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Neoplatonism was a major influence on Christian theology throughout Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages in the East, and sometimes in the West as well. In the East, major Greek Fathers like Basil, Gregory of Nyssa and Gregory of Nazianzus were influenced by Platonism and Neoplatonism, but also Stoicism often leading towards asceticism and harsh treatment of the body, for example stylite asceticism. In the West, St. Augustine of Hippo was influenced by the early Neoplatonists Plotinus and Porphyry. Later on, in the East, the works of the Christian writer Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, who was influenced by later Neoplatonists such as Proclus and Damascius, became a critical work on which Greek church fathers based their theology, like Maximus believing it was an original work of Dionysius the Areopagite.

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Neoplatonism and Christianity

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God and the human soul as incorporeal substance to Neoplatonism. But Augustine was also critical of Neoplatonism doctrines and their formulations, and he...

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Neoplatonism

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baptism, Augustine's Christianity was still tempered by neoplatonism. The term logos was interpreted variously in neoplatonism. Plotinus refers to Thales...

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Neoplatonism and Gnosticism

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Creator of the Cosmos and the Cosmos Itself to be Evil In the third century CE, both Christianity and neoplatonism reject and turn against Gnosticism...

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Hesychia

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Christianity and paganism

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religions, religions such as Neoplatonism and Gnosticism, and more localized ethnic religions practiced both inside and outside the empire. During the...

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Christianity and Ancient Greek philosophy

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Hellenistic Judaism Jesus Christ the Logos Judaism and Christianity Neoplatonism and Christianity Neoplatonism and Gnosticism Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite...

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Theurgy

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late neoplatonism, the spiritual universe is regarded as a series of emanations from the One. From the One emanated the Divine Mind (Nous) and in turn...

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Plotinus

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Platonist philosopher, born and raised in Roman Egypt. Plotinus is regarded by modern scholarship as the founder of Neoplatonism. His teacher was the self-taught...

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Henosis

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classical Greek word for mystical "oneness", "union" or "unity". In Neoplatonism, henosis is unification with what is fundamental in reality: the One...

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Hypatia

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varieties of Neoplatonism were taught in Alexandria during the late fourth century. The first was the overtly pagan religious Neoplatonism taught at the...

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Peripatetic school

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wrote commentaries on Aristotle's writings. With the rise of Neoplatonism (and Christianity) in the 3rd century, Peripateticism as an independent philosophy...

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Plato

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their translation from Greek to Arabic. Neoplatonism was revived from its founding father, Plotinus. Neoplatonism, a philosophical current that permeated...

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The City of God

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AD. The book was in response to allegations that Christianity brought about the decline of Rome and is considered one of Augustine's most important works...

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Pagan Christianity

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magic Circumcision controversy in early Christianity Esoteric Christianity Gentile Neoplatonism and Christianity This disambiguation page lists articles...

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Enneads

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edited and compiled by his student Porphyry (c. AD 270). Plotinus was a student of Ammonius Saccas, and together they were founders of Neoplatonism. His...

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Chaldean Oracles

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They were held in high esteem throughout Late Antiquity, and by the later followers of neoplatonism, although frequently disputed by Augustine of Hippo. Some...

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History of Christianity

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The history of Christianity follows the Christian religion as it developed from its earliest beliefs and practices in the first-century, spread geographically...

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Platonism in the Renaissance

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suggestions laid out by Gemistos Plethon, Ficino tried to synthesize Christianity and Platonism. Ficino's student, Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, also based...

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Dualism in cosmology

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largely based on Platonic Dualism (See: Neoplatonism and Christianity). There is also a personal dualism in Christianity with a soul-body distinction based...

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On the Consolation of Philosophy

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influenced the philosophy of late antiquity, as well as Medieval and early Renaissance Christianity. On the Consolation of Philosophy was written in AD 523 during...

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Predestination

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the views on predestination of first-century AD Judaism, out of which Christianity came.[citation needed] Josephus wrote during the first century that the...

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Western Christianity

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Western Christianity is one of two subdivisions of Christianity (Eastern Christianity being the other). Western Christianity is composed of the Latin Church...

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Outline of Jesus

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Emanation in the Eastern Orthodox Church

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Barlaamism Essence–Energies distinction Hierarchy of angels Neoplatonism and Christianity Orthodox Christian theology Palamism Subordinationism Theosis...

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Christianity

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persecution and toleration. In the revival of neoplatonism Renaissance humanists did not reject Christianity; quite the contrary, many of the greatest works...

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De Coelesti Hierarchia

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on angelology, written in Greek and dated to ca. AD the 5th century; it exerted great influence on scholasticism and treats at great length the hierarchies...

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Christian culture

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