A Companion to Joachim of Fiore
A Companion to Joachim of Fiore

Author: Matthias Riedl

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2017-10-23

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 9004339663

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Joachim of Fiore (c.1135-1202) remains one of the most fascinating and enigmatic figures of medieval Christianity. In his own time, he was an influential advisor to the mighty and powerful, widely respected for his prophetic exegesis and decoding of the apocalypse. In modern times, many thinkers, from Thomas Müntzer to Friedrich Engels, have hailed him as a prophet of progress and revolution. Even present-day theologians, philosophers and novelists were inspired by Joachim’s vision of a Third Age of the Holy Spirit. However, at no time was Joachim an uncontroversial figure. Soon after his death, the church authorities became suspicious about the explosive potential of his theology, while more recently historians held him accountable for the fateful progressivism of Western Civilization. Contributors are: Frances Andrews, Valeria De Fraja, Alfredo Gatto, Peter Gemeinhardt, Sven Grosse, Massimo Iiritano, Bernard McGinn, Matthias Riedl, and Brett Edward Whalen.

Joachim of Fiore and the Prophetic Future
Joachim of Fiore and the Prophetic Future

Author: Honorary Fellow St Anne's and St Hugh's Colleges Marjorie Reeves

Publisher:

Published: 1999-04

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780750921510

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Joachim of Fiore has been described as the most singular and fascinating figure of mediaeval Christendom. This title explores his unique understanding of history and looks at the powerful influence of his ideas.

The Cambridge Companion to Apocalyptic Literature
The Cambridge Companion to Apocalyptic Literature

Author: Colin McAllister

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-03-26

Total Pages: 375

ISBN-13: 1108422705

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Apocalytic literature has addressed human concerns for over two millennia. This volume surveys the source texts, their reception, and relevance.

Joachim of Fiore and the Myth of the Eternal Evangel in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Joachim of Fiore and the Myth of the Eternal Evangel in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

Author: Warwick Gould

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 456

ISBN-13:

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This renowned study provides a `map' of the influence of the powerful, original theology of Joachim of Fiore (c.1132-1202). Radically revised since its first publication in 1987, and augmented with further prophetic voices and symbols from the past, it confirms the deep structures of visions of the future while demonstrating and questioning the persistence of Joachimist themes in the twentieth-century fin de siecle.

The Influence of Prophecy in the Later Middle Ages
The Influence of Prophecy in the Later Middle Ages

Author: Marjorie Reeves

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 1969

Total Pages: 594

ISBN-13: 9780198270300

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Joachim of Fiore proclaimed a philosophy of history which exercised a powerful influence in succeeding centuries. This book traces the influence of his prophecies concerning a Third Age of the Spirit to come, as later expressed in the themes of New Spiritual Men, Last World Emperor, Angelic Pope, and Renovatio Mundi. It shows that these ideas were not only the mainspring of various heterodox groups, but also engaged the attention of certain church leaders, university scholars, Renaissance thinkers, Protestant theologians, and political rulers down to the seventeenth century.

A Companion to Jan Hus
A Companion to Jan Hus

Author: Ota Pavlicek

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2015-02-24

Total Pages: 457

ISBN-13: 9004282726

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A Companion to Jan Hus includes eleven substantial essays covering the central aspects of the life, thought and commemoration of Jan Hus († 1415), Czech theologian, reformer and martyr. Besides older experienced specialists in the Hussite studies, also younger researchers who enter the scientific discourse with new approaches participated in the volume. Experts and students alike will profit from this guide to Jan Hus, who was well known as follower of John Wyclif and forerunner of Martin Luther. Burning of Jan Hus at the stake at the Council of Constance gave rise in Bohemia to religious and social revolt that ushered the European reformations of the 16th century.

The Cambridge Companion to Karl Rahner
The Cambridge Companion to Karl Rahner

Author: Declan Marmion

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2005-06-16

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 1139827219

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Karl Rahner (1904–84) was one of the most significant theological voices of the twentieth century. For many his theology has come to symbolise the Catholic Church's entry into modernity. Part of his enduring appeal lies in his ability to reflect on a whole variety of issues in theology and spirituality and concentrate this plurality into a few basic convictions. This Cambridge Companion provides an accessible introduction to the main themes of Rahner's work. Written by an international array of experts, it will be of interest to both students and scholars alike. Each chapter serves as a guide to its topic and recommends further reading for additional study. The contributors also assess Rahner's significance for contemporary theology by bringing his thought into dialogue with many current concerns including: religious pluralism, spirituality, postmodernism, ecumenism, ethics and developments in political and feminist theologies.

The End(s) of Time(s)
The End(s) of Time(s)

Author: Hans-Christian Lehner

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-05-25

Total Pages: 403

ISBN-13: 9004462430

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Crises and end time expectations are closely linked to one another. The present volume collates interdisciplinary research from specialists in the study of apocalyptic and eschatological subjects worldwide and overcomes the existing Euro-centrism by incorporating a broader perspective.

The Antichrist
The Antichrist

Author: Philip C. Almond

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-10

Total Pages: 341

ISBN-13: 1108479650

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A complete history of the Antichrist, Satan's son, within the context of Western expectations of the end of the world.

Like Angels on Jacob's Ladder
Like Angels on Jacob's Ladder

Author: Harvey J. Hames

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 2012-02-01

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 0791479188

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This book explores the career of Abraham Abulafia (ca. 1240–1291), self-proclaimed Messiah and founder of the school of ecstatic Kabbalah. Active in southern Italy and Sicily where Franciscans had adopted the apocalyptic teachings of Joachim of Fiore, Abulafia believed the end of days was approaching and saw himself as chosen by God to reveal the Divine truth. He appropriated Joachite ideas, fusing them with his own revelations, to create an apocalyptic and messianic scenario that he was certain would attract his Jewish contemporaries and hoped would also convince Christians. From his focus on the centrality of the Tetragrammaton (the four letter ineffable Divine name) to the date of the expected redemption in 1290 and the coming together of Jews and Gentiles in the inclusiveness of the new age, Abulafia's engagement with the apocalyptic teachings of some of his Franciscan contemporaries enriched his own worldview. Though his messianic claims were a result of his revelatory experiences and hermeneutical reading of the Torah, they were, to no small extent, dependent on his historical circumstances and acculturation.