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Universal salvation and freedom of choice according to Origen of Alexandria / Lee Sytsma.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sytsma, Lee (Lee W.), author.
- Series:
- Gorgias studies in early Christianity and patristics ; 74.
- Gorgias studies in early Christianity and patristics ; 74
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Salvation--Christianity--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.
- Salvation.
- Salvation--Christianity--History of doctrines.
- Salvation--Christianity--History of doctrines--Early church.
- Free will and determinism--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.
- Free will and determinism.
- Origen.
- Free will and determinism--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines.
- Free will and determinism--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 216 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press LLC, 2020.
- Summary:
- "The 3rd century theologian Origen of Alexandria has traditionally been famous for his belief in universal salvation. Yet, Origen is also famous for his insistence on moral autonomy, the fact that God allows each creature to freely choose to move in the direction of good or evil. How can these two beliefs not result in a paradox or logical inconsistency in Origen's theology, as many contemporary scholars suggest they do? This book explores the intersection between moral autonomy and God's foreordained universal salvation in Origen's writings. Origen was, in fact, aware of the apparent contradiction between these two ideas. He nevertheless stipulated that God can achieve universal salvation without violating a soul's freedom of choice. God accomplishes this through his foreknowledge of future voluntary possibilities, which God then prearranges into a sequence leading to God's desired outcome"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The context of Origen's moral autonomy polemics
- Origen's understanding of moral autonomy
- Origen's stages of salvation-history
- Origen's vision of the Apocatastasis
- God's providential arrangement of future voluntary possibilities.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Sytsma, Lee (Lee W.) Universal salvation and freedom of choice according to Origen of Alexandria
- ISBN:
- 9781463239503
- 1463239505
- OCLC:
- 1204264778
- Publisher Number:
- 99986102345
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