Eckhart, Meister
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Eckhart, Meister (
c.1260–
c.1328), German
Dominican theologian and preacher. He lectured at Paris and was Provincial of the Dominican province of Saxony. As a
Scholastic theologian, he conceived an ambitious speculative and exegetical project, the
Opus Tripartitum, of which only parts survive. He was famous as a preacher. When he was accused of heretical teaching in 1326 and tried before the court of the Abp. of
Cologne, he appealed to the Pope but died during the proceedings. In 1329
John XXII condemned 28 propositions as heretical or misleading, but declared that Eckhart had recanted before his death.
Eckhart teaches that we should ‘break through’ the complexities of all the particulars which confront us, to reach the simple ‘ground’ of all reality, where God and the soul are inseparably one, by abstracting from all that is ‘this’ or ‘that’, both metaphysically and ascetically. For him, ‘abstractedness’ is the highest virtue, because it produces the most intimate union with God, from which the Christian life flows as spontaneously as God's own life.
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The Mystical Thought of Meister Eckhart: The Man from Whom God Hid Nothing
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 7/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; The Mystical Thought of Meister Eckhart. The Man from Whom God Hid Nothing...wisdom of unkowning that is the heart of Meister Eckhart's message." An original challenge in Eckhart's thought was his deconstructive turn...
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Losing the self: detachment in Meister Eckhart and its significance for Buddhist-Christian dialogue.(COMPARATIVE THEOLOGY)
Magazine article from: Buddhist-Christian Studies; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...purpose of this article is to probe Meister Eckhart's concepts of self--or, rather...examine potential affinities between Eckhart and Buddhist thought with the modest hope of identifying areas in Eckhart's mysticism that may present...
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THE "TRAKTAT VON DER MINNE": A CHAPTER IN THE RECEPTION OF MEISTER ECKHART'S MYSTICISM
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 4/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...of twenty-eight articles from Meister Eckhart's Latin and German works by Pope...for the next century and a half. Eckhart's reception is evident not only...not a created form of grace, and Eckhart's teachings about the uncreated...
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Meister Eckhart and the Beguine Mystics: Hadewijch of Brabant, Mechthild of Magdeburg and Marguerite Porete / Marguerite Porete: The Mirror of Simple Souls
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 7/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; Meister Eckhart and the Beguine Mystics:Hadewijch of...medieval male counterparts. Since Meister Eckhart has long been one of the most widely studied...not surprising that the volume Meister Eckhart and the Beguine Mystics should be one...
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`Mother of God' journey inspired by Meister Eckhart.(Religion)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 5/9/2009; 700+ words
; ...Heckman For The Register-Guard Meister Eckhart - a 13th century Dominican theologian...is my father/mother?" Like Eckhart, I believe that God - or Divine...realize this until I began reading Eckhart's teachings. As long as I lived...
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Meister Eckhart: Werke, 2 vols.
Magazine article from: Medium Aevum; 3/22/1995; ; 700+ words
; This edition of Meister Eckhart's vernacular sermons and treatises...authentication of the text as part of the Eckhart corpus, other editions and references...possible the chronology of the text within Eckhart's oeuvre. A second apparatus contains...
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The Soul as Virgin Wife: Mechthild of Magdeburg, Marguerite Porete, and Meister Eckhart
Magazine article from: Anglican Theological Review; 10/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Magdeburg, Marguerite Porete, and Meister Eckhart. By Amy Hollywood. Studies in...explicitly, she argues that Meister Eckhart was not only greatly influenced...between Mechthild, Porete, and Eckhart have been probed for fifty years...
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Six poems.('Gender Studies,' 'Meister Eckhart Transported to the Teaneck Mall,' 'Impatiens in Drought,' 'Night Reading,' 'My Generation Abhorred Limits,' 'Psalm 4')(Poem)
Magazine article from: The American Poetry Review; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...what I don't know then will not hurt you. Meister Eckhart Transported to the Teaneck Mall Eckhart's robe and beard drew a few looks, especially...sweet though, doncha think?" Cindy drove Eckhart to the hospital, where he recovered long...
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The Unspoken Word: Negative Theology in Meister Eckhart's German Sermons.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Theological Studies; 9/1/2003; ; 624 words
; ...study concentrates on just four of Meister Eckhart's evocative sermons to illustrate...works. Of particular concern is Eckhart's insistence on the point that...rules of negative theology. What Eckhart tries to do with the categories...
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We Walk the Path Together: Learning from Thich Nhat Hanh and Meister Eckhart.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Buddhist-Christian Studies; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...LEARNING FROM THICH NHAT HANH AND MEISTER ECKHART. By Brian J. Pierce. New York...namely Thich Nhat Hanh and Meister Eckhart, also reminds me of Lao Tzu...mind of love) (p. 49). In Eckhart's words, this process of loving...
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Meister Eckhart
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Meister Eckhart (Johannes Eckhardt), c.1260-c...held a series of offices in his order. Eckhart communicated in various ways his burning...his order, but the charge was pressed. Eckhart appealed to Rome. He died between 1327...
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Eckhart, Meister
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Eckhart, Meister ( c. 1260– c. 1328), German Dominican theologian...propositions as heretical or misleading, but declared that Eckhart had recanted before his death. Eckhart teaches that we should ‘break through’...
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Johann Eckhart
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Eckhart The German Dominican Johann Eckhart (ca. 1260-ca. 1327), called Meister Eckhart, founded German mysticism...Reading Claud H. Field translated Meister Eckhart's Sermons (1931). Meister Eckhart: An Introduction to the Study...
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Eckhart, Johannes
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Eckhart, Johannes ( c. 1260– c. 1327) ( Meister Eckhart ) German Dominican theologian and mystic. An evangelical preacher, his sermons stressed the path to salvation through personal spiritual development. In 1526, he was accused...
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Johannes Tauler
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...mystic. He was a Dominican. He met Meister Eckhart , either at Strasbourg or in Cologne...went to study, and he was one of Eckhart's disciples. He also knew Heinrich...popular mystical movement that spread Eckhart's teachings. He was one of the...
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