MEISTER ECKHART

Discuss this quotation from one of Meister Eckhart's sermons in relation to the central idea of his mystical theology: can we make sense of his writings today?

Discuss this quotation from one of Meister Eckhart's sermons in relation to the central idea of his mystical theology: can we make sense of his writings today?

Introduction

This essay is based on the discussion of Meister Eckhart's quotation taken from one of his sermons. It seeks to discuss the quotation, and its relation to the mystical theology, elaborating if the use of his works, particularly the quotation is possible in today's world. Meister Eckhart generated numerous Latin and German works. The Latin treatises—most quite orthodox and didactic—include 56 sermons, featuring a long sermon on the Lord's Prayer; scriptural commentaries (many unfinished); fragments from his Opus Tripartite; an Introduction to his commentary on Lombard's Sentences; and the Parisian Questions, a record of his Paris debates.

Account of Meister Eckhart's Works and Sermons

Meister Eckhart was one of the most influential German Catholic mystic theologians and spiritual psychologists. He was regarded as one of the most glorious names among the spiritual instructors of his times. Eckhart's work in particular is a great effort of the foundation of faith through the rediscovery of the divine that hidden in the depths of the soul of man; a rediscovery of the need for which is exhaustively argued by means of philosophical discourse. (McGinn, 1988, p. 87).

Meister Eckhart (c. 1260 - 1328) is widely regarded as one of the great German thinkers of the Middle Ages, as a mystic, but also as a philosopher. The exploration centers around his person and his teachings are questions as to his alleged heresy, according to the mystical or philosophical character of his writings, according to the core of his poverty and teaching God's birth, according to the target audience of his writings and sermons. The interests of research are "Meister Eckhart in the original" (the title of the last annual meeting of the International Meister Eckhart Society in 2010). They are more and more but also the tradition of his works. In recent years also have events with titles such as "Master Eckhart in the Cities" (sections of the International Medieval Congress, Leeds), new paths of research. When Meister Eckhart's teaching is a lesson for the city and in the city - this doctrine came also in the city? It has so far mainly with individual Eckhart collections and with the tradition in some monasteries, such as the Austrian Melk Abbey is concerned. What is new is the approach of asking about the tradition of Meister Eckhart in a precisely defined space.

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