Joachim of Fiore
Joachim of Fiore was a twelfth-century Italian mystic and theologian who developed an influential theory of history divided into three ages corresponding to the Trinity: the Age of the Father (Old Testament law), the Age of the Son (the Church), and a coming Age of the Spirit marked by universal love and direct knowledge of God.
His prophecies inspired millenarian movements for centuries, and "Joachimite" describes ideas about history progressing toward spiritual transformation.
- apocalypseTotal civilizational collapse
- prophecyForetelling of future events
- TrinityGodhead as three persons
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- monkCloistered religious devotee
Calabria · millennium · thirds · ages · eschatology · revelation · mysticism · abbot · visionary · heresy · Franciscan · concordance · exegesis · Dante · paradise · contemplation · dispensation · monastic
- Medieval FiguresGenghis Khan, Joan of Arc, Marco Polo, William the Conqueror, Dante
- Calabria historyCroton, Greek colonies, Roman conquest, Norman conquest, Spanish rule
- Millenarianismmillennium, millenarianism, end times, second coming, rapture
- Christian MysticsJulian of Norwich, John of the Cross, Teresa of Avila, Hildegard of Bingen, Pseudo-Dionysius
- hereticsheretic, Gnostics, Marcellus, apostate, schismatic
- Medieval Scholarsscholastic, schoolman, Thomas Aquinas, Duns Scotus, William of Ockham
Joachim of FioreThomas Aquinas
Scholastic philosopher-theologian
scholasticism · Peter Lombard · Augustine of Hippo · papal supremacy · Bonaventure
Joachim of Fioredemythologization
Removing supernatural from narratives