“Non errores mentis sed logismoi faciunt haereses”. The passions as a source of heresy according to Evagrius Ponticus

The research presents evagrian teaching about heresy. According to monk of Pontus heresy is not basically a rational error of human mind or some kind of er­roneous reasoning but is caused by passions (gr. logismoi) with a strong emotinal component. A heretic is not a man lacking the intelligence or...

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Main Author: Leszek Misiarczyk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin 2018-12-01
Series:Vox Patrum
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Online Access:https://czasopisma.kul.pl/index.php/vp/article/view/3354