Origen and the history of justification : the legacy of Origen's commentary on Romans / Thomas P. Scheck ; foreword by Joseph T. Lienhard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scheck, Thomas P., 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Romans--Commentaries.

Bible.

Origen. Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans.

Origen.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Standard accounts of the history of interpretation of Paul's Letter to the Romans often begin with St. Augustine. As Thomas P. Scheck demonstrates, however, the Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans by Origen of Alexandria (185-254 CE) was a major work of Pauline exegesis which, by means of the Latin translation preserved in the West, had a significant influence on the Christian exegetical tradition. Scheck begins by exploring Origen's views on justification and on the intimate connection of faith and post-baptismal good works as essential to justification. He traces the enormous influence Origen's Commentary on Romans had on later theologians in the Latin West, including the ways in which theologians often appropriated Origen's exegesis in their own work. Scheck analyzes in particular the reception of Origen by Pelagius, Augustine, William of St. Thierry, Erasmus, Cornelius Jansen, the Anglican Bishop Richard Montagu, and the Catholic lay apologist John Heigham, as well as Martin Luther, Philip Melanchthon, and other Protestant Reformers who harshly attacked Origen's interpretation as fatally flawed. But as Scheck shows, theologians through the post-Reformation controversies of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries studied and engaged Origen extensively, even if not always in agreement. An important work in patristics, biblical interpretation, and historical theology, Origen and the History of Justification establishes the formative role played by Origen's Pauline exegesis, while also contributing to our understanding of the theological issues surrounding justification in the western Christian tradition.

Contents:

Origen's doctrine of justification

Pelagius's reception of Origen's exegesis of Romans

Augustine's reception of Origen's exegesis of Romans

William of St. Thierry's reception of Origen's exegesis of Romans

Erasmus's reception of Origen's exegesis of Romans

Luther and Melanchthon's reception of Origen's exegesis of Romans

Post-Reformation controversies over Origen's exegesis of Romans

Conclusion: Origen and modern exegesis.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-288) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780268093020

0268093024

9780268092672

0268092672

OCLC:

607895333