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<blockquote class="definition">'''Prisca Theologia''' (Ancient Theology) is a doctrine that asserts that an ancient, single, true, theology exists ([[Truth]] with a capital "T") and which find its way through all religions of the world. <ref>Hanegraaff, Wouter J. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. p. 8.</ref> </blockquote>
<blockquote class="definition">'''Prisca Theologia''' (Ancient Theology) is a doctrine that asserts that an ancient, single, true, theology exists ([[Truth]] with a capital "T") but that this theology has been subverted and submerged for various reasons, and consequently must now be recovered <ref>Hanegraaff, Wouter J. ''Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.</ref> </blockquote>


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==Notes==


Marsilio Ficini (1433-1499) the "virtual founder of the Renaissance Prisca Theologia narrative. <ref>Hanegraaff, Wouter J. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. p. 8.</ref>
Marsilio Ficini (1433-1499) the "virtual founder of the Renaissance Prisca Theologia narrative. <ref>Hanegraaff, Wouter J. ''Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.</ref>


This dogma asserts that a true theology existed, but it has been submerged and corrupted and must consequently be retrieved.<ref>Hanegraaff, Wouter J.  Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. p. 8.</ref>
   
   
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Latest revision as of 10:06, 19 December 2022

Prisca Theologia (Ancient Theology) is a doctrine that asserts that an ancient, single, true, theology exists (Truth with a capital "T") but that this theology has been subverted and submerged for various reasons, and consequently must now be recovered [1]

Syncretic Terms

Authentic Spirituality > Cosmic Religion, Identity Consistent Spirituality, Mysticism, Perennial Philosophy, Positive Religion, Progressive Spirituality, Pure Religion, Right Path, The Path, The Way, True Path

Related Terms

European Grand Narrative > Common Core, Perennial Philosophy, Philosophia Perennis, Pia Philosophia, Platonic Orientalism, Prisca Theologia

Notes

Marsilio Ficini (1433-1499) the "virtual founder of the Renaissance Prisca Theologia narrative. [2]


Footnotes

  1. Hanegraaff, Wouter J. Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.
  2. Hanegraaff, Wouter J. Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.