Concept

Prisca theologia

Overview

Prisca theologia ("ancient theology") is the doctrine that asserts that a single, true theology exists which threads through all religions, and which was anciently given by God to humans.

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Philosophers who discussed Prisca theologia

• Jakob Thomasius

Related ideas

• Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
• Hermeticism
• Marsilio Ficino
• Perennial philosophy
• Neoplatonism
• Age of Enlightenment
• Rosicrucianism
• Catholic Church
• Chaldean Oracles

Place in the tradition

Part of Perennial philosophy.

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