The Christian Doctrine of Apokatastasis

A Critical Assessment from the New Testament to Eriugena
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-90-04-24509-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 120, 892 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1503 g

Reihe: Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements

The theory of apokatastasis (restoration), most famously defended by the Alexandrian exegete, philosopher and theologian Origen, has its roots in both Greek philosophy and Jewish-Christian Scriptures and literature, and became a major theologico-soteriological doctrine in Patristic. This monograph—the first comprehensive, systematic scholarly study of the history of the Christian apokatastasis doctrine—argues its presence and Christological and Biblical foundation in numerous Christian thinkers, including Syriac, and analyses its origins, meaning, and development over eight centuries, from the New Testament to Eriugena, the last Patristic philosopher. Surprises await readers of this book, which results from fifteen years of research. For instance, they will discover that even Augustine, in his anti-Manichaean phase, supported the theory of universal restoration.

Zielgruppe

Scholars in Patristics, Theology, esp. Eschatology, Church History, Religious Studies, Scripture, Early Christianity, Late Antiquity, Ancient Philosophy, Classics; graduate students; anyone in the learned public interested in Christianity and salvation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ramelli, Ilaria

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte Frühes Christentum, Patristik, Christliche Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Neues Testament: Exegese, Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Christliche Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Fundamentaltheologie, Dogmatik, Christologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Roots of the Doctrine of Apokatastasis

2. Origen’s First Followers in Alexandria and the East, and his First “Detractors”

3. Origen’s Apologists and Followers, the Cappadocians, Evagrius, the Antiochenes, and Fourth-Century Latin Origenians

4.From Augustine to Eriugena. Latin, Greek and Syriac Receptions of Origen;s Apokatastasis Theory

Über Autor(innen)

Ramelli, Ilaria
Ilaria Ramelli, Ph.D.(2000), has been Professor of Roman Near East History, and Assistant in Ancient Philosophy (Catholic University, since 2003); she is also Senior visiting Professor of Greek Thought, of Church History, Senior Fellow (Durham), academic and scientific consultant, research director, and member of directive boards of scholarly journals and series. She has written many books and articles on Patristics in outstanding scholarly series and journals and received prestigious academic prizes.

Ilaria Ramelli, Ph.D.(2000), has been Professor of Roman Near East History, and Assistant in Ancient Philosophy (Catholic University, since 2003); she is also Senior visiting Professor of Greek Thought, of Church History, Senior Fellow (Durham), Theology Chair, academic and scientific consultant, research director, and member of directive boards of scholarly journals and series. She has written many books and articles on patristics in outstanding scholarly series and journals and received prestigious academic prizes.