Theosis in the Ethiopian Tradition: A Preliminary Assessment

This essay represents the first formal attempt to identify themes of theosis within the Ethiopian Orthodox Tawāḥǝdo Church (EOTC). The first half explores four historical phases in the development of the doctrine of theosis: Ancient Pagan, Biblical, Patristic, and Medieval and Modern. It is argued t...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Samuelson, Calum (Συγγραφέας)
Τύπος μέσου: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο
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Έκδοση: Sage 2023
Στο/Στη: Transformation
Έτος: 2023, Τόμος: 40, Τεύχος: 1, Σελίδες: 49-62
Σημειογραφίες IxTheo:KAA Εκκλησιαστική Ιστορία
ΚΒΝ Υποσαχάρια Αφρική 
KDF Ορθόδοξη Εκκλησία
ΝΒΚ Σωτηριολογία
Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά:B Eastern Orthodoxy
B Deification
B Theosis
B Hagiography
B Ethiopia
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Σύνοψη:This essay represents the first formal attempt to identify themes of theosis within the Ethiopian Orthodox Tawāḥǝdo Church (EOTC). The first half explores four historical phases in the development of the doctrine of theosis: Ancient Pagan, Biblical, Patristic, and Medieval and Modern. It is argued that theosis finds strong support in the biblical corpus but that it is best to clarify which historical type one has in view due to its complex development. The second half of the paper considers themes of theosis within three genres of Ethiopic literature: Hagiography, Liturgy, and National Epic. New discoveries and insights are leveraged in order to demonstrate that although theosis lacks a precise equivalent in Classical Ethiopic, the literature of the EOTC demonstrates a strong familiarity with the basic contours of the doctrine of deification.
ISSN:1759-8931
Περιλαμβάνει:Enthalten in: Transformation
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/02653788221139564