OrigenOrigen and St. Augustine were the two greatest geniuses of the early Church. Origen's writings can be said to mark a decisive period in all fields of Christian thought. His researches into the history of the different versions of the senses of the Old and New Testaments make him the found of the Scientific study of the Bible. - From the Introduction |
Contents
CHAPTER | 27 |
III ORIGENs THEOLOGY OF THE SACRAMENTs | 52 |
ORIGEN AND THE PHILOSOPHICAL BACKGROUND | 73 |
I ORIGEN AND BIBLICAL CRITICISM I 33 | 133 |
THE NONCHRISTIAN TRADITIONS OF Exegesis I 74 | 174 |
ORIGENS SYSTEM | 203 |
CHAPTeR PAGE | 209 |
ANGELOLOGY | 220 |
PART IV | 293 |
CoNCLUSION 3 | 299 |
NOTES | 315 |
APPENDIx | 339 |
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