Theophilus of Alexandria and the first Origenist controversy: rhetoric and power
In the age of the Theodosian dynasty and the establishment of Christianity as the only legitimate religion of the Roman Empire, few figures are more pivotal in the power politics of the Christian church than archbishop Theophilus of Alexandria (385-412). This work examines the involvement of archbis...
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| Zusammenfassung: | In the age of the Theodosian dynasty and the establishment of Christianity as the only legitimate religion of the Roman Empire, few figures are more pivotal in the power politics of the Christian church than archbishop Theophilus of Alexandria (385-412). This work examines the involvement of archbishop Theophilus in the so-called First Origenist Controversy when the famed third-century Greek theologian Origen received, a century and a half after his death, a formal condemnation for heresy. Modern scholars have been successful in removing the majority of the charges which Theophilus laid on Origen as not giving a fair representation of his thought. Yet no sufficient explanation has been offered as to why what to us appears as an obvious miscarriage of justice came to be accepted, or why it was needed in the first place. Kratsu Banev offers a sustained argument for the value of a rhetorically informed methodology with which to analyse Theophilus' anti-Origenist Festal Letters. He highlights that the wide circulation and overt rhetorical composition of these letters allow for a new reading of these key documents as a form of 'mass-media' unique for its time. The discussion is built on a detailed examination of two key ingredients in the pastoral polemic of the archbishop - masterly use of late-antique rhetorical conventions, and in-depth knowledge of monastic spirituality - both of which were vital for securing the eventual acceptance of Origen's condemnation. Dr Banev's fresh approach reveals that Theophilus' campaign formed part of a consistent policy aimed at harnessing the intellectual energy of the ascetic movement to serve the wider needs of the church |
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| adam_text | Titel: Theophilus of Alexandria and the first Origenist controversy
Autor: Banev, Krastu Krassimirov
Jahr: 2015
Contents
Introduction: Why Study the First Origenist
Controversy Again? 1
PART I. THEOPHILUS OF ALEXANDRIA
AND THE ORIGENIST CONTROVERSY
1. Historical Background 9
(a) Distant Prehistory 11
(b) Immediate Prehistory 13
2. Theological Issues 19
(a) Theophilus Origenism and the Evagrian Heritage 23
(b) The Elusive Anthropomorphites at the time
of Theophilus 29
3. The Anti-Origenist Councils of 400 35
(a) Violence in the Desert 42
(b) The Condemnation of Origen 44
PART II. BACKGROUND FOR THE ANALYSIS
OF THEOPHILUS RHETORIC
4. Classical Rhetoric and Christian Paideia 53
(a) Rhetoric and the Early Church 54
(b) Mass Persuasion in the Fifth Century: The Case
of Theophilus Festal Letters 66
(c) Jerome and Synesius on Theophilus Letters 72
5. Classical Rhetoric: Theoretical Foundations 81
(a) Aristotle s Art of Rhetoric 83
(b) The Progymnasmata Tradition 89
(c) The Hermogenic Corpus 95
PART III. ANALYSIS OF THEOPHILUS
RHETORIC
6. Rhetorical Proofs from Pathos, Ethos, and Logos 107
(a) Emotional Appeal 108
(b) Ethical Appeal 122
x Contents
(c) Logical Appeal
(d) Theophilus Teachers
7. Rhetorical Proofs from Liturgy and Scripture
PART IV. THE MONASTIC RECEPTION
OF THEOPHILUS RHETORIC
8. Hie Value of Monastic Sources
(a) Rhetorically Important Themes in the Apophthegmata
(b) Hie Ambiguous Place of Heresy
9. Hie Image of Theophilus in the Apophthegmata
Review of the Argument and Epilogue
Bibliography
Index ofScriptures
General Index
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