[PDF] Origen Against Plato eBook

Author : Mark Julian Edwards
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 14,92 MB
Release : 2017-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1351738763

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This title was first published in 2002.Origen (AD 185 - 254) is regarded as one of the figures chiefly responsible for the contamination of biblical theology with pagan philosophy in the early church. Edwards argues that Origen set out to construct a Christian philosophy, yet he did so with the intention of preserving theology from the infiltration of pagan thought. Examining the question of philosophical influence on Christian thought, Edwards argues that scholars have often leapt to unjustified conclusions based simply on common vocabulary or parallel development. This book advances new interpretations of the early Christian systems which are generally called 'Gnostic', and the Doctrine of the Trinity in Origen's 'Platonist' teacher Clement of Alexandria. Edwards concludes that Origen's hermeneutics, eschatology, cosmology and Trinitarian theology are all related to his understanding of human nature, which is radically opposed to that of Platonism.

Author : M.J Edwards
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 48,20 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9781315187129

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"This title was first published in 2002. Origen (185-254) is regarded as one of the figures chiefly responsible for the contamination of biblical theology with pagan philosophy in the early church. Edwards argues that Origen set out to construct a Christian philosophy, yet he did so with the intention of preserving theology from the infiltration of pagan thought.Examining the question of philosophical influence on Christian thought, Edwards argues that scholars have often leapt to unjustified conclusions based simply on common vocabulary or parallel development. This book advances new interpretations of the early Christian systems which are generally called "Gnostic", and the Doctrine of the Trinity in Origen's "Platonist" teacher Clement of Alexandria. Edwards concludes that Origen's hermeneutics, eschatology, cosmology and Trinitarian theology are all related to his understanding of human nature, which is radically opposed to that of Platonism."--Provided by publisher.

Author : Mark Julian Edwards
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Page : pages
File Size : 10,52 MB
Release : 2019-09-30
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ISBN : 9781138733886

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"Cover"--"Title"--"Copyright" -- "Contents" -- "Introduction" -- "Chapter 1 Origen among Christians, Jews and Gnostics" -- "Christian and Jew" -- "The Church in Alexandria" -- "Christian Heterodoxy in Alexandria" -- "Christological Considerations" -- "Concluding Remarks on Origen" -- "Chapter 2 The God of Origen and the Gods of Plato" -- "Platonism and the Name of God" -- "Studying Philosophy in Alexandria" -- "God, Philosophy and Revelation" -- "The Divine Creator" -- "Christ as Logos" -- "The Trinity, Ousia and Hypostasis" -- "Chapter 3 The Doctrine of the Soul in Origen" -- "Did Origen Believe in the Pre-existence of the Soul?" -- "Interlude: the Pre-existence of the Soul of Christ" -- "The Pre-existent Soul: does On First Principles Contradict Itself?" -- "A Pilgrimage of Souls" -- "Image, Likeness and the Fashioning of Saints" -- "Eschatology and Mysticism" -- "Chapter 4 The Interpretation of Scripture" -- "Notes Toward a Definition of Allegory" -- "Allegory and the Philosophers" -- "The Alexandrian Tradition" -- "Origen and the Word of God" -- "The Mystery of Christian Maturation" -- "Mysticism, Platonism, Jewish Literalism" -- "Word and Sacrament" -- "Objections and Replies" -- "Conclusion" -- "Bibliography

Author : Eric Liberatos
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 19,91 MB
Release : 2015-12-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1483441482

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The Case against Origen and Reincarnation surveys the writings of Origen, the most important Christian thinker between Paul and Augustine, whose life straddled the third and fourth centuries. By placing his work in the context of his theological predecessors, Eric Liberatos uses this analysis to trace the development of Origen's distinctive doctrines, such as reincarnation. His review of the history of the period concludes that Origen's condemnation by ecumenical councils arose from the virulent polemics and contentious politics of various ecclesiastical leaders of the period. The Case against Origen and Reincarnation will appeal to all who seek to understand the development of Christian thought and the influences of politics and personality on the church's theologies. Award-winning book that earned acclaim from the prestigious Next Generation Indie Book Awards! 2016 Winner in Religious Non-fiction 2016 Finalist in Historical Non-fiction.

Author : Mark Edwards
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 43,85 MB
Release : 2019-03-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1315520192

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In studies of early Christian thought, ‘philosophy’ is often a synonym for ‘Platonism’, or at most for ‘Platonism and Stoicism’. Nevertheless, it was Aristotle who, from the sixth century AD to the Italian Renaissance, was the dominant Greek voice in Christian, Muslim and Jewish philosophy. Aristotle and Early Christian Thought is the first book in English to give a synoptic account of the slow appropriation of Aristotelian thought in the Christian world from the second to the sixth century. Concentrating on the great theological topics – creation, the soul, the Trinity, and Christology – it makes full use of modern scholarship on the Peripatetic tradition after Aristotle, explaining the significance of Neoplatonism as a mediator of Aristotelian logic. While stressing the fidelity of Christian thinkers to biblical presuppositions which were not shared by the Greek schools, it also describes their attempts to overcome the pagan objections to biblical teachings by a consistent use of Aristotelian principles, and it follows their application of these principles to matters which lay outside the purview of Aristotle himself. This volume offers a valuable study not only for students of Christian theology in its formative years, but also for anyone seeking an introduction to the thought of Aristotle and its developments in Late Antiquity.

Author : Daniel S. Werner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 34,97 MB
Release : 2012-07-09
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1107021286

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Examines the role of myth in Plato's Phaedrus, arguing that it leads readers to participate in Plato's dialogues and to engage in self-examination.

Author : Panagiōtēs Tzamalikos
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 517 pages
File Size : 40,57 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004156488

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Against claims that Origen causes History to evaporate into barren idealism, his theology is shown to have no other source and aim than historical occurences. Fronting assertions that he has no eschatological ideas, this Eschatology is explicated in all its clarity. Light is cast upon the Aristotelian character of Origen's doctrine of "apokatastasis," proving this based on "ontological" necessity, not a "historical" one.

Author : Origen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 19,59 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Apologetics
ISBN : 9780521295765

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Few works of the early Church are as interesting to the modern reader or as important to the historian as Origen's reply to the attack on Christianity made by the pagan Celsus. The Contra Celsum is the culmination of the great apologetic movement of the second and third centuries AD, and is for the Greek Church what St Augustine's City of God is for Western Christendom. It is also one of the chief monuments of the coming together of ancient Greek culture and the new faith of the expanding Christian society. Thus Origen's work is of interest not only to the historian and theologian, but also to the hellenist. Professor Chadwick's English translation is preceded by a substantial introduction which includes discussion on Celsus' date, identity and theological outlook, as well as an account of Origen's philosophical background and method. The notes elucidate the many obscure allusions of a difficult text.

Author : Orígenes
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 27,92 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004119765

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A critical edition of Origen's main and longest work "Contra Celsum."