RT Book
T1 Universal salvation and freedom of choice according to Origen of Alexandria
T2 Gorgias studies in early Christianity and patristics
JF Gorgias studies in early Christianity and patristics
A1 Sytsma, Lee W.
LA English
PP Piscataway, NJ
PB Gorgias Press
YR 2020
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1738367959
AB 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.
AB "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"--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN BR65.O68
SN 9781463239503
K1 Origen
K1 Salvation : Christianity : History of doctrines : Early church, ca. 30-600
K1 Free will and determinism : Religious aspects : Christianity : History of doctrines : Early church, ca. 30-600