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. Ramelli’s life-long, and always continuing, research on Origen.
This coherent set of studies is grouped around Origen’s
metaphysics, protology, Trinitarian theology and Christology, and the
relation between theology and philosophy, with reception aspects. The
essays address Origen’s 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; Origen’s philosophical theology and connections to
Platonism; the question of Origen's conversion and his lexicon
of epistrophē; a comparison between the imperial Platonist
Atticus’ and Origen’s theories on the soul of God the Creator;
Alexander of Aphrodisias as a source of Origen’s philosophy and the
birth of the eternity formula in reference to the Son; the problem of
Origen’s "subordinationism", which must be nuanced; Origen’s major
contribution to Trinitarian theology in the notion of hypostasis and
its foundation in Scripture and philosophy; the reciprocal indwelling
of the Father in the Son and its implications against Origen’s
"subordinationism"; Origen’s influence on Augustine as paradoxical
and a Christological case study; the divine as inaccessible object of
knowledge in ancient and Patristic Platonism; the reception of
Origen’s ideas in the West; the notion of divine power in Origen:
sources and aftermath; Platonist exemplarism in Origen and Plotinus;
Paul’s notion of nous in Origen and Evagrius; the reception of
Origen in Ps.Dionysius, and Origen’s heritage in the concept of
matter in the Dialogue of Adamantius. The volume is rounded off by
theoretical reflections on philosophy of religion and philosophical
theology. This book is very relevant to the study of Origen, the
foundations of Christian thought, and ancient and late antique
philosophy, theology and culture.
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Trinity, Christology, and Philosophy-Theology Relation Selected Studies/Kleine Schriften
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ISBN
9783111373492
Publisert
2024
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De Gruyter
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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