‘GOOD’ CORRUPTION: PATRIACH METHODIUS’ MUSINGS ABOUT THE DIVISIBILITY OF GOD

Year 2023, , 37 - 45, 30.12.2023

Dirk Krausmüller

https://doi.org/10.30517/cihannuma.1412254

Abstract

In this brief article I discuss a passage from Patriarch Methodius’ Encomium of Agatha. I attempt to show that Methodius was a creative thinker who developed a complex interpretative framework. I argue that he radically deviated from the Patristic mainstream, declaring that corruption is necessary if there is going to be activity.

Keywords

Methodius of Constantinople, Agatha, Platonism, incorruptibility

‘İYİ’ YOZLAŞMA: PATRİK METHODİOS’UN TANRININ BÖLÜNEBİLİRLİĞİ ÜZERİNE DÜŞÜNCELERİ

Abstract

Bu kısa makalede, Patrik Methodius’un Agatha onuruna yazdığı Encomium’da yer alan bir pasaj tartışılmakta ve Methodius’un karmaşık bir yorumsal çerçeve geliştiren yaratıcı bir düşünür olduğu ortaya konmaya çalışılmaktadır. Methodius’un Patristik ana akımdan radikal bir şekilde saptığı ve eğer eylem gerçekleşecekse yozlaşmanın gerekli olduğunu ilan ettiği savunulmaktadır.

Keywords

Konstantinopolisli Methodios, Agatha, Platonizm, yozlaşmazlık

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