Between Pneumatology and Logic: Macarius Macris and the Palamite Tradition of the Doctrine of the Procession of the Holy Spirit (Some Observations)
https://doi.org/10.31802/BCA.2022.16.4.003
Abstract
Macarius Macres (ca. 1391–1431) was one of the most creative thinkers of the Palaiologan epoch. In the article’s first section we try to argue, on the basis of the 5th capter of his Dialogue with the Pope and Those Near Him, that he continued, though with some reservations, the tradition of the doctrine of the Holy Spirit’s eternal illumination (Nicephorus Blemmydes, St. Grego ry of Cyprus). In the article’s second section we show, on the basis of Macarius’ reasoning in the 6th chapter of the same treatise, that our author’s teaching on some propositions and middle terms being predicated upon different individuals, but not upon different properties, which was developed in course of the polemics against Filioque, can be juxtaposed with some tenets of Richard Montague’s formal semantics. According to Montague, if one and the same constants, analogous to the Holy Trinity Persons’ properties, are put into identical formulas, the identity of the formulas in question is lost. We consider such a comparison of those Medieval and modern post-classical theories, which seem to be close to one another, to be a fruitful scientific pursuit.
About the Author
D. I. Makarov
Urals Mussorgsky State Conservatoire; Yekaterinburg Orthodox Theological Seminary
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Dmitry I. Makarov, Doctor of Philosophy, Head of the Department of General Humanities; Professor at the Department of Bible and Theology
Av. Lenina 26, Yekaterinburg 620014, Russia
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Makarov D.I. Between Pneumatology and Logic: Macarius Macris and the Palamite Tradition of the Doctrine of the Procession of the Holy Spirit (Some Observations). Bible and Christian Antiquity. 2022;(4):93-107. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31802/BCA.2022.16.4.003
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