Pop Patristic Reincarnation? A Critique of Origen’s Alleged Doctrine of Reincarnation

This paper offers an analysis of popular contemporary claims that Origen proclaimed a theory of reincarnation. Establishing the difference, often based on linguistic subtleties, between a Platonic idea of the pre-existence of the soul and a generic definition of reincarnation as often conceived by m...

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Main Author: Wohrer, Cyril (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox Publ. 2012
In: Religious studies and theology
Year: 2012, Volume: 31, Issue: 1, Pages: 91-103
Further subjects:B Soul music
B Pre-existence
B Reincarnation
B Christianity
B Origen
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