Tomasz Stępień
Biographic Data
| ID | 9290730 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tomasz Stępień |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tomasz |
| FAMILY NAME | Stępień |
| SIGNATURE | STĘPIEŃ T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2422-1812 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Mastering Death through Reason
In the tradition of ancient philosophy, fearlessness before death served as the ultimate criterion of a true philosopher – an ideal paradigmatically personified by Socrates in Plato’s Phaedo. This paper examines how the same archetype was appropriated and transformed in early Christian literature through the figures of Macrina the Younger, as portrayed by Gregory of Nyssa in the Vita Sanctae Macrinae and De anima et resurrectione, and Monica, as …
Energeia and Entelecheia – First and Second Act. Operari Sequitur Esse in Aristotle and Aquinas
The term “act” is difficult to grasp since it is one of the simple notions which can be comprehended only by analogy. But it is also one of the most important concept in Aristotle and Aquinas. This paper attempts to have a closer look to the termin peripatetic perspective, especially dealing with the connection of the act with the demonstration of immortality of the soul. The first part discusses the two terms energeia and entelecheia, concentrat…
Unknown God, Known in His Activities
What can man know about God? This question became one of the main problems during the 4th-century Trinitarian controversy, which is the focus of this book. Especially during the second phase of the conflict, the claims of Anomean Eunomius caused an emphatic response of Orthodox writers, mainly Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nyssa. Eunomius formulated two ways of theology to show that we can know both the substance (ousia) and activities (energe…
There are two roads marked out to us for the discovery of what we seek… Eunomius’ arguments on the generation of the Son based on the concepts of substance and activity
Eunomius of Cyzicus in his writings defends Arian understanding of the generation of the Son of God. He claims that the generation must be perceived as creation of the new essence. Therefore, the Son of God is the first creation and could not be equal with the Father. Among many arguments that he gives to support his thesis, he also evokes the distinction between essence (oÙs...a) and activity (TMnšrgeia). Eunomius proposes his own methodology…
Ciało ludzkie i jego udział w szczęściu nieba – koncepcja Pseudo-Dionizego Areopagity wobec poglądów neoplatoników pogańskich
In seventh chapter of his On the Ecclesiastical Hierarchy Pseudo Dionysius the Areopagite treats on the ceremony of burial. While explaining the rites he makes a few remarks on the Christian understanding of the body and its fate after death, and how it is inconsistent with some pagan views on the matter. He discusses several opposite statements of the complete disintegration of the body, metempsychosis and seeing the life of the body after deat…
Wiara szukająca zrozumienia w aspekcie praktyki dążenia ku szczęściu w ujęciu Platona, Plotyna i św. Augustyna
Well known sentence fides quaerens intellectum often mentioned by St. Augustine of Hippo and very popular in medieval theology is often understood in such a way, that act of faith must be prior to rational cognition. Faith is understood in this sentence, as acceptance of Christian Revelation and natural cognition seems to be impossible without prior act of faith. The purpose of this article is to show, that faith or belief is present in the wri…
Kandyd Arianin, List do Mariusza Wiktoryna o boskim zrodzeniu (Epistola ad Marium Victorinum rhetorem de generatione divina)
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Kandyd Arianin, List do Mariusza Wiktoryna o boskim zrodzeniu (Epistola ad Marium Victorinum rhetorem de generatione divina)
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Wiara szukająca zrozumienia w aspekcie praktyki dążenia ku szczęściu w ujęciu Platona, Plotyna i św. Augustyna
Well known sentence fides quaerens intellectum often mentioned by St. Augustine of Hippo and very popular in medieval theology is often understood in such a way, that act of faith must be prior to rational cognition. Faith is understood in this sentence, as acceptance of Christian Revelation and natural cognition seems to be impossible without prior act of faith. The purpose of this article is to show, that faith or belief is present in the wri…
Ciało ludzkie i jego udział w szczęściu nieba – koncepcja Pseudo-Dionizego Areopagity wobec poglądów neoplatoników pogańskich
In seventh chapter of his On the Ecclesiastical Hierarchy Pseudo Dionysius the Areopagite treats on the ceremony of burial. While explaining the rites he makes a few remarks on the Christian understanding of the body and its fate after death, and how it is inconsistent with some pagan views on the matter. He discusses several opposite statements of the complete disintegration of the body, metempsychosis and seeing the life of the body after deat…
Unknown God, Known in His Activities
What can man know about God? This question became one of the main problems during the 4th-century Trinitarian controversy, which is the focus of this book. Especially during the second phase of the conflict, the claims of Anomean Eunomius caused an emphatic response of Orthodox writers, mainly Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nyssa. Eunomius formulated two ways of theology to show that we can know both the substance (ousia) and activities (energe…
There are two roads marked out to us for the discovery of what we seek… Eunomius’ arguments on the generation of the Son based on the concepts of substance and activity
Eunomius of Cyzicus in his writings defends Arian understanding of the generation of the Son of God. He claims that the generation must be perceived as creation of the new essence. Therefore, the Son of God is the first creation and could not be equal with the Father. Among many arguments that he gives to support his thesis, he also evokes the distinction between essence (oÙs...a) and activity (TMnšrgeia). Eunomius proposes his own methodology…
Energeia and Entelecheia – First and Second Act. Operari Sequitur Esse in Aristotle and Aquinas
The term “act” is difficult to grasp since it is one of the simple notions which can be comprehended only by analogy. But it is also one of the most important concept in Aristotle and Aquinas. This paper attempts to have a closer look to the termin peripatetic perspective, especially dealing with the connection of the act with the demonstration of immortality of the soul. The first part discusses the two terms energeia and entelecheia, concentrat…
Mastering Death through Reason
In the tradition of ancient philosophy, fearlessness before death served as the ultimate criterion of a true philosopher – an ideal paradigmatically personified by Socrates in Plato’s Phaedo. This paper examines how the same archetype was appropriated and transformed in early Christian literature through the figures of Macrina the Younger, as portrayed by Gregory of Nyssa in the Vita Sanctae Macrinae and De anima et resurrectione, and Monica, as …
Philosophy (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (3 works) · Theology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Augustinian Studies and Theology (2 works) · Byzantine Studies and History (2 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (2 works) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (2 works) · Faith (2 works)