The Eschatologically-informed Anthropology of Diadochus of Photice and the Formation of an Eschatological Tradition

Sammanfattning: The aim of this thesis is to investigate what potential role eschatological anthropology played in the writings of the monk-bishop Diadochus of Photice (c. 400–c. 486) in order to ease some of the historical tension between the ecclesiastical tradition and the monastic tradition. To explore this topic, the writings attributed to Diadochus of Photice (the Century of Gnostic Chapters, the Homily on the Ascension of the Lord, and the Vision) are approached with a reader- response method to distinguish what eschatologically-informed anthropology that the ’implied author’ intended the ’implied reader’ to adopt. The thesis moreover investigates in which ways the author connects this anthropology to the ecclesiastical order of the Church. The thesis concludes that eschatological anthropology permeates the Diadochan corpus and played a significant role in the process of harmonizing the tension between ecclesiastical tradition and monastic tradition.