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Russian émigré theologian Vladimir Lossky (1903-1958) claims that Western theologies of the dark night of the soul tend toward an impersonal philosophy, especially neo-Platonism, in a way which seems to hinder Western Christians from experiencing the same spiritual blessings as Eastern Christians do. At the same time he commends, for example, the Orthodox theologies of St Symeon the New Theologian (949-1022) and St Maximus Confessor (580-662). This study discusses the Spanish Carmelite St John of the Cross’ (1542-1591) mystical theology of dark nights of the soul from the point of view of Lossky’s claim conducting a substantial comparison of St John’s theology with the theology of St Symeon the New Theologian. In addition, it also compares select aspects of his theology with aspects of Vladimir Lossky’s and St Maximus Confessor’s theologies and the thought of the neo-Platonist philosopher Plotinus (204-270). The purpose of these comparisons is to propose a definition of the relationship of St John of the Cross’ theology to central Orthodox theological principles and emphases and to evaluate the truth of Lossky’s more general attempt to define the Western notion of dark nights from an Eastern Orthodox perspective.
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Orthodox theology, Catholic theology, mystical theology, the dark night of the soul, noche oscura, neo-Platonism, spiritual exercises, repentance, compunction, spiritual father, filioque, Trinitarian theology, energeiai, union with God, deificationPeople
Vladimir Lossky, John of the Cross Saint (1542-1591), St Symeon the New Theologian, Plotinus, St Maximus ConfessorPlaces
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The Dark Night: St John of the Cross and Eastern Orthodox Theology
2009, Uppsala University
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