Antonio Orbe, Introduction à la théologie des iie et iiie siècles
This contribution aims at presenting a general overview of Introduction à la théologie des iie et iiie siècles, the new French edition, edited by Cerf in Paris in 2012 of Antonio Orbe’s seminal two volumes work on the theological reflection of the first Christian centuries published in Spanish in Ro...
| Subtitles: | Étude critique |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | French |
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Brepols
2014
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| In: |
Apocrypha
Year: 2014, Volume: 25, Pages: 211-228 |
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| Summary: | This contribution aims at presenting a general overview of Introduction à la théologie des iie et iiie siècles, the new French edition, edited by Cerf in Paris in 2012 of Antonio Orbe’s seminal two volumes work on the theological reflection of the first Christian centuries published in Spanish in Rome in 1987. After a short presentation of the concept and development of the work, for both the original and the French versions, the major innovations of the latter are indicated : a larger and updated bibliography, a more exhaustive annotation, a useful and effective index. The originality, depth, intelligence, attention and innovation of Orbe’s reflection have been highlighted regarding his study of the major controversies of the first centuries of Christianity whose protagonists were, on the one hand, the authors of the “Great Church”that is the “Ecclesiastics” in the Author’s own terminology, and, on the other hand, the “Sectarians,” i.e. Gnostics Marcionites, and the other groups considered “heretics” by the “Great Church.” Orbe’s method of analysis is explained. He does not proceed by author, but by theological theme. He describes and explains the various views of the ancient authors on each subject. He follows the idealized line of universal history as understood by Christianity from Creation to the Incarnation and to the last times of this world (themes of the Old Testament are covered in the first volume and themes of the New Testament in the second). Some final remarks recapitulate and stress the main points of interest in Orbe’s contribution, describing his attitude toward the important discoveries of Nag-Hammadi and emphasizing the merits of the new French edition, including some possible improvements for potential future editions of the same work. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Apocrypha
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1484/J.APOCRA.5.103633 |