L'usage patristique de métaphores féminines dans le discours sur Dieu

Abstract

Scripture and its Judeo-Christian interprétation originate in a common patriarchal background, with an andromorphic verbalisation of the divine. The use of féminine metaphors is atypical. In the patristic texts, thèse images are, in most cases, associated with the human nature of the incarnate Word and with the Eucharistie symbolism. Femininity is defined as protective and motherly, according to the patriarchal categories. The feminist criticism of the nineteenth century affirms a description of the divinity in masculine and féminine terms, which is the logical conséquence ofthe existence ofwomen and men, both created in the image of God. The exceptional use of gynecomorphous metaphors constitutes a first step towards an intégral human verbalisation. The traditional link between theocentrism and androcentrism is only abolished by a discourse about God wherein féminine and masculine metaphors are équivalent.

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