Main Symbolic Drama of Passage: Envisioning Scriptural Interpretation As a Symbolic Act With Origen of Alexandria (Patristic Studies in Global Perspective, 3)
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Symbolic Drama of Passage: Envisioning Scriptural Interpretation As a Symbolic Act With Origen of Alexandria (Patristic Studies in Global Perspective, 3)

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Origen envisioned scriptural interpretation as a symbolic drama of passage with the Logos-Christ, reuniting what is originally one. During the first three centuries C.E., (symbol) became a prominent term along with (enigma) and (allegory) in forming a cosmic formula popular across the Mediterrnean world: symbol encodes the divine mystery in enigmatic forms and allegory decodes them. Having considered Scripture as full of divine symbols, Origen envisioned and practiced allegorical interpretation of Scripture as a symbolic act of bringing, comparing, and matching its letters under the divine paideia of the Logos-Christ. In seeking three levels of scriptural meaning, Origen construed the cosmos as a tripartite reality and defined the essence of Christianity as a symbolic drama of passage. For Origen, the main actor of this drama is the Logos-Christ in the divine action of gradually leading his bride (i.e., the church) from the visible reality through the invisible reality to the divine reality.
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Year:
2022
Publisher:
Ferdinand Schoningh Wilhelm Fink &
Language:
English
Pages:
158
ISBN 10:
350679342X
ISBN 13:
9783506793423
ISBN:
350679342X,9783506793423

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