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    Borrowed from HSSCOL Library.

    This is lucid and succinct~!~ Is there "theology" before Scholasticism? According to Leclercq, the answer is without doubt a positive one. Monasticism, although is always in association with mysticism, it is still a way to study, to gain the knowledge of God. This ki ... (continue)

    Borrowed from HSSCOL Library.

    This is lucid and succinct~!~ Is there "theology" before Scholasticism? According to Leclercq, the answer is without doubt a positive one. Monasticism, although is always in association with mysticism, it is still a way to study, to gain the knowledge of God. This kind of knowledge, unlike those we obtained from philosophy or natural science, is deduce from experience -- to be exact, the experience of a contemplative life. This is a theology of admiration, of love, but of little speculation only.

    I firmly believe mysticism/ monasticism will be the pathway for inter-religions dialogue and the antidote towards nowadays somewhat skeptical and definitely nowadays losing contact with human soul kind of culture.

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  • 哀綠絲與亞培拉的故事,不知華語區的教徒又多少人知曉?

    小時候(噢,都已是大學生的年紀),有一位網友的名字便是 heloise;心生好奇,便找這個名字的故事。如果說西方中古世紀時有三大愛情悲劇情侶,有人說過分別是莎士比亞的 romeo and juliet、但丁與 beatrice,以及哀綠絲和亞培拉。

    heloise 和 abelard 都是十二世紀時的人,兩人之間的愛情故事真實地在那年代發生和上演,因為真,更教人最低吟不已。abelard 是那時候的名神哲學家,鼓吹以理性詢問來做神學,與當時流行的、着重靈修虔敬的寺院神學背道而馳。他的盛名讓他看上比自己年輕廿載又同樣震 ... (continue)

    哀綠絲與亞培拉的故事,不知華語區的教徒又多少人知曉?

    小時候(噢,都已是大學生的年紀),有一位網友的名字便是 heloise;心生好奇,便找這個名字的故事。如果說西方中古世紀時有三大愛情悲劇情侶,有人說過分別是莎士比亞的 romeo and juliet、但丁與 beatrice,以及哀綠絲和亞培拉。

    heloise 和 abelard 都是十二世紀時的人,兩人之間的愛情故事真實地在那年代發生和上演,因為真,更教人最低吟不已。abelard 是那時候的名神哲學家,鼓吹以理性詢問來做神學,與當時流行的、着重靈修虔敬的寺院神學背道而馳。他的盛名讓他看上比自己年輕廿載又同樣震驚法國文壇的 heloise,決定要藉當上她的家教老師來引誘她。

    以前讀,當然會一廂情願認為 abelard 是個「無品」的死學棍,heloise 替他生下小孩秘密結緍以保他的鐸品,後來更因 abelard 一句便入隱修院與世隔絕。Heloise 愛之深和專是一眾文藝女生的追求和渴慕;但,若我們設諸於當時的文化環境,甚至放諸在宗教框架來看,兩人之間的糾結卻帶出更深的靈修意涵。

    Gilson 是近代著名學者,專研中世紀的神學思想;讀 bernard of clairvaux 讀得有點暈,便翻他這本書來提神。Gilson 提出:

    1. abelard 對 heloise 的引誘,當然是一場精心計算的陰謀,但之後他的確深愛 heloise,不得不以婚姻諦約來綁緊自己愛的女人,就算是自私也好,就算這場婚姻是隱私進行以保障自己的聲譽也好,他願意一下子提親,甚至乎當 heloise 後來當上隱修院院長時,向 abelard 提出的要求他也義不容辭地幫忙。這些都顯出 abelard 對 heloise 中間的情誼是獨特與濃烈;

    2. heloise 看清了 abelard 必須以獨身才可以繼續自己的學術發展,而 heloise 對 abelard 的期許,希望 abelard 成為一代宗師,其中也許有私心--那麼,她便可以 makes sense of her suffering,使她的負出帶上光榮,讓她可以在悲苦中依然嚐到愛情的甘飴。

    3. abelard 還是置 heloise 與萬劫不復的境地--她後來的隱修生活是以 abelard 的意向為終歸;這種心態讓她置天主於門外,將自己置於一個「不堪獲恩寵和平安」的情況;她的隱修其實是一種補贖和懺情,懺 abelard,故亦使她對 abelard 既愛也怨。

    4. abelard 最後卻完全以天主為依歸,盛名依然,卻過最清苦卑微的隱修生活,卻因為 heloise 的看不開,也成為他最大的心魔和疚歉。

    5. 嗱呢點對我嚟講真係好重要--做中世紀神學要認真嚴謹,唔識拉丁文其實做唔到,佢個 appendix 逐個字執其他人譯錯嘢搞到研究方向錯晒。我想話,我都唔識拉丁文,係咪即係唔駛玩啦咁?

    Gilson 還說了其他,但印象最深刻的是這些了。

    Borrow from HKUST via HKALL.

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