Origen, BardaiṢan, and the Origin of Universal Salvation Author(s): Ilaria L. E. Ramelli
Origen, Bardaisan, and the Origin of Universal Salvation* Ilaria L. E. Ramelli Catholic University of the Sacred Heart Milan, Italy ■ The Question at Stake Is Origen of Alexandria the inventor of the eschatological doctrine of apokatastasis- of the eventual return of all creatures to the Good, that is, God, and thus universal salvation? Certainly, he is one of its chief supporters in all of history, and he is, as far as we know, the first to have maintained it in a complete and coherent way, so that all of his philosophy of history, protology, and anthropology is oriented toward this...
Read MoreARAMAEANS AND ASSYRIANS IN NORTH-WESTERN SYRIA: MATERIAL EVIDENCE FROM TELL AFIS : Sebastiano Soldi
ARAMAEANS AND ASSYRIANS IN NORTH-WESTERN SYRIA: MATERIAL EVIDENCE FROM TELL AFIS Author(s): Sebastiano Soldi Iron Age Syria cultural contacts provides a case and influences. for a multi-facetted approach to exploring a region open to various The Assyrian-Aramaean interaction is probably one of the most interesting issues, as the “histories” of Aramaean Syria and Assyria share during the first half of the 1smtillenniumbctraitsofalinkedcommonpath,whichIreneWinterhaslabelled,fromthepointof view of visual art, as “a complex feedback-loop ofmutual...
Read MoreSongs and Prayers Like Incense: The Hymns of Ephrem the Syrian : J. Barrington Bates
Songs and Prayers Like Incense: The Hymns of Ephrem the Syrian J.BarringtoBnates At the beginning of this century,Roman Catholic scholar CharlesHerbermannsuggested,witha degreeofhauteur,that Literary Taste is noteverywhereand all timesthesame…. In literaturewe admiremostthe of and qualities luciditys,sobriety, varied action. Orientals,on the other hand, never weary of endless repetitionof the same thoughtin slightlyalteredform; theydelightin prettyverbal niceties,in the manifoldplay of rhythmand accent,rhymeand assonance,and acrostic.1 That Ephrem, the...
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