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