Christian Platonism

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Christian Platonism is a philosophical and theological tradition that integrates Platonic metaphysics and concepts with Christian doctrine, especially concerning the nature of God, the soul, and the afterlife.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian philosophy ⓘ
Christian theology ⓘ
philosophical tradition ⓘ
theological tradition ⓘ
affirmsDoctrine creation ex nihilo ⓘ
immortal rational soul ⓘ
ultimate union with God ⓘ
contrastsWith Christian Aristotelianism ⓘ
linked to: Thomism

Christian existentialism ⓘ
developsDoctrineOf ascent of the soul to God ⓘ
creation as participation in God ⓘ
emphasizesConcept divine simplicity ⓘ
divine transcendence ⓘ
hierarchical cosmos ⓘ
immortality of the soul ⓘ
participation in the Forms ⓘ
focusesOn afterlife ⓘ
nature of God ⓘ
nature of the soul ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
Patristic era ⓘ
linked to: Patristic period

Renaissance ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ
hasMainInfluence Middle Platonism ⓘ
Neoplatonism ⓘ
Platonism ⓘ
hasNotableProponent Augustine of Hippo ⓘ
Clement of Alexandria ⓘ
Gregory of Nyssa ⓘ
Marsilio Ficino ⓘ
Nicholas of Cusa ⓘ
Origen of Alexandria ⓘ
linked to: Origen

Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite ⓘ
Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
linked to: St. Thomas Aquinas
influencedBy Middle Platonist theology ⓘ
linked to: Middle Platonism

Philo of Alexandria ⓘ
Plato ⓘ
Plotinus ⓘ
influencedTradition Christian mysticism ⓘ
Western metaphysics of God ⓘ
doctrine of divine attributes ⓘ
doctrine of the beatific vision ⓘ
mystical theology ⓘ
scholasticism ⓘ
integratesWith Christian doctrine ⓘ
interpretsConcept Platonic Forms as divine ideas ⓘ
the Good as the Christian God ⓘ
usesConcept analogy of being ⓘ
emanation and return (exitus-reditus) ⓘ
viewsMatterAs good but ontologically lower than spirit ⓘ
viewsWorldAs ordered hierarchy of being ⓘ

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On First Principles → theologicalTradition → Christian Platonism ⓘ
Kollyvades movement → influencedBy → Philokalic tradition ⓘ
linked to: Christian Platonism
Handbook of Spiritual Counsel → associatedWith → Philokalic tradition ⓘ
linked to: Christian Platonism
Chapters on Knowledge → philosophicalOrientation → Christian Neoplatonism ⓘ
linked to: Christian Platonism
Theologia Platonica → movement → Christian Platonism ⓘ
De vita libri tres → philosophicalTradition → Christian Neoplatonism ⓘ
linked to: Christian Platonism
Commentary on Plato's Symposium on Love → movement → Christian Neoplatonism ⓘ
linked to: Christian Platonism
Platonic Academy of Florence → doctrine → Christian Neoplatonism ⓘ
linked to: Christian Platonism
Francesco Giorgi → philosophicalSchool → Christian Platonism ⓘ
Commentary on the Epistles of St. Paul → influencedBy → Philokalic tradition ⓘ
linked to: Christian Platonism
Clement of Alexandria → influenced → Christian Platonism ⓘ
Clement of Alexandria → movement → Christian Platonism ⓘ
Emanuel Swedenborg → influencedBy → Christian Neoplatonism ⓘ
linked to: Christian Platonism
Divided Line → influenced → Christian Platonism ⓘ
Book 8 (The City of God) → associatedWith → Christian Platonism ⓘ
subject linked to: Book 8
Book 5 (The City of God) → philosophicalTradition → Christian Neoplatonism ⓘ
subject linked to: Book 5
linked to: Christian Platonism
Book 17 (The City of God) → philosophicalPerspective → Christian Neoplatonism ⓘ
subject linked to: Book 17
linked to: Christian Platonism
Scotism → influencedBy → Christian Neoplatonism ⓘ
linked to: Christian Platonism
Ficino's Latin translation of Plato → influenced → Christian Platonism ⓘ
De docta ignorantia → philosophicalTradition → Christian Platonism ⓘ
John Philoponus → philosophicalTradition → Christian Neoplatonism ⓘ
linked to: Christian Platonism
Nicholas of Cusa → movement → Christian Neoplatonism ⓘ
linked to: Christian Platonism
Christian and Metaphysical Meditations → influencedBy → Christian Neoplatonism ⓘ
linked to: Christian Platonism
Book V (The City of God) → religiousPerspective → Christian Platonism ⓘ
subject linked to: Book V
Book IV (The City of God) → philosophicalTradition → Christian Neoplatonism ⓘ
subject linked to: Book IV
linked to: Christian Platonism
Byzantine culture → hasPhilosophicalTradition → Christian Neoplatonism ⓘ
linked to: Christian Platonism
Thomism → influencedBy → Christian Neoplatonism ⓘ
linked to: Christian Platonism
History of Christian Philosophy in the Middle Ages → examines → Christian Neoplatonism ⓘ
linked to: Christian Platonism
Aurora → philosophicalCurrent → Christian Neoplatonism ⓘ
linked to: Christian Platonism
De signatura rerum → influencedBy → Christian Neoplatonism ⓘ
linked to: Christian Platonism
The Way to Christ → influencedBy → Christian Neoplatonism ⓘ
linked to: Christian Platonism
John Scotus Eriugena → philosophicalSchool → Christian Neoplatonism ⓘ
linked to: Christian Platonism
Corpus Areopagiticum → tradition → Christian Neoplatonism ⓘ
linked to: Christian Platonism
The Mystical Theology → theologicalCurrent → Christian Neoplatonism ⓘ
linked to: Christian Platonism
The Celestial Hierarchy → tradition → Christian Neoplatonism ⓘ
linked to: Christian Platonism
Gravity and Grace → philosophicalTradition → Christian Platonism ⓘ
Franciscus Georgius Venetus → influencedBy → Christian Neoplatonism ⓘ
linked to: Christian Platonism
Heptaplus → philosophicalTradition → Christian Neoplatonism ⓘ
linked to: Christian Platonism
Itinerarium mentis in Deum → philosophicalTradition → Christian Neoplatonism ⓘ
linked to: Christian Platonism
Stromata → theologicalOrientation → Christian Platonism ⓘ
Noche serena → influencedBy → Christian Neoplatonism ⓘ
linked to: Christian Platonism
Byzantine period → hasPhilosophicalTradition → Christian Neoplatonism ⓘ
linked to: Christian Platonism
Sophianism in Russian theology → influencedBy → Christian Neoplatonism ⓘ
linked to: Christian Platonism
Ralph Cudworth → philosophicalSchool → Christian Platonism ⓘ
Intelligible Forms → influenceOn → Christian Neoplatonism ⓘ
linked to: Christian Platonism
Νοῦς → influenced → Christian Platonism ⓘ
Soul (Plotinus) → influenced → Christian Platonism ⓘ
Plotinus' circle in Rome → influenced → Christian Platonism ⓘ