The Condemnation of Origen
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3150671 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cyril C Richardson (Union Theological Seminary, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1937 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 50-64 |
| Publication date | 1937-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Church History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-6407 • E-ISSN: 1755-2613 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3160060 |
| OpenAlex | W2157970009 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The condemnation of Origen is one of the saddest episodes in the history of the Christian church. The breadth of his thought, the keenness of his genius and the wide sympathy of his religion, contrast vividly with the narrow obscurantism of his monkish detractors. It is significant that the final defeat of Origen and the closing of the philosophic schools of Athens belong to the same era. It is as if a curtain were then drawn upon the intellectual freedom of the East, and along with certain garbled texts from his works all that was fine and liberal and mature in the faith and thought of Origen had been condemned. He who had striven for a religion truly catholic and had contended that all things were the church's heritage and all things were Christ's, was cast out of the church with imprecations of intolerance and fanaticism. The long controversies over Origen that reach their climax under Justinian mark the passing of much that was noble and enlightened in the early tradition of Greek Christianity
Ancient history · Art · Christianity · CONQUEST · Faith · Fanaticism · Genius · Literature · Political science · Sympathy · Theology · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,03 |
| Citation span | 1955 - 2010 (56) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |