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- noun Plural form of
medieval .
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However, for the medievals, and indeed as it ought to be for Catholics, “the concept of symbol has a deeper, more comprehensive sense, because it intends to present and describe a real means of communication between God and humanity under the aspect of sign”.
The Theology and Metaphysics of the Gothic Cathedral - part 1 2009
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Whitehead reversed the common cartoon of medieval versus modern: the moderns were the fideists and the medievals the partisans of “unbridled rationalism” (p. 9).
September 13th, 2009 m_francis 2009
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Jayne Ann Krentz is a dialogue-driven writer – I especially love to re-read her Amanda Quick medievals.
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For, Von Simson argues, the medievals understood that “the physical world as we understand it has no reality except as a symbol … symbol is the only objectively valid definition of reality”.
The Theology and Metaphysics of the Gothic Cathedral - part 1 2009
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The medieval cosmology that the Gothic cathedral represents helps us to understand why the medievals built these wonders of Christian civilization.
The Theology and Metaphysics of the Gothic Cathedral - part 4 & conclusion 2009
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This Greek word, κόσμος meaning order, harmonious arrangement, or even ornaments, gives us an indication of how the medievals saw the cathedral.
The Theology and Metaphysics of the Gothic Cathedral - part 3 2009
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In this regard, the medievals cited Wisdom 11: 20, “You have arranged all things by measure and number and weight”.
The Theology and Metaphysics of the Gothic Cathedral - part 3 2009
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As such, Von Simson notes that for the medievals “stars, gold and precious stones are called beautiful because of this quality [of luminousity]”.
The Theology and Metaphysics of the Gothic Cathedral - part 3 2009
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The medievals also had a fascination with numerology and sacred numbers, for St Augustine had said that “The Divine Wisdom is reflected in the numbers impressed on all things”.
The Theology and Metaphysics of the Gothic Cathedral - part 3 2009
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Their beauty is an eloquent invitation to us today, who no longer perceive the truth as clearly as the medievals did, to rediscover the veritatis splendor which they communicate.
The Theology and Metaphysics of the Gothic Cathedral - part 4 & conclusion 2009
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