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Though his orthodoxy had been questioned in Alexandria while he was alive, [189] [158] after Origen's death Pope Dionysius of Alexandria became one of the foremost proponents of Origen's theology. [ 222 ] [ 223 ] [ 224 ] Every Christian theologian who came after him was influenced by his theology, whether directly or indirectly. [ 104 ]
Origen, or Origen Adamantius (c. 185 – c. 254) was a scholar and theologian. According to tradition, he was an Egyptian [27] who taught in Alexandria, reviving the Catechetical School where Clement had taught. The patriarch of Alexandria at first supported Origen but later expelled him for being ordained without the patriarch's permission.
He therefore heavily modified Origen's text, omitting and altering any parts which disagreed with contemporary Christian orthodoxy. [ 12 ] [ 11 ] In the introduction to this translation, Rufinus mentioned that Jerome had studied under Origen's disciple Didymus the Blind , implying that Jerome was a follower of Origen.
Oriental Orthodoxy rejects the Chalcedonian Definition, and instead adopts the miaphysite formula, [27] [28] believing that the human and divine natures of Christ are united in one Incarnate Nature. Historically, the early prelates of the Oriental Orthodox Churches thought that the Chalcedonian Definition implied a possible repudiation of the ...
Coptic icon of Saint Anthony and Saint Paul. According to the canons of the Oriental Orthodox Churches, the four bishops of Rome, Alexandria, Ephesus (later transferred to Constantinople) and Antioch were all given status as Patriarchs, the ancient apostolic centers of Christianity by the First Council of Nicaea (predating the schism).
Origenism refers to a set of beliefs attributed to the Christian theologian Origen. [1] The main principles of Origenism include allegorical interpretation of scripture, pre-existence, and subordinationism. [2] Origen's thought was influenced by Philo the Jew, Platonism and Clement of Alexandria. [3] [4] [5] [1]
After completing this treatise, Origen resumed his biblical scholarship, likely viewing Peri Archon as a detour, perhaps even a necessary one, but nevertheless still a detour from his larger project of scriptural interpretation. [2] Fragments from Books 3.1 and 4.1-3 of Origen's Greek original are preserved in Origen's Philocalia.
At the instigation of Theophilus of Alexandria, Pope Anastasius I (399-401) summoned Rufinus from Aquileia to Rome to vindicate his orthodoxy, but he excused himself from a personal attendance in a written Apologia pro fide sua. The pope in his reply expressly condemned Origen, but left the question of Rufinus's orthodoxy to his own conscience.