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Dec 2, 2020 · In this article, we offer highlights that give us insight how Ephrem understood Theosis, the salvation of the unborn, the Fall, and even the authenticity of his commentary on Genesis. The Difference Between Heaven and Hell. Ephrem understands Hell similar to Saint Augustine’s view of purgation in the Handbook of Faith, Hope, and Love.
- Introduction
- Poetry, Theology, and The Heresy of Paraphrase
- Poetic Contemplation of Nature and Language
- Implications and Concluding Thoughts
Asked to reflect on the relationship between poetry and theology, I always reach for the above lines of Ephrem the Syrian’s. In some respects, all my thoughts on this matter are circular, starting from and returning to the 31st of Ephrem’s Hymns (or Teaching Songs) on the Faith, of which the above words are the refrain. The core affirmation of the ...
While it would be unwise to aim to define poetry, certainly for the purposes of this essay, it should be unproblematic to stress that a poem is a linguistic artefact that generates meaning through the indivisibility of form and content, meter and matter, intention and expression. Hence the so-called ‘heresy of paraphrase’, initially articulated by ...
The object of theology is not simply God in himself, but also the theological fabric of existence, the created as participating in the uncreated, God as manifested in the world. We are here in the realm of what is often called natural contemplation of the divine. Drawing on strands of theology from Gregory Palamas and Maximos the Confessor, Louth w...
“A poem must not be about an event,” says the contemporary Orthodox poet Scott Cairns; “it must occasion an event of its own”.[xviii] It is in seeing poems like “Hamlen Brook” as events and things in their own right that we may also discern their theological and theophanic potentials. This is key to an understanding of ‘sacred’ art or poetry in gen...
Aug 1, 2022 · Sebastian Brock’s publications have spanned the entirety of Syriac literary history, but he has displayed an especial fondness for Ephrem the Syrian, the fourth-century northern Mesopotamian poet who is the Syriac tradition’s first “great” poet, and perhaps the most well known of Syriac authors.
May 20, 2015 · This post is part of an ongoing series examining Ephrem the Syrian and early Syriac Christianity. Though said to have written a commentary on every book of the Bible, the only authentic and extant prose commentaries of Ephrem the Syrian are those on Genesis and (part of) Exodus.
Jan 3, 2020 · As poet, Ephrem spoke about God using paradoxes. Paradoxes use two statements to capture what one statement cannot. The simple example Brock highlights is one of Ephrem’s favorite ways to speak of the Nativity: for Ephrem, the Nativity is the paradox of “the Great One who became small.”
3 days ago · He is a revered figure in the Eastern Churches, and one of the very early Doctors of the Church as named by Pope Benedict XV in 1920. Yet St. Ephrem the Syrian, who died in A.D. 373, is largely an unsung hero among Catholics of our time.
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Jan 15, 2024 · His current project focuses on the origins of Syriac, and asks why and how a local variety of Aramaic from northern Mesopotamia became the vehicle of one of the most prestigious literatures of Late Antiquity and beyond. Chair: Professor Sebastian Brock, FBA, University of Oxford, UK. Date: 15 January, 2024.
