Sentences with phrase «what origen»

Following St. Paul, the Church Fathers argued that a surface reading of the Old Testament, what Origen calls the «plain» meaning, missed what was most important in the Bible: Jesus Christ.

Not exact matches

Today's challenge, as Farrow sees it, is to «recognize our age for what it is» a test» and reject the seductive vision of Origen's modern heirs.»

A man may be an expert able to pass an examination on all Christologies ancient and modern, but the real question is not what Jesus Christ meant to Irenaeus or Origen, Anselm or Aquinas, Luther or Calvin, Ritschl or Macleod Campbell, Barth or Aulen, but: «What does the Gospel mean to you?&rawhat Jesus Christ meant to Irenaeus or Origen, Anselm or Aquinas, Luther or Calvin, Ritschl or Macleod Campbell, Barth or Aulen, but: «What does the Gospel mean to you?&raWhat does the Gospel mean to you?»

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 to what is being preached and taught: Consider the example of one of the early «church fathers», Origen, who was a Gentile Christian from Alexandria.

If you would be kind enough, I'd like to know what difference Origen claimed between spirit and soul, and in which work I might read it.