Hermes Christianus English; Latin: The Intermingling of Hermetic Piety and Christian Thought: 8 (Cursor Mundi, 8) - Tapa dura

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9782503529608: Hermes Christianus English; Latin: The Intermingling of Hermetic Piety and Christian Thought: 8 (Cursor Mundi, 8)
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ISBN 10: 2503529607 ISBN 13: 9782503529608
Editorial: Brepols, 2012

Sinopsis

This new study concerns a form of Christian esotericism that
attempted to reconcile Christianity with a late antique model of
devotion.

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Reseña del editor

Hermetic theosophy, originally an offspring of Egyptian religion, spread throughout the ancient world from the Hellenistic age onwards and was welcomed by Christianity in Late Antiquity. Cultivated people in a Christian milieu were convinced that Hermetic piety and religion were the preparation, expressed by heathen imagery, of their own faith: Hermes, a wise and pious philosopher in Egypt in the time of Moses, received (so it was thought) the same revelation which would be manifested 1,000 years later by Christ. At the end of the third century AD, this belief did not perish with the end of the Roman Empire; rather, it was taken up and explored during the French Renaissance of the twelfth century. In the fifteenth century, Italian humanism, supported by the rediscovery of Greek language and literature, promoted a fresh new evaluation of the ancient Hermetic texts which continued to be considered and studied as pre-Christian documents. In the sixteenth century, new interpretations of Christian Hermetism were explored until this connection between pagan and Christian was increasingly criticized by scholars who argued that Hermetism was neither as ancient as was thought nor as close to Christianity. The theory was abandoned in scientific milieux from the seventeenth century onwards, whereas Hermetic theosophy, on the contrary, survived in esoteric circles.

Biografía del autor

Claudio Moreschini is professor of Latin literature at the University of Pisa. He has published critical editions of Tertullian, Gregory of Nazianzus, and Apuleius. Among his translations are the works of Gregory of Nyssa and his essays include discussions of Boethius, Latin neo-Platonism, and the Cappadocian Fathers.

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Editorial
Brepols
Año de publicación
2012
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
2503529607
ISBN 13 
9782503529608
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
306
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