‘Are You the One Who is to Come?’ Epistemological Perspectives on Encountering the Judeo-Christian God
Gaining an insight on how the human perceptive apparatus has the ability to discern between the worlds, physical, divine and demonic, has intrigued many theological minds throughout the history. The concept of ‘spiritual senses’, developed in the patristic period, offers a platform for the debate on...
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| description | Gaining an insight on how the human perceptive apparatus has the ability to discern between the worlds, physical, divine and demonic, has intrigued many theological minds throughout the history. The concept of ‘spiritual senses’, developed in the patristic period, offers a platform for the debate on the intricate role that sensorial, psychological and spiritual skills play in perceiving the transcendent world. This paper argues that an encounter with the Judeo-Christian God presupposes, besides an innate spiritual, a priori, pre-cognitive consciousness regarding the existence of the divine, also a wholistic animation, regeneration and transfiguration of the human perceptive and psychological apparatus, through sanctification by the work of the Word and the Holy Spirit, in the community of believers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-99e3edb26011467cafe13a857505dbf12022-12-22T03:09:05ZengSciendoPerichoresis: The Theological Journal of Emanuel University2284-73082022-12-01205153210.2478/perc-2022-0027‘Are You the One Who is to Come?’ Epistemological Perspectives on Encountering the Judeo-Christian GodUšurel Lidija0Aurel Vlaicu UniversityGaining an insight on how the human perceptive apparatus has the ability to discern between the worlds, physical, divine and demonic, has intrigued many theological minds throughout the history. The concept of ‘spiritual senses’, developed in the patristic period, offers a platform for the debate on the intricate role that sensorial, psychological and spiritual skills play in perceiving the transcendent world. This paper argues that an encounter with the Judeo-Christian God presupposes, besides an innate spiritual, a priori, pre-cognitive consciousness regarding the existence of the divine, also a wholistic animation, regeneration and transfiguration of the human perceptive and psychological apparatus, through sanctification by the work of the Word and the Holy Spirit, in the community of believers.https://doi.org/10.2478/perc-2022-0027spiritual sensesintellectsense of the heartpre-cognitive a priori awarenessregenerationtransfiguration |
| spellingShingle | Ušurel Lidija ‘Are You the One Who is to Come?’ Epistemological Perspectives on Encountering the Judeo-Christian God Perichoresis: The Theological Journal of Emanuel University spiritual senses intellect sense of the heart pre-cognitive a priori awareness regeneration transfiguration |
| title | ‘Are You the One Who is to Come?’ Epistemological Perspectives on Encountering the Judeo-Christian God |
| title_full | ‘Are You the One Who is to Come?’ Epistemological Perspectives on Encountering the Judeo-Christian God |
| title_fullStr | ‘Are You the One Who is to Come?’ Epistemological Perspectives on Encountering the Judeo-Christian God |
| title_full_unstemmed | ‘Are You the One Who is to Come?’ Epistemological Perspectives on Encountering the Judeo-Christian God |
| title_short | ‘Are You the One Who is to Come?’ Epistemological Perspectives on Encountering the Judeo-Christian God |
| title_sort | are you the one who is to come epistemological perspectives on encountering the judeo christian god |
| topic | spiritual senses intellect sense of the heart pre-cognitive a priori awareness regeneration transfiguration |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/perc-2022-0027 |
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