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Hemkunt
(Skt.,
hemakuta
, ‘golden peak’). Sikh shrine in N. India. Since the rediscovery of the site
c.
1930 it has become a place of summer
pilgrimage
.
hemakuta
, ‘golden peak’). Sikh shrine in N. India. Since the rediscovery of the site
c.
1930 it has become a place of summer
pilgrimage
.
Hen-ch
-sh
(one of five degrees of enlightenment: Zen Buddhism)
:
-sh(one of five degrees of enlightenment: Zen Buddhism):
Henotheism
(Gk., ‘one God’). The worship of, and devotion to, one God, while allowing that other gods exist. The term was introduced by Max
Müller
. Kathenotheism is the worship of one god after another, but in the end Müller preferred the name ‘henotheism’.
Müller
. Kathenotheism is the worship of one god after another, but in the end Müller preferred the name ‘henotheism’.
Henotikon
(Gk., ‘decree of unity’). The
christological
formula sponsored by the Byzantine emperor Zeno in 482 to conciliate the
Monophysite
party in the E. Empire. By the formula ‘Christ was one and now two’ it sought to avoid speaking of the number of ‘natures’ in Christ.
christological
formula sponsored by the Byzantine emperor Zeno in 482 to conciliate the
Monophysite
party in the E. Empire. By the formula ‘Christ was one and now two’ it sought to avoid speaking of the number of ‘natures’ in Christ.
Henry Suso
(Seuse,
c.
1295–1366).
German mystic. Of noble birth, he entered a Dominican convent at Constance at the age of 13. He studied under
Eckhart
at Cologne between 1322 and 1325, and became his disciple. His defence of Eckhart led to censure. His teaching, found especially in his life, and his
Little Books of Truth
and
Eternal Wisdom
, are expressed in vivid imagery. He called himself ‘The servant of the Eternal Wisdom’.
c.
1295–1366).
German mystic. Of noble birth, he entered a Dominican convent at Constance at the age of 13. He studied under
Eckhart
at Cologne between 1322 and 1325, and became his disciple. His defence of Eckhart led to censure. His teaching, found especially in his life, and his
Little Books of Truth
and
Eternal Wisdom
, are expressed in vivid imagery. He called himself ‘The servant of the Eternal Wisdom’.
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