Sentences with phrase «about origen»

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Abelard, «like Origen, like Montaigne, is one of those figures about whom Christendom has never felt quite certain, and yet from whom Christendom has derived much energy.»

It is a pity, therefore, that in chapter 6, «Irenaeus» Contribution to Early Christian Interpretation of the Song of Songs», by Karl Shuve, despite the fact that he does mention Hippolytus, no reference is made to Origen and Gregory of Nyssa, both of whom wrote extensively about the Song of Songs.

A quick about Abba Pambo — a contemporary of Origen: «If we asked [him] for a word from scripture or some other thing, he would not give us an answer right away but would say, «I haven't figured out the meaning of this word yet»... It normally happened that he spent two or three whole days, or a whole week without giving us an answer saying «if I do not know what sort of fruit this will bear, whether it is a fruit of death or life, I will not speak.»»

As long ago as the third century the great biblical scholar Origen raised substantial doubts about whether a literal reading of the story made good theological sense.

Even throughout his period of theological and philosophical formation, when he produced important translations and studies of works by Origen, Gregory of Nyssa and Maximus the Confessor, among others, he also wrote about drama and dramatists.

Dr. Podles also suggests I am a picky academic who exaggerated an insignificant and correctable mistake about whether Bernard of Clairvaux read Origen in the Greek.

Methodius of Olympus (died c. 311) refuted Origen's ideas about pre-existent souls and the nature of the world.

It is this clue about the relational nature of life that Origen uses to connect the Delphic admonition with Christian discourse.

[52] The Epicurean Greek philosopher Celsus» work attacking the Christians entitled True Doctrine (ajlhqhß lovgoß), to which Origen would respond in Contra Celsum after the year 245, comes from about the year 170.

Altizer's literal interpretation of the Incarnation in this third argument seems ultimately even more self - destructive than Origen's well - intentioned but much too literal interpretation of Christ's words to his disciples about those who have courage to make themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven (Matt.

A much more complete list can be derived from the writings of Origen, who accepted all seven Catholic epistles but expressed his doubts about James, Jude, and II Peter, as did his admirer Eusebius.

Although the ideas of Clement and Origen about teachers, gnostics, and angels are important for the later theories both of prelacy and the pastoral function of the monks, we must return to Rome and Carthage for the more immediately significant developments in the history of the ancient ministries of the Church.

The eventual selection of Dec 25, made perhaps as soon as 273, shows a convergence of Origen's matter about pagan gods and the church's id of God's boy with the celestial sunlight.

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