عنوان

Origen, Patristic Philosophy, and Christian Platonism Re-Thinking the Christianisation of Hellenism

شماره

LA128801

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Origen, Patristic Philosophy, and Christian Platonism Re-Thinking the Christianisation of Hellenism

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Ilaria Ramelli

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

Origen was a Christian Platonist, which his adversaries (both Christians who opposed Greek philosophy and pagan philosophers like Porphyry who saw Christianity as a non-culture) considered to be a contradictio in adiecto. His formation and teaching centred on philosophy, and his Περì αρχων in its structure was inspired not so much by earlier Christian works as by pagan philosophical works stemming from the selfsame authors as those appreciated at Ammonius' and Plotinus' schools. A close examination of all extant sources and a careful investigation of Origen's philosophical formation, readings, and works show that Origen the Neoplatonist is likely to be our Christian philosopher. The presupposition of the incompatibility between Christianity and philosophy (especially Platonism), which provoked charges against Origen as a Christian Platonist from his lifetime onward, is still at work in modern theorizations concerning the "Hellenisation of Christianity," which are here analysed and brought into connection with the supposed necessity of distinguishing Origen the Platonist from Origen the Christian. It is not the case that a "pure" Christianity was subsequently Hellenised: the NT itself was already Hellenised to some extent, and the Christian κηρυγμα, intended for all nations and cultures, was a σκανδαλον for the Jews as well as μωρìα for the Greeks. Origen was a Christian Platonist, which his adversaries (both Christians who opposed Greek philosophy and pagan philosophers like Porphyry who saw Christianity as a non-culture) considered to be a contradictio in adiecto. His formation and teaching centred on philosophy, and his Περì αρχων in its structure was inspired not so much by earlier Christian works as by pagan philosophical works stemming from the selfsame authors as those appreciated at Ammonius' and Plotinus' schools. A close examination of all extant sources and a careful investigation of Origen's philosophical formation, readings, and works show that Origen the Neoplatonist is likely to be our Christian philosopher. The presupposition of the incompatibility between Christianity and philosophy (especially Platonism), which provoked charges against Origen as a Christian Platonist from his lifetime onward, is still at work in modern theorizations concerning the "Hellenisation of Christianity," which are here analysed and brought into connection with the supposed necessity of distinguishing Origen the Platonist from Origen the Christian. It is not the case that a "pure" Christianity was subsequently Hellenised: the NT itself was already Hellenised to some extent, and the Christian κηρυγμα, intended for all nations and cultures, was a σκανδαλον for the Jews as well as μωρìα for the Greeks.

تاريخ نشر

2009

توصيف ظاهري

217-263

عنوان

Vigiliae Christianae

شماره جلد

63/3

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1570-0720

اصطلاح موضوعی

ALEXANDER OF APHRODISIAS

اصطلاح موضوعی

AMMONIUS SACCAS

اصطلاح موضوعی

CHRISTIAN PLATONISM

اصطلاح موضوعی

HELLENISATION OF CHRISTIANITY

اصطلاح موضوعی

LONGINUS

اصطلاح موضوعی

ORIGEN

اصطلاح موضوعی

PLOTINUS

اصطلاح موضوعی

PORPHYRY

اصطلاح موضوعی

Περì αρχων

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Ilaria Ramelli

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/157007208X377292

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y