Origen and Greek Patristic Theology
Overview
In Origen and Greek Patristic Theology, William Fairweather delves into the controversial thought of one of the church’s first theologians. This expository volume in the World’s Epoch-Makers series focuses on the life, work, doctrine, influence, and personality of Origen, “the great teacher of the Greek Church.” Fairweather does not assume familiarity with the work of Origen, and minimizes technical philosophical and theological language, but at the same time avoids “catering for a public which no art or device will ever induce to concern itself with Greek Patristic Theology.” This classic volume is an excellent introduction to the progenitor of theology as science.
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- Examines Origen and his influence on Christian theology and philosophy
- Focuses on Origen’s personal life, work, and doctrine
- Introduces Origen to readers not familiar with his work without overly technical language
- Prefatory Note
- Precursors of Origen
- Life and Character of Origen
- Origen’s View of Holy Scripture
- Religious Philosophy of Origen
- The Writings of Origen
- Origen’s Theology: Creation and the Fall
- Origen’s Theology: Redemption and Restoration
- Successors of Origen
- Historical Services, General Characteristics, and Distinctive Doctrinal Complexion of the Greek Theology
- Reaction against Origenism
- Subsequent History of Origenism
Top Highlights
“In the doctrine of the Logos a meeting-point had been found between Jewish monotheism and Gentile philosophy.” (Page 3)
“The speculations of the Gnostics and the labours of the Apologists, the constructive genius of Origen and the acute dialectic of Athanasius, all contributed towards the evolution of the matured scientific product of the Greek theology as defined by the Councils of Nicæa and Chalcedon.” (Page 2)
“The points of resemblance between philosophy and Christianity were overestimated, and what was most characteristic of the latter was to a large extent lost sight of.” (Page 5)
“If, however, we think to find in the writings of the Alexandrian teachers a systematic refutation of Neoplatonism in its various principles, we shall be disappointed. So, too, if we look for a definite position against Christianity in the works of Platonists. Neither system was as yet sufficiently developed to admit of this. But there was between the two systems an essential difference at bottom, and the real conflict for the Church lay in its being forced very much to leave its own standpoint and adopt that of its opponents.” (Page 6)
“the adherents of different cults and creeds lived side by side in mutual goodwill” (Page 2)
- Title: Origen and Greek Patristic Theology
- Author: William Fairweather
- Editor: Oliphant Smeaton
- Series: The World’s Epoch-Makers
- Publisher: Charles Scribner’s Sons
- Publication Date: 1901
- Pages: 276
William Fairweather is the author of numerous works, including 1 Maccabees in the Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges, Among the Mystics, Origen and Greek Patristic Theology, and The Background of the Gospels.