Origen: an introduction to his life and thought
The late second and early third century was a turbulent time in the Roman Empire and in the relationship between the empire and the church. Origen was the son of a Christian martyr and was himself imprisoned and tortured in his late life in a persecution that targeted leaders of…
Origen: an introduction to his life and thought
The late second and early third century was a turbulent time in the Roman Empire and in the relationship between the empire and the church. Origen was the son of a Christian martyr and was himself imprisoned and tortured in his late life in a persecution that targeted leaders of…
Origen: an introduction to his life and thought
The late second and early third century was a turbulent time in the Roman Empire and in the relationship between the empire and the church. Origen was the son of a Christian martyr and was himself imprisoned and tortured in his late life in a persecution that targeted leaders of…
Oxford early Christian studies
by Heine, Ronald E., Hunter, David G., Burton, Philip, Horn, Cornelia B., Kenney, John Peter, Briggman, Anthony, Hollerich, Michael J., Crawford, Matthew R., Binns, John, Cooper, Adam G., Alfeyev, Hilarion, Vaggione, Richard Paul, Shoemaker, Stephen J., Simmons, Michael Bland, Banev, Krastu, Michelson, David A., Conybeare, Catherine, Augustine, Saint, Bp. of Hippo, Rylaarsdam, David, Zecher, Jonathan, Hoper, Andrew
"Gregory of Nyssa (c.330-c.395) made important contributions to both theological thought and the understanding of the spiritual life. He was especially significant in adapting the thought of Origen to fourth-century orthodoxy. The early Treatise on the Inscriptions of the Psalms…