The Mystical Language of Gregory of Nyssa: the Trinitarian inhabitation in kenotic perspective today

Authors

  • Maria Freire da Silva

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19176/rct.v0i86.26049

Keywords:

Misticism, trinitarian inhabitation, encounter, incomprehensibility, kenosis

Abstract

This article aims at presenting some elements of the mystical language of Gregory of Nyssa, and at the same time showing the relevance of his mystique for the modern man, identifying aspects that can be referencial to the transcendent search present in the behavioral mode of the modern man. This comprehension articulates itself to a kenotic perspective from which one moves to the encounter with the divine that is immanent and still remains transcendent.

Author Biography

Maria Freire da Silva

Doutora em Teologia pela Universidade Gregoriana, Roma. Professora da Faculdade deTeologia da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo.