A Larger Hope?, Volume 1: Universal Salvation from Christian

A Larger Hope?, Volume 1: Universal Salvation from Christian Beginnings to Julian of Norwich

In the minds of some, universal salvation is a heretical idea that was imported into Christianity from pagan philosophies by Origen (c.185â€“253/4). Ilaria Ramelli argues that this picture is completely mistaken. She maintains that Christian theologians were the first people to proclaim that all will be saved and that their reasons for doing so were rooted in their faith in Christ. She demonstrates that, in fact, the idea of the final restoration of all creation (apokatastasis) was grounded upon the teachings of the Bible and the churchâ€™s beliefs about Jesusâ€™ total triumph over sin, death, and evil through his incarnation, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension.
Ramelli traces the Christian roots of Origenâ€™s teaching on apokatastasis. She argues that he was drawing on texts from Scripture and from various Christians who preceded him, theologians such as Bardaisan, Irenaeus, and Clement. She outlines Origenâ€™s often-misunderstood theology in some detail and then follows the legacy of his Christian universalism through the centuries that followed. We are treated to explorations of Origenian universal salvation in a host of Christian disciples, including Athanasius, Didymus the Blind, the Cappadocian fathers, Evagrius, Maximus the Confessor, John Scotus Eriugena, and Julian of Norwich.
Country USA
Brand Cascade Books
Manufacturer Cascade Books
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2019-07-15
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781610978842

Country	USA
Brand	Cascade Books
Manufacturer	Cascade Books
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2019-07-15
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781610978842

A Larger Hope?, Volume 1: Universal Salvation from Christian Beginnings to Julian of Norwich

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