The Kingdom of God within us, according to Meister Eckhart

Authors

  • Silvia Bara Bancel Universidad Pontificia Comillas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14422/pen.v73.i275.y2017.009

Keywords:

Meister Eckhart, Kingdom of God, ground of the soul, humility, detachment, divine filiation, deification

Abstract

In this paper, we examine what the German works of Meister Eckhart (c. 1260-1328) say about heaven, the Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of Heaven. We explain how he understands the presence of the Kingdom of God in us. In a style that is fresh and original, Eckhart says that the Kingdom of Heaven is now already within us. It is in the deepest part of us, in the ground of the soul, but man does not discover it immediately. In the first place, he has to prepare himself and to be receptive to the Kingdom of God, to God within himself. He has to make himself «heavenly», through humility, detachment, equanimity and so on. Furthermore, God «flows» inside this person and He pronounce His Word in him. That is how the human being becomes the son of God, how he receives a «kiss» from God, and how the Kingdom of God breaks through in the ground of the soul. And that finally means participating now in the joy and the blessedness of heaven.

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Author Biography

Silvia Bara Bancel, Universidad Pontificia Comillas

La profesora Silvia Bara Bancel estudió en la Universidad Pontificia Comillas donde se doctoró en Teología, especialidad Teología Dogmática y Fundamental, con estancias de investigación en Freiburg in Breisgau, Eichstätt (Alemania) y Metz (Francia). Asimismo es Licenciada en Ciencias Químicas, especialidad Bioquímica, por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. En el año 2002 comenzó su docencia en Comillas, donde ha enseñado diversas materias de grado y postgrado, tanto en Teología como en otras titulaciones, como "Cristianismo y Ética Social", "Iglesia y Sacramentos" y "Mensaje cristiano", "Escuela dominicana: Santo Tomás, Alberto Magno y el Maestro Eckhart" o "Fenomenología y antropología de la religión". Ha sido profesora invitada en Salamanca (Pontificia Facultad de Teología San Esteban), en Colombia (Universidad Santo Tomás de Bogotá) y en Argentina (UNSTA, sedes de Tucumán y Buenos Aires) . Es también miembro asociado del Centro de Investigación Écritures (EA 3943) de la Université de Lorraine (Francia) y vicepresidenta de la Asociación de Teólogas Españolas.

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How to Cite

Bara Bancel, S. (2017). The Kingdom of God within us, according to Meister Eckhart. Pensamiento. Revista De Investigación E Información Filosófica, 73(275), 147–167. https://doi.org/10.14422/pen.v73.i275.y2017.009

Issue

Vol. 73 No. 275 (2017): enero-abril (2017)

Section

Estudios, textos, notas y comentarios

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