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Origen: An Exortation to Martyrdom, Prayer, and Selected Works
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 230.13
EAN: 9780809121984
ISBN: 0809121980
Label: Paulist Press
Manufacturer: Paulist Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 293
Publication Date: 1979-06
Publisher: Paulist Press
Studio: Paulist Press
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Rating: - A good introduction, a good translation, and a good selection of works
Origen is not an easy thinker. Condemned by the Fifth Ecumenical Council for his differing views on the resurrection, the pre-existence of souls, and universalism, he was heavily influenced by Platonic and gnostic thought. However, his views were influential in the early church (anyone who has been condemned by an ecumenical council has certainly had influence) and he and his views likewise offer insights into a transitional period in the early church.
Since Origen is not easy to ... Read More
Rating: - Best Intro to a Tough Thinker
I've decided that no early Christian thinker is easily accessible to most contemporary Christians, Origen least of all. This is especially true of Origen because much of his thought was classified as heresy by later Christians. That said, many later Christian thinkers (like Gregory of Nyssa) drew upon Origen to faithfully interpret Scripture in order to articulate Christian orthodoxy.
This volume is easily one of the best introductions to the most important of Origen's texts. I recommend ... Read More
Rating: - Good selection of works from a brilliant Christian thinker
Origen's legacy for Christianity has certainly been mixed. Many reading his works today, as many did in his time, would no doubt find what he 'found' in the Bible bizarre, heretical and perhaps even blasphemous. Indeed he was condemned as such by Church councils some centuries after his death, and as a result many of his works were lost.
However, it also must be acknowledged that Origen was one of the faith's most brilliant and original minds. Asides from his remarkable theories about 'what ... Read More
Rating: - With Origen on Prayer and Martyrdom
"Let us, therefore, not think that it is words we are taught to say in appointed seasons of prayer. On the contrary, if we understand our former consideration of prayer without ceasing, let our whole life be a life of unceasing prayer." Origen
Origen's Early life:
I encountered Origen, as a young kid in a Sunday lesson on the Alexandrine Didaskaleon, for the first time. A devout Christian, biblical scholar, catechist, and head of the Alexandrian Catechetical school. Born ... Read More
Rating: - Intellectual reverence and the spiritual sense.
These selected works from the writings of Origen (c. 185-254) will give the reader much to contemplate and are complex enough to perhaps frustrate the reader without some foundation in the material. Do not read Origen without first reading the preface (Hans Urs von Balthasar) and the foreword and introduction (Rowan Greer). These are valuable insights into the second and third centuries and the early history of Christian thought. The writings of Origen generated several centuries of controversy in the early church. ... Read More
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