Origen's Cosmology and Ontology of Time constitute a major catalyst and a massive transformation in the development of Christian doctrine. The author challenges the widespread impression about this theology being bowled head over heels by its encounter with Platonism, Gnosticism, or Neoplatonism, an
Origen : Philosophy of History & Eschatology (Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae)
β Scribed by Tzamalikos, P.
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 516
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
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 Aristotelian character of Origens doctrine of apokatastasis, proving this based on ontological necessity, not a historical one.
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