Origen’s Theology of Fire and the Early Monks of Egypt

Origen’s Peri archôn includes a description of the soul of Christ as an iron in God’s fire. Christ’s mind, “becoming wholly fire” (et tota ignis effecta) is the origin and the destiny of all minds, all those minds who “cooled” (psychesthai) into souls (psychai) and eventually became angels, humans,...

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Main Author: Stang, Charles M. 1974- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2022
In: Modern theology
Year: 2022, Volume: 38, Issue: 2, Pages: 338-362
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Origenes 185-254 / Egypt / Monasticism / Fire / Theology
IxTheo Classification:FA Theology
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
KCA Monasticism; religious orders
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