Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Exordium
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Text of Revelation and Scholia in Apocalypsin
- Part II Expanded Notes to the Scholia
- Expanded Notes to Scholion I
- Expanded Notes to Scholion II
- Expanded Notes to Scholion III
- Expanded Notes to Scholion IV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion V
- Expanded Notes to Scholion VI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion VII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion VIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion IX
- Expanded Notes to Scholion X
- Expanded Notes To Scholion XI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XIV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XVI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XVII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XVIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XIX
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XX
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXIV
- Expanded Notes to Adnotatio Post Scholion XXIV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXVI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXVII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXVIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXIX
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXX
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXIV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXVI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXVII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXVIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXIX
- Bibliography
- Index of authors cited in the scholia
- Index of Names in the Scholia
- Index of terms in the scholia
- Biblical citations in the scholia
- Index of modern authors
- General index
Expanded Notes to Scholion XIX
from Part II - Expanded Notes to the Scholia
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2014
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Exordium
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Text of Revelation and Scholia in Apocalypsin
- Part II Expanded Notes to the Scholia
- Expanded Notes to Scholion I
- Expanded Notes to Scholion II
- Expanded Notes to Scholion III
- Expanded Notes to Scholion IV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion V
- Expanded Notes to Scholion VI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion VII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion VIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion IX
- Expanded Notes to Scholion X
- Expanded Notes To Scholion XI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XIV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XVI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XVII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XVIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XIX
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XX
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXIV
- Expanded Notes to Adnotatio Post Scholion XXIV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXVI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXVII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXVIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXIX
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXX
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXIV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXVI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXVII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXVIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXIX
- Bibliography
- Index of authors cited in the scholia
- Index of Names in the Scholia
- Index of terms in the scholia
- Biblical citations in the scholia
- Index of modern authors
- General index
Summary
EN XIXa: αἱ μετουσίαι τοῦ πνεύματος
The expression μετουσία πνεύματος (‘participation in the Spirit’) in Origen occurs only in catena-fragments on the gospel of John and on the Psalms. These instances, however, at the points where μετουσία alone (but not ‘participation in the Spirit’) appears, are couched in the language of Didymus. By contrast, the term μετουσία in Didymus appears at more than fiftyfive points, of which at least seven refer to ‘participation in the Spirit’. From both this usage by Didymus and its occurrence in Theodoret, it can be inferred that Cassian wrote quoting from Didymus, while taking into account Theodoret, and certainly using his own vocabulary at the same time.
The notion of ‘participation in the Spirit’ recurs also in Gregory of Nyssa, but not in his namesake of Nazianzus, as well as in some other authors. The mysterious figure of Pseudo-Macarius champions the notion and expression μετουσία πνεύματος. One should notice that its employment is exclusive to Christian literature, even though the term μετουσία alone comes from very old times. As a matter of fact, this term is present in some of the best authors of Classical Greece, while it is not absent from the biblical glossary, not to mention its frequent occurrence in Philo. Nevertheless, the list of Christian authors using the notion of μετουσία τοῦ πνεύματος is rather short.
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- An Ancient Commentary on the Book of RevelationA Critical Edition of the Scholia in Apocalypsin, pp. 276 - 278Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013