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<p>Gaining an insight on how the human perceptive apparatus has the ability to discern between the worlds, physical, divine and demonic, has intrigued many theological minds throughout the history. The concept of ‘spiritual senses’, developed in the patristic period, offers a platform for the debate on the intricate role that sensorial, psychological and spiritual skills play in perceiving the transcendent world. This paper argues that an encounter with the Judeo-Christian God presupposes, besides an innate spiritual, a priori, pre-cognitive consciousness regarding the existence of the divine, also a wholistic animation, regeneration and transfiguration of the human perceptive and psychological apparatus, through sanctification by the work of the Word and the Holy Spirit, in the community of believers.</p>
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Gaining an insight on how the human perceptive apparatus has the ability to discern between the worlds, physical, divine and demonic, has intrigued many theological minds throughout the history. The concept of ‘spiritual senses’, developed in the patristic period, offers a platform for the debate on the intricate role that sensorial, psychological and spiritual skills play in perceiving the transcendent world. This paper argues that an encounter with the Judeo-Christian God presupposes, besides an innate spiritual, a priori, pre-cognitive consciousness regarding the existence of the divine, also a wholistic animation, regeneration and transfiguration of the human perceptive and psychological apparatus, through sanctification by the work of the Word and the Holy Spirit, in the community of believers.

‘Are You the One Who is to Come?’ Epistemological Perspectives on Encountering the Judeo-Christian God

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Gaining an insight on how the human perceptive apparatus has the ability to discern between the worlds, physical, divine and demonic, has intrigued many...

‘Are You the One Who is to Come?’ Epistemological Perspectives on Encountering the Judeo-Christian God

Published Online: Aug 20, 2022

Page range: 15 - 32

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/perc-2022-0027

Keywords
spiritual senses, intellect, sense of the heart, pre-cognitive a priori awareness, regeneration, transfiguration

© 2022 Lidija Ušurel, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

‘Are You the One Who is to Come?’ Epistemological Perspectives on Encountering the Judeo-Christian God

Published Online: Aug 20, 2022

Page range: 15 - 32

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/perc-2022-0027

Keywordsspiritual senses, intellect, sense of the heart, pre-cognitive a priori awareness, regeneration, transfiguration

© 2022 Lidija Ušurel, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
spiritual senses, intellect, sense of the heart, pre-cognitive a priori awareness, regeneration, transfiguration