THE SACRAMENT OF THE SYNAXIS IN THE CORPUS DIONYSIACUM AND IN ST MAXIMUS THE CONFESSOR

The fi rst and true communion with Jesus is considered in Corpus Dionysiacum (CD) to be noetic contemplation and knowledge. The communion by means of the Eu-charistic bread and wine is called the participation «as in image» or «symbolic». How-ever, it is possible to speak of eucharistic realism in t...

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Main Author: V. PETROFF
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Language:Russian
Published: St. Tikhon's Orthodox University 2008-11-01
Series:Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия I. Богословие, философия
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Online Access:http://periodical.pstgu.ru/ru/pdf/article/736
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description The fi rst and true communion with Jesus is considered in Corpus Dionysiacum (CD) to be noetic contemplation and knowledge. The communion by means of the Eu-charistic bread and wine is called the participation «as in image» or «symbolic». How-ever, it is possible to speak of eucharistic realism in the CD because there is the real presence of Jesus Christ in the sacrament. The reality of divine presence is guaranteed by a specifi c understanding of the symbol in the CD, similar to that in the theurgic Neo-platonism of Iamblichus and Proclus.The Eucharist in St Maximus the Confessor should be viewed within the framework of his teaching on the threefold Incarnation of the Logos: in the World, in the Scripture, and in history. Maximus compares the consuming of the noetic logoi with the receiving the body and the blood of the Lord. Following the CD, Maximus too views the Eucha-ristic rite as symbolic and, at the same time, speaks of the reality of human salvation and theosis in the Eucharist.
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spelling doaj.art-edb5750cb9b344e898ef412205c716892022-12-21T19:14:03ZrusSt. Tikhon's Orthodox UniversityВестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия I. Богословие, философия1991-640X1991-640X2008-11-014245263THE SACRAMENT OF THE SYNAXIS IN THE CORPUS DIONYSIACUM AND IN ST MAXIMUS THE CONFESSORV. PETROFF0nstitute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of SciencesThe fi rst and true communion with Jesus is considered in Corpus Dionysiacum (CD) to be noetic contemplation and knowledge. The communion by means of the Eu-charistic bread and wine is called the participation «as in image» or «symbolic». How-ever, it is possible to speak of eucharistic realism in the CD because there is the real presence of Jesus Christ in the sacrament. The reality of divine presence is guaranteed by a specifi c understanding of the symbol in the CD, similar to that in the theurgic Neo-platonism of Iamblichus and Proclus.The Eucharist in St Maximus the Confessor should be viewed within the framework of his teaching on the threefold Incarnation of the Logos: in the World, in the Scripture, and in history. Maximus compares the consuming of the noetic logoi with the receiving the body and the blood of the Lord. Following the CD, Maximus too views the Eucha-ristic rite as symbolic and, at the same time, speaks of the reality of human salvation and theosis in the Eucharist.http://periodical.pstgu.ru/ru/pdf/article/736sacramentEucharistsymbolcommunion(Pseudo-)Dionysius Ar-eopagitaSt Maximus the Confessor
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Eucharist
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St Maximus the Confessor
title THE SACRAMENT OF THE SYNAXIS IN THE CORPUS DIONYSIACUM AND IN ST MAXIMUS THE CONFESSOR
title_full THE SACRAMENT OF THE SYNAXIS IN THE CORPUS DIONYSIACUM AND IN ST MAXIMUS THE CONFESSOR
title_fullStr THE SACRAMENT OF THE SYNAXIS IN THE CORPUS DIONYSIACUM AND IN ST MAXIMUS THE CONFESSOR
title_full_unstemmed THE SACRAMENT OF THE SYNAXIS IN THE CORPUS DIONYSIACUM AND IN ST MAXIMUS THE CONFESSOR
title_short THE SACRAMENT OF THE SYNAXIS IN THE CORPUS DIONYSIACUM AND IN ST MAXIMUS THE CONFESSOR
title_sort sacrament of the synaxis in the corpus dionysiacum and in st maximus the confessor
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