Resumen de Ascetic Pneumatology from John Cassian to Gregory the Great

Anthony Briggman (res.)

• [...]Gregory the Great drew upon both Cassian and Augustine to construct his vision of the Spirit leading the Christian from fear to love, vice to virtue, ignorance to knowledge, and ultimately to ecstatic contemplation and an understanding of scriptural allegory. [...]the dichotomy Humphries draws between theologies interested in the doctrinal definition of the Holy Spirit and those interested in the work of the Spirit in the Christian life also proves problematic. [...]Augustine's debate with Maximinus, which often focuses on doctrinal questions concerning the Holy Spirit, occurs during the lifetimes of Cassian, Leo, Vincent, and Prosper. [...]the dichotomy does not constitute a good basis for demarcating this study, especially since it draws attention away from the ways in which the earlier tradition influences these pneumatologies.