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Books on: origen christianity

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Treatise on the Passover; And, Dialogue of Origen with Heraclides and His Fellow Bishops on the Father, the Son, and the Soul

Book by Origen, Robert J. S. J. Daly; Paulist Press, 1992

Subjects:

Immortality--Christianity--Early Works To 1800, Jesus Christ--Divinity, Jesus Christ--Passion, Man (Christian Theology)--Early Works To 1800, Passover--Early Works To 1800, Trinity--Early Works To 1800

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

The Treatise on the Passover dates from around 245. Its central insight is that the passover is not a figure or type of the passion of Christ, but a figure of Christ himself, of Christ's passing over to the Father. The Dialogue with Heraclides probably comes from between the years 244 and 249. It ...
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The Treatise on the Passover dates from around 245. Its central insight is that the passover is not a figure or type of the passion of Christ, but a figure of Christ himself, of Christ's passing over to the Father. The Dialogue with Heraclides probably comes from between the years 244 and 249. It seems to be the record of a synod-like meeting of bishops, in the presence of lay people, called to discuss matters of belief and worship. Both pieces seem to come from the last decade of Origen’s activity, when he was at the height of his powers.
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Early Christian Thought and the Classical Tradition: Studies in Justin, Clement, and Origen

Book by Henry Chadwick; Oxford University Press, 1984

Subjects:

Clement--Of Alexandria, Saint--Ca. 150-Ca. 215, Justin--Martyr, Saint, Origen

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

This enlightening study examines the relationship of the early Christians to the classical tradition. Based on the work of the Christian thinkers, Justine, Clement of Alexandria, and Origen, and existing pagan criticism of the Church, the book illustrates how rejection of the classical tradition ...
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This enlightening study examines the relationship of the early Christians to the classical tradition. Based on the work of the Christian thinkers, Justine, Clement of Alexandria, and Origen, and existing pagan criticism of the Church, the book illustrates how rejection of the classical tradition combined with profound acceptance of its humanism were synthesized by the early Church.
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The Commentaries of Origen and Jerome on St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians

Book by Ronald E. Heine; Oxford University Press, 2002

Subjects:

Bible--N.T--Ephesians--Commentaries--Early Works To 1800, Bible--N.T--Ephesians--Commentaries--History And Criticism, Jerome--Saint--D. 419 Or 20--Commentarii In Epistolam Ad Ephesios, Origen--Commentary On The Epistle To The Ephesians

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Hamilton Hess (2002) The Commentaries of Origen and Jerome on St Pauls Epistle to the...Heine, Ronald E. The commentaries of Origen and Jerome on St. Pauls Epistle to the...Ephesians-Commentaries-History and criticism. 2. Origen. Commentary on the Epistle to the Ephesians...
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The Religious Quests of the Graeco-Roman World: A Study in the Historical Background of Early Christianity

Book by S. Angus; Charles Scribners Sons, 1929

Subjects:

Christianity And Other Religions, Church History--Primitive And Early Church, Ca. 30-600

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...religion? Origen, 4 the...defender of Christianity, could not...his Lord, Origen inflicted...of early Christianity rightly assesses...brought to Christianity through Greek...philosopher Origen. Justin Martyr...
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Christianity and Its Judaic Heritage: An Introduction with Selected Sources

Book by Carl E. Purinton; Ronald Press, 1961

Subjects:

Christianity And Other Religions--Judaism, Church History, Judaism--History

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

CHRISTIANITY AND ITS JUDAIC HERITAGE An Introduction with Selected Sources CARL E. PURINTON PROFESSOR...type are now offered in most colleges and universities under such titles as Introduction to Christianity, Introduction to Judaism and Christianity, Survey of the Judaic-Christian Tradition, Religious Tradition of the West, and the like. In...

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Journal Articles on: origen christianity

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"Colonial" Christianity in Post-Colonial Africa

Journal article by Felix Nwatu; The Ecumenical Review, Vol. 46, 1994

Subjects:

Africa--Religious aspects, Apologetics--Analysis, Christianity--Africa, Imperialism--Religious aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...with Christianity. The historical and moral arguments An analysis of history shows that the Christianity of North Africa which produced Origen, Tertullian, Cyprian, Augustine and others between A.D. 180 and 430 was a colonialist hybrid fecundated...
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God the Father in Rabbinic Judaism and Christianity: Transformed Background or Common Ground?

Journal article by Alon Goshen-Gottstein; Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Vol. 38, 2001

Subjects:

Christianity--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Ecumenical movement--Social aspects, God--Analysis, Judaism--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Hatch, The Influence of Greek Ideas on Christianity, repr. (New York: Harper Row, 1966...Widdicombe, The Fatherhood of God from Origen to Athanasius (Oxford: Clarendon Press...metaphorical, and scriptural ground that unites Christianity and Judaism allows for the incorporation...
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Morrison's Beloved: Allegorically Othering "White" Christianity

Journal article by Peggy Ochoa; MELUS, Vol. 24, 1999

Subjects:

American literature--African American authors, Beloved (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Bible and literature--Analysis, Christianity and literature--Analysis, Morrison, Toni--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

...record the obvious failure of white Christianity to obey one of the Bibles most basic...notes that "an early church father, Origen, points out that the black woman in...and jealousy. In contrast to white Christianity, which did not extend Gods love to its...
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Origen, Ezekiel's Merkabah, and the Ascension of Moses

Journal article by David J. Halperin; Church History, Vol. 50, 1981

Subjects:

Church History

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Ezech. Hom. 4. 8); Reuven Kimelman , "Rabbi Yohanan and Origen on the Song of Songs: A Third-Century Jewish-Christian Disputation...New York, 16 November 1979 , as part of a session on "Christianity in Palestine" convened by Professor Robert C. Gregg (Duke...
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Christian Figural Reading and the Fashioning of Identity

Journal article by Lloyd G. Davies; Christianity and Literature, Vol. 52, 2002

Subjects:

Christian Figural Reading and the Fashioning of Identity (Book)

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

...self-identification" (3). Can Christianity maintain its own sense of...thinkers are the ideas of Origen, the major representative...Boyarin, Auerbach, Frei, and Origen, Dawsons own voice is curiously...Here the divide between Christianity and Judaism remains obscured...

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Magazine Articles on: origen christianity

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The Expansion of Christianity: An Interview with Andrew Walls

Magazine article; The Christian Century, Vol. 117, August 2, 2000

Subjects:

Christianity--Growth, Walls, Andrew--Interviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...which Western Christians have never asked, because Western Christianity more or less grew up with the nation state. The nation state...The next stage of reconfiguring the past is represented by Origen, in the third century. He was not a convert; he grew up in...
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Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense

Magazine article by Edward T. Oakes; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, January 2007

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense. (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Kierkegaard) who continue to gain a hearing, while the "optimists" (Origen, Schleiermacher, Karl Rahner) go largely unread. Much as one...can confidently predict, will never eclipse or replace Mere Christianity. I think people who reject the gospel have not the remotest...
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Everything You Wanted to Know about Christianity

Magazine article by Dennis Colby; The Christian Century, Vol. 123, August 8, 2006

Subjects:

Baptism--Analysis, Calvinism--Analysis, Christianity--Analysis, Fundamentalism--Analysis, Millennialism--Analysis, Reformation--Analysis

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...benefits and generous "flex time" arrangements offered by Christianity. Heaven: This term refers to the ultimate destiny of a certain...listen to, heaven is either: where all of us will end up (Origen); where many of us will end up (St. Gregory of Nyssa); where...
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Spendthrift Mercy: Christianity & the 'Psychopathic Saint

Magazine article by Samuel Hux; Commonweal, Vol. 121, March 25, 1994

Subjects:

Christianity and literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Mercy--Religious aspects, Saints--Attributes

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

...in effect the reasoning of Origen, the third-century church...own eyes), would have rid Christianity of all Jewish "impurities...great "good news" itself of Christianity: Mercy, in the dispensing...perilously fertile atmosphere in Christianity. How to put it? Consider...
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When Christianity and Buddhism Meet: A Catholic at the Zendo

Magazine article by John W. Healey; Commonweal, Vol. 124, January 17, 1997

Subjects:

Buddhism--Appreciation, Christianity--Psychological aspects, Meditation--Buddhism

Collections: Religious Studies, Psychology, Entire Library

...his altar, the Dalai Lama has said that mixing Buddhism and Christianity is like "trying to put a yaks head on a cows body." Even Thomas...the dangers of talkativeness. As early as the third century, Origen warned that "to say even true things about God involves no...

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Newspaper Articles on: origen christianity

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Being Christian No Easy Feat in Muslim Egypt: Discrimination Is Condoned by the Government

Newspaper article by Julia Duin; The Washington Times, October 13, 1999

Subjects:

Egypt

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...school of theology was a lighthouse. Origen was there. Cyril was the column of...he said, but no one who writes about Christianity. "In the old days, Muslims knew a...paradise, " he said. "If you convert to Christianity from Islam, you must leave the country...

Encyclopedia Articles on: origen christianity

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Origen

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Contra Celsum against Celsus. Origen attempted to synthesize the...Neoplatonism and Stoicism, with the Christianity of creed and Scripture so...exegetical works. In spite of Origens fame as an apologist for Christianity, there was question as to...
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Christianity

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...In 313, Constantine I and Licinius announced toleration of Christianity in the Edict of Milan. In the East the church passed from...writers of unequaled influence (the Fathers of the Church): Origen, St. Athanasius, St. Basil the Great, St. Gregory of Nyssa...
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Celsus

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...CELSUS sel s s, 2d cent., Roman philosopher, an aggressive antagonist of Christianity. His works have been lost, but the substance of his True Discourse is given by Origen in his Against Celsus, ed. and tr. by Henry Chadwick (1953, repr. 1965...
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Clement of Alexandria

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...traveled widely and was converted to Christianity. He studied and taught at the catechetical...Alexandria until the persecution of 202. Origen was his pupil there. He probably died...the inferiority of Greek thought to Christianity. Appended to the Tutor (Pedagogus...
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Ebionites

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...centuries after Jesus. There were two groups, according to Origen. The Judaic Ebionites held closely to Mosaic law and regarded...title "Prophet of the Truth." See H. J. Schoeps, Jewish Christianity (1969). ____________________ The Columbia Encyclopedia...

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