On First Principles

On First Principles
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Publisher : Ave Maria Press
Total Pages : 576
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ISBN-10 : 9780870612800
ISBN-13 : 0870612808
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Synopsis On First Principles by : Origen

Origen’s On First Principles is a foundational work in the development of Christian thought and doctrine: it is the first attempt in history at a systematic Christian theology. For over a decade it has been out of print with only expensive used copies available; now it is available at an affordable price and in a more accessible format. On First Principles is the most important surviving text written by third-century Church father, Origen. Origen wrote in a time when fundamental doctrines had not yet been fully articulated by the Church, and contributed to the very formation of Christianity. Readers see Origen grappling with the mysteries of salvation and brainstorming how they can be understood. This edition presents G. W. Butterworth’s trusted translation in a new, more readable format, retains the introduction by Henri de Lubac, and includes a new foreword by John C. Cavadini. As St. Gregory of Nazianzus, Doctor of the Church, wrote: “Origen is the stone on which all of us were sharpened.”

Homilies on Numbers

Homilies on Numbers
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Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Total Pages : 229
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ISBN-10 : 9780830829057
ISBN-13 : 0830829059
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Synopsis Homilies on Numbers by : Origen,

Origen was one of the most influential pre-Nicene church fathers, whose exegetical method shaped much of subsequent interpretation of the Old Testament. Some of his theological speculations were condemned in the 6th cenutry, but his influence as a Christian scholar and Old Testament exegete remain undiminished. This book offers a fresh, contemporary translation of Origen's 28 homilies on the book of Numbers.

Homilies on Joshua

Homilies on Joshua
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Publisher : CUA Press
Total Pages : 242
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ISBN-10 : 9780813212050
ISBN-13 : 0813212057
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Synopsis Homilies on Joshua by : Origen

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The Writings of Origen

The Writings of Origen
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Total Pages : 520
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ISBN-10 : BCUL:1092860467
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Synopsis The Writings of Origen by : Origenes

The Writings of Origen

The Writings of Origen
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Total Pages : 524
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ISBN-10 : UCSC:32106005844870
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Synopsis The Writings of Origen by : Origen

Origen and the History of Justification

Origen and the History of Justification
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Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
Total Pages : 312
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ISBN-10 : 9780268093020
ISBN-13 : 0268093024
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Synopsis Origen and the History of Justification by : Thomas P. Scheck

Standard accounts of the history of interpretation of Paul’s Letter to the Romans often begin with St. Augustine. As Thomas P. Scheck demonstrates, however, the Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans by Origen of Alexandria (185-254 CE) was a major work of Pauline exegesis which, by means of the Latin translation preserved in the West, had a significant influence on the Christian exegetical tradition. Scheck begins by exploring Origen’s views on justification and on the intimate connection of faith and post-baptismal good works as essential to justification. He traces the enormous influence Origen’s Commentary on Romans had on later theologians in the Latin West, including the ways in which theologians often appropriated Origen’s exegesis in their own work. Scheck analyzes in particular the reception of Origen by Pelagius, Augustine, William of St. Thierry, Erasmus, Cornelius Jansen, the Anglican Bishop Richard Montagu, and the Catholic lay apologist John Heigham, as well as Martin Luther, Philip Melanchthon, and other Protestant Reformers who harshly attacked Origen’s interpretation as fatally flawed. But as Scheck shows, theologians through the post-Reformation controversies of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries studied and engaged Origen extensively, even if not always in agreement. An important work in patristics, biblical interpretation, and historical theology, Origen and the History of Justification establishes the formative role played by Origen’s Pauline exegesis, while also contributing to our understanding of the theological issues surrounding justification in the western Christian tradition.