Origen Against Plato

by Mark Julian Edwards

Book Overview

This title was first published in 2002.Origen (AD 185 - 254) is regarded as one of the figures chiefly responsible for the contamination of biblical theology with pagan philosophy in the early church. Edwards argues that Origen set out to construct a Christian philosophy, yet he did so with the intention of preserving theology from the infiltration of pagan thought. Examining the question of philosophical influence on Christian thought, Edwards argues...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138733881
• ISBN13: 9781138733886
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 198 Pages