This book is about the life and thought of Origen (c.185-254 A.D.), the most important Greek-speaking Christian theologian and Biblical scholar in antiquity. Ronald E. Heine presents Origen's work in the context of thetwo urban centers where he lived-Alexandria in Egypt, and Caesarea in Palestine.
These include Origen's thought on the nature of God, the person and work of Christ, his relation to the Father and to the created order, his teaching on the Holy Spirit, the Resurrection, and eschatology, and his ideas on the devil.
Origen's chief aim was to be an interpreter of the Scriptures. The translations presented here belong to the second category.
This book is about the life and thought of Origen (c.185-254 A.D.), the most important Greek-speaking Christian theologian and Biblical scholar in antiquity. Ronald E. Heine presents Origen's work in the context of thetwo urban centers where he lived-Alexandria in Egypt, and Caesarea in Palestine.
Author: Ronald E. Heine, Origen. The author's writing covers a wide range of historical, theological, philosophical and etymological topics, all focused on this Gospel of "spiritual food.". The Spirit-led exegete can thus draw out of the words and symbols a higher level of insight.
Origen's chief aim was to be an interpreter of the Scriptures. The translations presented here belong to the second category.
Ronald E. Heine presents Origen's work in the context of the two urban centers where he lived-Alexandria in Egypt, and Caesarea in Palestine. The thought of the Alexandrian Christian community in which Origen was born and in whose service he produced his first written works is examined from the limited resources that have survived.
This book is about the life and thought of Origen (c.185-254 A.D.), the most important Greek-speaking Christian theologian and Biblical scholar in antiquity. Ronald E. Heine presents Origen's work in the context of thetwo urban centers where he lived-Alexandria in Egypt, and Caesarea in Palestine.
ISBN-13: 9780199209071, 978-0199209071. Ronald E. Heine presents Origen's work in the context of the two urban centers where he lived-Alexandria in Egypt, and Caesarea in Palestine. The thought of the Alexandrian Christian community in which Origen was born and in whose service he produced his first written works is examined from the limited resources that have survived.
Origen's chief aim was to be an interpreter of the Scriptures. The translations presented here belong to the second category.