ON THE UNION BETWEEN GOD AND HUMAN FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF ICON OF CHRIST AND THE GERMAN MYSTICISM

本研究旨在阐明德裔多明尼加大师埃克哈特的“神与人合一”教义在早期基督教起源于希腊教父的神权论传统中是如何独特的。我们特别的方法是将埃克哈特的教义与基督论进行比较，基督论在视觉上表现为对耶稣基督的崇拜，耶稣基督在正统教义中被定义为神与人合一。我们对圣像学的分析进一步阐明了这些圣像中对基督道成肉身的理解依赖于强调基督的人性和历史性的正统基督论。这一结果与埃克哈特对道成肉身的理解形成了对比，埃克哈特试图将基督的救赎角色重新解释为为全人类扩大道成肉身的可能性。

This research aimed to elucidate how unique the German Dominican Meister Eckhart’s doctrine of “the union between God and human” is within the Christian tradition of theosis originated from Greek Fathers in the early Christianity. Our particular approach was to compare Eckhart’s doctrine with the Christology which is visually expressed in the icons produced in the devotions to Jesus Christ who is defined in the orthodox dogma as God-man in one Person. Our iconographical analysis clarified further that the understanding of Christ’s Incarnation which is exhibited in those icons relies on the orthodox Christology that emphasizes Christ’s humanity and historicity. This result was then contrasted with Eckhart’s understanding of the Incarnation which intends to reinterpret Christ’s soteriological role as expanding the possibility of such Incarnation for all humankind.