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Description of  Origen, the Philosophical Theologian: Trinity, Christology, and Philosophy-Theology Relation Selected Studies/Kleine Schriften (Arbeiten zur Kirchengeschichte, 160)

3111368637 pdf How did Origen, one of the major Patristic thinkers, construct his philosophical theology? What are his main innovations in metaphysics, protology, Trinitarian Theology and Christology? How did he view the relation between philosophy and theology? This is a collection of over twenty essays, mostly from world-leading journals and books from outstanding publishers, besides two new ones, from Professor Ilaria L.E. Ramellis life-long, and always continuing, research on Origen. This coherent setof studies is grouped around Origens metaphysics, protology, Trinitarian theology and Christology, and the relation between theology and philosophy, with reception aspects. The essays address Origens towering figure in Patristic philosophy, Christian Platonism, and the Platonic tradition, facets of his reception of Platonism, reflections concerning the Christianization of Hellenism (vs. the Hellenization of Christianity) and the relation between philosophy and theology and between pagan and Christian Platonism Origens philosophical theology and connections to Platonism the question of Origen's conversion and his lexicon of Read more