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First conference: "Participation and Vision of God in Nicholas of Cusa"

January 20th, 2012 - 9am to 6pm.

At the Catholic University of Paris, Room B 03.

Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464) is emblematic of the turning-point from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. Under the influence of Master Eckhart and of neoplatonism, Nicholas of Cusa also offers some radically new insights in diverse fields of knowledge, as indicated by the titles of his works, such as the De Docta Ignorantia, the De Visione Dei, or the De possest.

A large number of new translations in France is emblematic of a new discovery of Nicholas of Cusa and allows a larger public to have a stronger view of this uncommon philosopher, theologien and scientist.

Speakers: Hervé Pasqua, Vincent Giraud, Simon Oliver, Jean-Claude Lagarrigue, Jean-Michel Counet, Emmanuel Falque, Christian Trottmann, John Milbank.

Second Conference: "Liturgy, Theological Thought and Religious Attitudes in High Middle Ages. The Testimony of the Liturgical Sources".

May 11th, 2012 - 9am to 5pm

At the Catholic University of Paris, Room B 03.

A conference co-organized with the Institute of Liturgy of the Catholic University of Paris.

With the funding of "Terre Entière".

The conference is meant to evaluate the relationship between the Medieval Liturgical Sources and the Religious Attitudes. Through a close study of theological texts, the conference will enlighten the constant articulation between Theology and Religious practice.

The conference is divided into five parts. The first fourth interventions each consider a specific domain of the articulation between liturgical prayer and the intellectual and spiritual world of the VIIIth-IXth centuries: to pray, to celebrate, the rituals of the Eucharist, the saints (Michaël Driscoll, Isaïa Gazzola, Hélène Bricout, Arnold Angenendt).

The fifth intervention comes as a synthesis: Martin Klöckener, invited Professor of the Catholic University of Paris for 2012, will show the fundamental input of the liturgical sources for the understanding of the medieval system of thought and practice.

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