A root page for Joachim of Fiore and the Three Ages of the Spirit.
Main idea
Joachim of Fiore gave the West one of its most influential mystical readings of history: the unfolding of three ages corresponding to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Core themes
- The Age of the Father
- The Age of the Son
- The Age of the Holy Spirit
- History as spiritual revelation
- The coming of a spiritual Church
- Monastic renewal and prophetic time
- Apocalypse as transition between ages
- The danger and power of millenarian expectation
Topics to expand
- Joachim’s life and monastic vision
- The three ages
- The spiritual Church
- The Eternal Gospel
- Influence on apocalyptic movements
- Franciscan spirituals
- Modern progress myths as secularized Joachimism
- Relation to Revelation and the New Jerusalem
Place in the Royal Art
This page belongs to the Book of Revelation because it offers a Christian mystical philosophy of history and apocalyptic transition.