John Scotus Eriugena's Concept of "Theosis" in the Context of His Theory of Nature and Grace

愛留根納自然與恩寵理論和其中的“神化”觀念之研究

愛西里爾(Kiril Chkarboul)

《哲學與文化》 35卷6期 (2008/06) Pp. 167-180

https://doi.org/10.7065/MRPC.200806.0167

摘要

愛留根納發展出一個獨特的「自然層次」的哲學理論，總共有四種存有：上帝、共相、受造物和神性的自然。上帝的恩寵使人有能力回到上帝，並使整個宇宙與上帝相結合，其結果是神性的自然之產生，在這種自然之內每一個存在者會在上帝內合而為一，並將失去它個別的屬性。為人而言，他能夠達到與上帝一種圓滿的合一，而這就是「神化」的狀態。此狀態必需透過人與上帝之恩寵的合作才能達成。並且，愛留根納認為人主要是透過他的理性官能要追求並達成在神性的自然中與上帝的合一。

關鍵字

上帝 ； 天主 ； 恩寵 ； 自然 ； 神化 ； 共相 ； 受造物 ； 神性的

並列摘要

John Scotus Eurigena developed a somewhat original philosophical theory of the levels of Nature, which divides all existing being into four categories: God, universals, creatures and the Divine Nature. It is God's grace, which actively makes it possible for humans to return to God and for the whole Universe to be ultimately united with God, thus comprising the Divine Nature, in which every being will be united with each other in God and will ultimately lose its own individual properties. On the part of man, he may reach a complete unity with God in the state of 'theosis' (i.e. deification), which may be attained through the co-operation between a man and the grace of God. Moreover, Eriugena held that it is the faculty of human reason, which has the primary responsibility for pursuing God and for attaining the ultimate unity with God in the Divine Nature.

並列關鍵字

God ； grace ； nature ； theosis ； deification ； universal ； creature ； divine

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