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Tag Archives: Origen
Apocatastasis: The Heresy That Never Was
When first presented with the universalist hope, many Orthodox and Roman Catholics immediately invoke the authority of the Fifth Ecumenical Council (A.D. 553), citing the fifteen anti-Origenist anathemas: “Apokatastasis has been dogmatically defined by the Church as heresy—see canon 1 … Continue reading
‘For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn’: St. Gregory of Nyssa and the Allegorical Sense of Scripture
by George Repper The question of God’s providence and evil is one that tends to crop up every now and again. For me at least, the question over whether God’s providence is the direct cause of evil or not is … Continue reading
Posted in Gregory of Nyssa
Tagged allegory, biblical interpretation, Exodus, Gregory of Nyssa, hermeneutics, literal, Origen
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Dionysian Ponderings: To let be or not let be–that is the question
Did the Lord God Almighty have to create the world? This is the question I now wish to pose to St Dionysius the Areopagite. It is a pressing question for Christian students of the Areopagite because he is so deeply … Continue reading
Apocatastasis: The Heresy That Never Was
This article has been revised, updated, and republished as “Apocatastasis: The Heresy That Never Was.” Please visit the new page. When first presented with the universalist hope, many Orthodox and Roman Catholics immediately invoke the authority of the Fifth Ecumenical … Continue reading
Ante-Nicene Subordinationism and the Unitarian Narrative
So how did we get from trinity to Trinity, from the one God with his Son and Holy Spirit to the tri-personal God in which each person is ontologically distinct and yet equally divine? As we saw in “Once Upon … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Holy Trinity
Tagged Dale Tuggy, David Hart, God, Jesus Christ, Origen, subordinationism, Trinity, unitarianism
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Eschatology and Orthodoxy
Fr Sergius Bulgakov’s presentation of the Last Things is a masterpiece of dogmatic and mystical theology. Here is no mere reiteration of opinions from the past. Bulgakov is convinced that the Church has only begun to reflect deeply on the … Continue reading
Posted in Eschatology, Sergius Bulgakov
Tagged apocatastasis, Eastern Orthodoxy, eschatology, Justinian, Origen, Sergius Bulgakov, sophiology, universal salvation
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Rehabilitating Origen
David Bentley Hart is his own man, with his own distinctive voice and writing style—and thank God for that. His theological writings have been described as brilliant, incisive, penetrating, trenchant, over-blown, outrageous. He is impossible to pigeon-hole. He has read … Continue reading
Posted in David B. Hart
Tagged 5th ecumenical council, apokatastasis, David Hart, Justinian, Origen, Orthodox theology, universalism
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