Against claims that Origen causes History to evaporate into barren idealism, his theology is shown to have no other source and aim than historical occurences. Fronting assertions that he has no eschatological ideas, this Eschatology is explicated in all its clarity. Light is cast upon the Aristoteli
Adventus Domini: Eschatological Thought in 4th Century Apses and Catecheses (Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae)
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- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 212
- Edition
- First
- Category
- Library
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