Negotiating HeresyEbook PDF
The Reception of Origen in Jerome's Eschatalogical Thought
Katarina Palsson
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Katarina Palsson, Negotiating Heresy
Ebook PDF (2021), Aschendorff Verlag, Münster, ISBN: 9783402137468
Ebook PDF (2021), Aschendorff Verlag, Münster, ISBN: 9783402137468
Descripción / Abstract
Jerome of Stridon has gone down in the history of Christianity as a fierce defender of what he considered to be orthodox teaching, and, in particular, as a convinced opponent of Origenism. However, this champion of orthodoxy often found himself suspected of relying on heretical writers, and a main purpose of his heresiological efforts was to defend himself against such accusations. The present study argues that this was the case with his production of anti-Origenist polemics in the context of the Origenist controversy. It aims at contributing to a nuanced description of Jerome’s way of relating to Origen’s thought, which implied acceptance as well as resistance. It is suggested that as a result of Jerome’s anti-Origenist rhetoric, important aspects of his reception of the Alexandrian writer have been overlooked by modern scholarship. Taking account of the rhetorical strategies that Jerome used both in his presentation of Origen and in his orthodox self-presentation, the great complexity of his reception of Origen is revealed
Índice
- Titelseite
- Preface
- Content
- Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION
- 1. Background: Jerome, Origen, and the Controversies
- 2. Previous Research
- 3. Purpose and Hypotheses
- 4. Methodological Considerations
- 5. The Material
- Chapter 2 READING HERESIOLOGY: THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS
- 1. “Orthodoxy” and “Heresy” in 20th and 21st Century Scholarship
- 2. Jerome and the Construction of Orthodoxy and Heresy : A Theoretical Framework
- Chapter 3 THE JOVINIANIST CONTROVERSY
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Ascetical Theology of Against Jovinian
- 3. The Place of Against Jovinian in a Late Fourth Century Discourse of Christian Identity and Authority
- 4. After Jovinian: On the Threshold of the Origenist Controversy
- Chapter 4 THE ORIGENIST CONTROVERSY: THE QUESTION OF THE RESURRECTION BODY
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Old and New Controversies
- 3. Jerome’s Heresiological Presentation of Origen’s Views on the Resurrection
- 4. Conclusions
- Chapter 5 THE ORIGENIST CONTROVERSY: THE QUESTION OF ETERNAL SALVATION
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Jerome’s Ideas on a Hierarchy in the Afterlife
- 3. Jerome and the Teaching of Apokatastasis
- 4. Conclusions
- Chapter 6 THE PELAGIAN CONTROVERSY
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Question of Apatheia and Sinlessness
- 3. Free Will and Grace
- 4. The Church and its Hierarchy
- 5. Conclusions
- Chapter 7 CONCLUSIONS AND PROSPECTS
- 1. Jerome’s Reception of Origen Through Three Controversies
- 2. Recovering the Heresiologist: Ancient Heresiology and Modern Scholarship
- 3. Heresiological Strategies
- 4. Exegete, Polemicist and Theologian? A Reassessment of Jerome’s Place in the History of Christian Theology and the Reception of Origen
- Bibliography
- Ancient Sources
- Translations
- Literature
- INDEXES
- Bible
- Origen
- Jerome
- Other Ancient Authors
- Names and Subjects