Origen and the Life of the Stars

Origen and the Life of the Stars

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Scott Alan
Oxford University Press
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It was widely assumed by intellectuals from antiquity to the Middle Ages that the beauty and regularity of the heavens was a sign of their superior life. Through this belief the stars gained an important position in Greek religion, and speculations on their nature figured prominently in discussions of human psychology and eschatology. In the third century AD the influential Christian theologian Origen included Hellenistic theories on the life and nature of the stars in his cosmology. This marked an interesting episode in the history of the idea, but it also had important implications for early Christian theology. Although he was condemned as heretical for these (and other) speculations, he was successful in incorporating traditional philosophical theories about the stars into a biblical theology.
EAN 9780198263616
ISBN 0198263619
Binding Paperback / softback
Publisher Oxford University Press
Publication date January 20, 1994
Pages 206
Language English
Dimensions 214 x 136 x 14
Country United Kingdom
Authors Scott Alan
Series Oxford Early Christian Studies