Description
Origen was the most influential Christian theologian before Augustine, the founder of Biblical study as a serious discipline in the Christian tradition, and a figure with immense influence on the development of Christian spirituality.
This volume presents a comprehensive and accessible insight into Origen's life and writings. An introduction analyzes the principal influences that formed him as a Christian and as a thinker, his emergence as a mature theologian at Alexandria, his work in Caesarea and his controversial legacy. Fresh translations of a representative selection of Origen's writings, including some never previously available in print, show how Origen provided a lasting framework for Christian theology by finding through study of the Bible a coherent understanding of God's saving plan.
Author: Joseph W. Trigg
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 08/27/1998
Pages: 308
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 8.56h x 5.46w x 0.75d
ISBN13: 9780415118361
ISBN10: 0415118360
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | History
- Religion | Christian Theology | General
- Religion | Philosophy
About the Author
Joseph W. Trigg is Rector of Christ Church (Episcopal), Port Tobacco Parish, La Plata, Maryland. His books include Origen: the Bible and Philosophy in the Third-century Church (Atlanta 1983) and Biblical Interpretation in the series Message of the Fathers of the Church (Delaware 1988).
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