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I. Ontological Necessity: Freedom Toward Death and Toward Love I. Ontological Necessity: Freedom Toward Death and Toward Love
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II. Freedom Prior to Existence: The God-Who-May-Be II. Freedom Prior to Existence: The God-Who-May-Be
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III. God as Trinity: A Personal God III. God as Trinity: A Personal God
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IV. The Hermeneutics of Prosopon IV. The Hermeneutics of Prosopon
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Aesthetics Aesthetics
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Ethics Ethics
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Religion Religion
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V. Icon and Perichoresis V. Icon and Perichoresis
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VI. Synergy: Eschatology and the Kingdom VI. Synergy: Eschatology and the Kingdom
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Prosopon and Icon: Two Premodern Ways of Thinking God
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Published:March 2006
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Abstract
This chapter examines premodern ways of thinking God through the prosopon and icon. It first discusses the ontological necessity of freedom toward death and love. It holds that the aporia in the discussion is the inability to imagine freedom prior to its existence. Then it distinguishes the Christian God from the God of the philosophers. The Christian God is a triune God who exists as loving relation among the three persons of the Trinity. In examining the hermeneutics of prosopon, it looks into its aesthetics, ethics, and role in religion. While in the discussion of the icon, it emphasizes the icon's value in relating to a point beyond itself, citing the example of the historic moment of Incarnation.
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