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The Concept of the boundary (methorios) in the anthropology of Saint Gregory of Nyssa
ID Arko, Alenka (Author)

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Abstract
Gregory of Nyssa’s understanding of anthropology is anything but one-di-mensional. Characteristic of his thinking is the gradual move away from a Platonic, dualistic conception towards a holistic one, which was developed both in dialogue with contemporary philosophical currents and based on biblical revelation. It is therefore not surprising that his anthropology continues to pose a challenge to scholars studying the teachings of the Church Fathers on the human person. Wi-thin this holistic horizon, man is methorios – a boundary – precisely because he exists at the interface between the spiritual and the material order, as a creature that is both an embodied and a psychic being. Ontologically, this liminality is expressed in the soul, while morally it manifests itself in desire, which leads man either to a virtuous life or to servitude under sin. Finally, man, created in the ima-ge of God, is also, through divine providence, the threshold between created exi-stence and the uncreated God. The ontological gulf that separates them cannot be bridged or dissolved by a human person and her endeavours. It is overcome in Jesus Christ, who unites the uncreated divine and created human nature in his person. In communion with him – and thus through grace – a human being is ena-bled to transcend his own limitations and participate in divine life

Language:English
Keywords:anthropology, methorios, soul, desire, freedom of choice, grace
Work type:Article
Typology:1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:TEOF - Theological Faculty
Publication status:Published
Publication version:Version of Record
Publication date:01.12.2025
Year:2025
Number of pages:Str. 697-710
Numbering:Letn. 85, [št.] 3
PID:20.500.12556/RUL-177670 This link opens in a new window
UDC:27-18Gregorij iz Nise
ISSN on article:0006-5722
DOI:10.34291/BV2025/03/Arko This link opens in a new window
COBISS.SI-ID:262741507 This link opens in a new window
Publication date in RUL:31.12.2025
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Title:Bogoslovni vestnik : glasilo Teološke fakultete v Ljubljani
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Publisher:Teološka fakulteta
ISSN:0006-5722
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Language:Slovenian
Title:Pojem meje (methorios) v antropologiji sv. Gregorja iz Nise
Abstract:
Pogled Gregorja iz Nise na človeka je vse prej kot enoplasten, še bolj pa je zanj značilno, da se postopoma oddaljuje od platonično obarvane dualistične antropologije in se približuje holistični koncepciji, ki jo razvija v dialogu s sočasni-mi filozofskimi tokovi in ma podlagi svetopisemskega razodetja, zato ne preseneča, da je njegova antropologija vedno znova izziv za preučevalce nauka o človeku pri cerkvenih očetih. V holistični perspektivi je človek methorios (meja, presečišče), ker biva med duhovnim in materialnim stvarstvom, ker je duševno in telesno bitje. Mejo na ontološki ravni predstavlja duša, na moralni pa želja, ki človeka usmerja bodisi h krepostnemu življenju, bodisi k suženjstvu grehu. Nenazadnje je človek, ustvarjen po Božji podobi, po Božji previdnosti tudi meja med ustvarjeno resničnostjo in neustvarjenim Bogom. Ontološke razdalje med njima ni mogoče preseči ali izničiti, lahko pa je na nek način presežena v Jezusu Kristusu, ki je deležen tako neustvarjene Božje kot ustvarjene človeške narave in v odnosu z njim, torej po milosti.

Keywords:antropologija, methorios, duša, želja, svoboda izbire, milost

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Project number:P6-0262
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