عنوان

Theophilus of Alexandria and the first Origenist controversy :

شابک

0198727542

شابک

9780198727545

شماره

dltt

عنوان اصلي

Theophilus of Alexandria and the first Origenist controversy :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

rhetoric and power /

نام نخستين پديدآور

Krastu Banev

وضعيت ويراست

First edition

نام خاص و کميت اثر

x, 233 pages ;

ابعاد

23 cm

عنوان فروست

Oxford early Christian studies

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-222) and indexes

متن يادداشت

In the age of the Theodosian dynasty and the establishment of Christianity as the only legitimate religion of the Roman Empire, few figures are more pivotal in the power politics of the Christian church than archbishop Theophilus of Alexandria (385-412). This work examines the involvement of archbishop Theophilus in the so-called First Origenist Controversy when the famed third-century Greek theologian Origen received, a century and a half after his death, a formal condemnation for heresy. Modern scholars have been successful in removing the majority of the charges which Theophilus laid on Origen as not giving a fair representation of his thought. Yet no sufficient explanation has been offered as to why what to us appears as an obvious miscarriage of justice came to be accepted, or why it was needed in the first place. Kratsu Banev offers a sustained argument for the value of a rhetorically informed methodology with which to analyse Theophilus' anti-Origenist Festal Letters. He highlights that the wide circulation and overt rhetorical composition of these letters allow for a new reading of these key documents as a form of 'mass-media' unique for its time. The discussion is built on a detailed examination of two key ingredients in the pastoral polemic of the archbishop - masterly use of late-antique rhetorical conventions, and in-depth knowledge of monastic spirituality - both of which were vital for securing the eventual acceptance of Origen's condemnation. Dr Banev's fresh approach reveals that Theophilus' campaign formed part of a consistent policy aimed at harnessing the intellectual energy of the ascetic movement to serve the wider needs of the church

موضوع مستند نشده

Origen

موضوع مستند نشده

Theophilus,-412

موضوع مستند نشده

Church history-- 4th century

موضوع مستند نشده

Church history-- 5th century

شماره

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Banev, Krastu

تاريخ عمليات

20150609024750.0

قواعد فهرست نويسي ( بخش توصيفي )

rda

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y