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Three stages are discerned in contemplative practice, namely catharsis (purification), contemplation proper, and the vision of God.

Contemplative practices have a prominent place in Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy, and have gained a renewed interest in Western Christianity.

Etymology

Theoria

The Greek theoria (??????) meant "contemplation, speculation, a looking at, things looked

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