Christian contemplation | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-15

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Christian contemplation


00:01:08 1 Etymology
00:03:31 2 Greek philosophy
00:03:49 2.1 Plato
00:04:23 2.2 Aristotle
00:06:40 2.3 Plotinus
00:08:02 3 Christian contemplation
00:08:30 3.1 Early Christianity
00:08:38 3.1.1 iTheoria/i
00:09:55 3.1.2 Allegorical truth
00:11:42 3.2 Eastern Orthodox Christianity
00:14:20 3.3 Latin Church
00:14:54 4 Meditation and contemplation
00:16:19 5 Contemplative prayer
00:17:13 5.1 Eastern Orthodox Churches
00:18:45 5.2 Roman Catholic Church
00:20:05 6 Stages
00:20:14 6.1 Models
00:20:22 6.1.1 Dionysius the Pseudo-Areopagite
00:21:37 6.1.2 Alternative models
00:23:30 6.2 Katharsis (purification)
00:25:54 6.3 Contemplation/theoria (illumination)
00:28:33 6.4 Unity (theosis)
00:32:32 7 False spiritual knowledge
00:34:01 7.1 Spiritual somnolence
00:35:45 7.2 False asceticism or cults
00:36:54 8 Scientific research
00:37:19 9 Modern philosophy
00:38:00 10 See also
00:38:09 11 Notes



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"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
- Socrates



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Christian contemplation, from contemplatio (Latin; Greek θεωρία, Theoria), refers to several Christian practices which aim at "looking at", "gazing at", "being aware of" God or the Divine. It includes several practices and theological concepts, and until the sixth century the practice of what is now called mysticism was referred to by the term contemplatio, c.q. theoria.
Christianity took up the use of both the Greek (theoria) and Latin (contemplatio, contemplation) terminology to describe various forms of prayer and the process of coming to know God. Eastern and Western traditions of Christianity grew apart as they incorporated the general notion of theoria into their respective teachings.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church states that, "the Christian tradition comprises three major expressions of the life of prayer: vocal prayer, meditation, and contemplative prayer. They have in common the recollection of the heart."Three stages are discerned in contemplative practice, namely purgative contemplation, contemplation proper, and the vision of God.