Catholic tradition from Augustine, needs Plotinus to point toward a personal, good God.
Krishnananda needs Plotinus to dissolve into pure non-dual consciousness.
Plotinus himself may have refused both closures.
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Augustine and Vedanta are closer to each other than either is to Plotinus in rejecting the idea that matter is intrinsically evil, but they still differ sharply in how they explain evil and the human predicament.
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What do you think was happening in the #theology and #history the #Christian faith relative to #Arianism and #Neoplatonism between 325 and 363 CE?
You think you know.
You don’t know.
I’m now obsessed with the #theology of Emperor Julian, who died in the Battle of Samarra in June 363 CE, a chaotic clash near modern-day Samarra, Iraq, against Sasanian Persian forces led by King Shapur II.
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