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Perichoresis (Mutual Indwelling)

Three divine persons dwelling in one another without blur or confusion

Perichoresis, or mutual indwelling, describes how the three divine persons of the Trinity interpenetrate and indwell one another without confusion. John of Damascus applied the term to the Trinity, while Maximus had earlier used it of Christ's natures. The image guards both the distinction of the persons and the unity of the one God, each fully sharing the divine life of the others.

How it traveled

  1. John
    Ephesus · 100
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  2. Against the Arians. (Orationes contra Arianos IV.)
    Alexandria · 373
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  3. De Spiritu Sancto
    Caesarea (Cappadocia) · 379
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  4. Select Orations of Saint Gregory Nazianzen
    Nazianzus · 390
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  5. Against Eunomius
    Nyssa · 395
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  6. On the Holy Spirit
    Milan · 397
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  7. Exposition of the Christian Faith
    Milan · 397
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  8. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  9. On the Holy Trinity
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  10. Lectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  11. John of Damascus: Exposition of the Orthodox Faith
    Damascus · 749
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  12. Monologium
    Canterbury · 1109
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  13. Treatise on The Most Holy Trinity (QQ[27-43])
    Paris · 1274
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  14. Book First. of the Knowledge of God the Creator
    Geneva · 1564
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Key passages(20)

Monologium · Anselm of Canterbury

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The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John · John Chrysostom

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Lectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John · Augustine of Hippo

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Against Eunomius · Gregory of Nyssa

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Monologium · Anselm of Canterbury

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