adversaries; the next moment, if they have eaten or found a ray of sun to bask in, they roll onto their backs with a bloated look worthy of a satiated potentate.
Abstract: Before South Africa, the duality of the feline had never been clear to me. One moment, the house cats that believe they own our home manifest sleekness as they stalk imaginary adversaries; the next moment, if they have eaten or found a ray of sun to bask in, they roll onto their backs with a bloated look worthy of a satiated potentate. These are house cats, and, as with any coddled family member, we grant them their excesses. We don't really want to see them as the predators they would like to be.
Lions roaming the veldt are a different story. You lose your illusions about cats when you watch a pride of 14 lions hunting in the darkness at the apogee of their hunger cycle.…
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TL;DR: How Soranus of Ephesus, who practiced as a physician almost 2,000 years ago, employed “moral” methods in his treatment of insane patients is described and he qualifies as an eminent practitioner.
Abstract: This paper describes how Soranus of Ephesus, who practiced as a physician almost 2,000 years ago, employed “moral” methods in his treatment of insane patients. With the idea of a philosophy of history in mind, sociological, legal and historical factors which served as the context for a particular practice of psychiatry are examined. Soranus respected his patients a good deal and avoided doing anything harmful to them as he applied his psychological, rehabilitative and physical methods of treatment. It is interesting to note that family, friends and slaves were the chief agents of the therapeutic procedures, which were carried out in the homes of the patients. These were probably of the wealthier classes, since airy, quiet, well-lighted homes were required for proper application of Soranus' treatment. These conditions existed on the hills of Rome where the wealthy lived, but not in the rest of the city where conditions were noisy and crowded. In anticipating “moral psychiatry” as postulated by Pinel, Soranus qualifies as an eminent practitioner.
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01 Jan 2007
TL;DR: Theories from the discipline of social/cultural anthropology, e.g. kinship, class and ethnicity, are applied to selections of Tertullian's writings.
Abstract: This work is largely a social history of Tertullian, a Christian from Carthage (c.160-220 CE), and his ancient African context, which is viewed through a postcolonial lens.Theories from the discipline of social/cultural anthropology, e.g. kinship, class and ethnicity, are applied to selections of Tertullian's writings.Some of the issues addressed include identity politics, Roman/African relations, martyrdom and the so-called Montanist heresy.
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TL;DR: The authors argue that the Gospel of Philip depicts the incarnate Jesus as actually married (to Mary Magdalene) and represents that marriage as a symbolic paradigm for the reunification of believers with their angelic (spiritual) doubles in Christian initiation ritual, a ritual which effectively transforms initiates into members of the body of Christ and also enables "undefiled marriage" for Christian partners by freeing them from demonic influences.
Abstract: It has long been recognized that one of the main topics of the Gospel of Philip is ritual, including ‘the bridal chamber’, and numerous studies have discussed what practices and attitudes toward sexuality and marriage are implied by this imagery. This article will build on these studies to argue that the Gospel of Philip portrays the incarnate Jesus as actually married (to Mary Magdalene) and it represents that marriage as a symbolic paradigm for the reunification of believers with their angelic (spiritual) doubles in Christian initiation ritual, a ritual which effectively transforms initiates into members of the body of Christ and also enables ‘undefiled marriage’ for Christian partners by freeing them from demonic influences. The article aims to show that this distinctive position on Jesus' marital status was catalyzed by reading Ephesians 5 in conjunction with Valentinian incarnational theology.
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