The Christian Doctrine of Apokatastasis - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Christian Doctrine of Apokatastasis write by Ilaria Ramelli. This book was released on 2013-08-05. The Christian Doctrine of Apokatastasis available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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 patristics. 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.
A Larger Hope?, Volume 1
A Larger Hope?, Volume 1 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Larger Hope?, Volume 1 write by Ilaria L. E. Ramelli. This book was released on 2019-07-15. A Larger Hope?, Volume 1 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the minds of some, universal salvation is a heretical idea that was imported into Christianity from pagan philosophies by Origen (c.185–253/4). Ilaria Ramelli argues that this picture is completely mistaken. She maintains that Christian theologians were the first people to proclaim that all will be saved and that their reasons for doing so were rooted in their faith in Christ. She demonstrates that, in fact, the idea of the final restoration of all creation (apokatastasis) was grounded upon the teachings of the Bible and the church’s beliefs about Jesus’ total triumph over sin, death, and evil through his incarnation, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension. Ramelli traces the Christian roots of Origen’s teaching on apokatastasis. She argues that he was drawing on texts from Scripture and from various Christians who preceded him, theologians such as Bardaisan, Irenaeus, and Clement. She outlines Origen’s often-misunderstood theology in some detail and then follows the legacy of his Christian universalism through the centuries that followed. We are treated to explorations of Origenian universal salvation in a host of Christian disciples, including Athanasius, Didymus the Blind, the Cappadocian fathers, Evagrius, Maximus the Confessor, John Scotus Eriugena, and Julian of Norwich.
The Devil's Redemption : 2 volumes
The Devil's Redemption : 2 volumes - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Devil's Redemption : 2 volumes write by Michael J. McClymond. This book was released on 2018-06-05. The Devil's Redemption : 2 volumes available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Will all evil finally turn to good, or does some evil remain stubbornly opposed to God and God's goodness? Will even the devil be redeemed? Addressing a theological issue of perennial interest, this comprehensive book (in two volumes) surveys the history of Christian universalism from the second to the twenty-first century and offers an interpretation of how and why universalist belief arose. The author explores what the church has taught about universal salvation and hell and critiques universalism from a biblical, philosophical, and theological standpoint. He shows that the effort to extend grace to everyone undermines the principle of grace for anyone.
Barth, Origen, and Universal Salvation
Barth, Origen, and Universal Salvation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Barth, Origen, and Universal Salvation write by Tom Greggs. This book was released on 2009-05-14. Barth, Origen, and Universal Salvation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Barth, Origen, and Universal Salvation offers a bold new presentation of universal salvation. Building constructively from the third- century theologian, Origen, and the twentieth-century Swiss theologian, Karl Barth, Tom Greggs offers a defence of universalism as rooted in Christian theology, showing this belief does not have to be at the expense of human particularity, freedom, and Christian faith. Examining Barth's doctrine of election and Origen's understanding of apokatastasis, Greggs proposes that a proper understanding of the eternal salvific plan of God in the person of Jesus Christ points towards universal salvation. The relationship between the work of the Spirit and the Son in salvation is central to this understanding. Universal salvation is grounded in the person of Christ as himself historic and particular, and the Spirit makes the reality of that universal work of Christ present to individuals and communities in the present. The discussion includes creative suggestions for the political and ecclesial implications of such a presentation of salvation.
Universalism, the Prevailing Doctrine of the Christian Church During Its First Five Hundred Years
Universalism, the Prevailing Doctrine of the Christian Church During Its First Five Hundred Years - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Universalism, the Prevailing Doctrine of the Christian Church During Its First Five Hundred Years write by John Wesley Hanson. This book was released on 2019-02-21. Universalism, the Prevailing Doctrine of the Christian Church During Its First Five Hundred Years available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
