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Mar 20, 2016 · Origen’s Cosmology. Origen teaches that God exists outside of space and time, and this truth must inform our reading of Scriptural passages that, understood literally, might imply otherwise ...
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Mar 10, 2014 · Origen (c. 185–c. 253) was a Christian exegete and theologian, who made copious use of the allegorical method in his commentaries, and (though later considered a heretic) laid the foundations of philosophical theology for the church. He was taught by a certain Ammonius, whom the majority of scholars identify as Ammonius Saccas, the teacher of ...
The Christians of the eastern Mediterranean continued to revere Origen as the most orthodox of all theologians, [92] and when the Palestinian hierarchs learned that Beryllus, the bishop of Bostra and one of the most energetic Christian leaders of the time, had been preaching adoptionism (the belief that Jesus was born human and only became divine after his baptism), [92] they sent Origen to ...
Origen incessantly recalls this principle which separates the Trinity from all created spirits by an impassable abyss (“De princip.”, I, v, 4; I, vi, 2; I, vii, 3; “In Num. hom.”, XI, 8 etc.). As substantial holiness is the exclusive privilege of the Trinity so also is it the only source of all created holiness.
Unlike mainstream Christian eschatology, Origen did not understand the end of history as the final stage of a grand revelation of God, but rather as the culmination of a human-divine (co-operative) process, in which the image and likeness of God (humanity) is re-united with its source and model, God Himself (see Against Celsus 4.7; On First Principles 2.11.5, 2.11.7; Tripolitis 1978, p. 111 ...
Mar 15, 2014 · Origen on Knowledge. A helpful guide for anyone reading Origen and getting stumped over his semantically diverse theories of knowledge. Many historians and academics rank the third-century Christian theologian and thinker, Origen, as one of the best earlier Christian writers. He was steeped in Greek literature, structure and thought.
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It should be recognized, however, that Origen recognized only one ultimate source for this tradition - namely the Scriptures themselves. Already we see this in De principiis (3.6.6). The faith of the church is derived from Scripture. If something in the Greek philosophers is not found in Scripture then the church does not receive it.
