Theion
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Theion is a noun meaning (archaic) the divine, especially a divine fire.
Meaning
(archaic) the divine, especially a divine fire.
More Meanings
- (archaic) sulfur, especially in the context of fire and brimstone
Example Sentences
The word theion translated "brimstone" is exactly the same word theion which means "divine."
...the human soul, assumed into Christ, is a theion striving ever after the theioteron, seeking the uncontainable plenitude of God.
Heidegger's attempts to transform theology into "theiology" and thus to transform a thinking/speaking about God into a thinking/speaking of the divine (theion) point in this direction.
What appeared here, at the center of the Pythagorean tradition in philosophy, is another view of psyche that seems to owe little or nothing to the pan-vitalism or pan-deism (see theion) that is the legacy of the Milesians. The impersonal 'divinity' (theion) has a longer history than the personal, god (theos).
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include theonym, theophory, aeon, theogonism, divine, theonymy.
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