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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Christian existentialism NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Patristic era NERFINISHED ⓘ
Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ
hasMainInfluence Middle Platonism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Neoplatonism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Platonism NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableProponent Augustine of Hippo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Clement of Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gregory of Nyssa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marsilio Ficino NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nicholas of Cusa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Origen of Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thomas Aquinas NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy Middle Platonist theology NERFINISHED ⓘ
Philo of Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Plato ⓘ
Plotinus NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 → Christian Platonism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Philokalic tradition
Handbook of Spiritual Counsel → associatedWith → Christian Platonism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Philokalic tradition
Chapters on Knowledge → philosophicalOrientation → Christian Platonism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christian Neoplatonism
Theologia Platonica → movement → Christian Platonism ⓘ
De vita libri tres → philosophicalTradition → Christian Platonism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christian Neoplatonism
Commentary on Plato's Symposium on Love → movement → Christian Platonism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christian Neoplatonism
Platonic Academy of Florence → doctrine → Christian Platonism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christian Neoplatonism
Francesco Giorgi → philosophicalSchool → Christian Platonism ⓘ
Commentary on the Epistles of St. Paul → influencedBy → Christian Platonism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Philokalic tradition
Clement of Alexandria → influenced → Christian Platonism ⓘ
Clement of Alexandria → movement → Christian Platonism ⓘ
Emanuel Swedenborg → influencedBy → Christian Platonism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christian Neoplatonism
Divided Line → influenced → Christian Platonism ⓘ
Book 8 → associatedWith → Christian Platonism ⓘ
subject surface form: Book 8 (The City of God)
Book 5 → philosophicalTradition → Christian Platonism ⓘ
subject surface form: Book 5 (The City of God)
this entity surface form: Christian Neoplatonism
Book 17 → philosophicalPerspective → Christian Platonism ⓘ
subject surface form: Book 17 (The City of God)
this entity surface form: Christian Neoplatonism
Scotism → influencedBy → Christian Platonism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christian Neoplatonism
Ficino's Latin translation of Plato → influenced → Christian Platonism ⓘ
Nicholas of Cusa's De docta ignorantia → philosophicalTradition → Christian Platonism ⓘ
subject surface form: De docta ignorantia
John Philoponus → philosophicalTradition → Christian Platonism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christian Neoplatonism
Nicholas of Cusa → movement → Christian Platonism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christian Neoplatonism
Christian and Metaphysical Meditations → influencedBy → Christian Platonism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christian Neoplatonism
Book V → religiousPerspective → Christian Platonism ⓘ
subject surface form: Book V (The City of God)
Book IV → philosophicalTradition → Christian Platonism ⓘ
subject surface form: Book IV (The City of God)
this entity surface form: Christian Neoplatonism
Byzantine culture → hasPhilosophicalTradition → Christian Platonism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christian Neoplatonism
Thomism → influencedBy → Christian Platonism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christian Neoplatonism
History of Christian Philosophy in the Middle Ages → examines → Christian Platonism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christian Neoplatonism
Aurora → philosophicalCurrent → Christian Platonism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christian Neoplatonism
De signatura rerum → influencedBy → Christian Platonism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christian Neoplatonism
The Way to Christ → influencedBy → Christian Platonism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christian Neoplatonism