...de dödas kroppsliga forms uppståndelse och ett evigt liv. - En undersökning av Origenes syn på kroppens uppståndelse
(2023) KRMK10 20222Centre for Theology and Religious Studies
Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology
- Abstract
- In this essay, I will examine what Origen of Alexandria believed about the resurrection of the body. Origen was condemned as a heretic at the Second Council of Constantinople in 553, one of the main reasons for this was that he was said to deny the physical resurrection of the body.
Due to the condemnation of Origen, the work of copying his works was also stopped, with the result that many of Origen’s works do not exist today, making it difficult to know what Origen actually believed about the resurrection of the body. This is also a contributing factor to the fact that Origen's doctrine of resurrection is still debated among scholars today. The purpose of this essay is thus to nuance this research to create a greater understanding of... (More) - In this essay, I will examine what Origen of Alexandria believed about the resurrection of the body. Origen was condemned as a heretic at the Second Council of Constantinople in 553, one of the main reasons for this was that he was said to deny the physical resurrection of the body.
Due to the condemnation of Origen, the work of copying his works was also stopped, with the result that many of Origen’s works do not exist today, making it difficult to know what Origen actually believed about the resurrection of the body. This is also a contributing factor to the fact that Origen's doctrine of resurrection is still debated among scholars today. The purpose of this essay is thus to nuance this research to create a greater understanding of Origen's theology of resurrection.
To answer the question of what Origen believed about the resurrection of the body, I will analyze his own works De Principiis and Contra Celsum, as well as the quotes of Origen found in Epiphanius’ Panarion 64 and Jerome’s Against John of Jerusalem.
To do this, I have done a conceptual analysis of selected concepts that Origen used when discussing the resurrection of the body. Today, there are many theories that concern the body and corporeality, which clearly shows that we cannot assume that there is only one understanding of the body. Based on this, it is therefore important to consider what these concepts meant in Origen's authorship without carrying a preconceived understanding of them.
What I have concluded from this analysis is that Origen saw our physical bodies as consisting of a corporeal form (είδος) and physical matter that adapted to this form. What then happens at the end of our earthly life is that our corporeal form dies and thus releases all the physical matter that previously enveloped it. This corporeal form will then assume a kind of spiritual matter when it has ascended to heaven. Thus, the only thing that remains of our current bodies in the afterlife is our corporeal form, which is why Origen believed that the resurrection of the body actually means the resurrection of the corporeal form (είδος). (Less)
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- Hagmo, Love LU
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- organization
- course
- KRMK10 20222
- year
- 2023
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Origen, resurrection, resurrection of the body, spiritual body, σώμα πνευματικόν/soma pneumatikon, physical body, είδος, corporeal form, Origenes, uppståndelse, kroppens uppståndelse, andlig kropp, fysisk kropp
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- Swedish
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- 9113346
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abstract = {{In this essay, I will examine what Origen of Alexandria believed about the resurrection of the body. Origen was condemned as a heretic at the Second Council of Constantinople in 553, one of the main reasons for this was that he was said to deny the physical resurrection of the body.
Due to the condemnation of Origen, the work of copying his works was also stopped, with the result that many of Origen’s works do not exist today, making it difficult to know what Origen actually believed about the resurrection of the body. This is also a contributing factor to the fact that Origen's doctrine of resurrection is still debated among scholars today. The purpose of this essay is thus to nuance this research to create a greater understanding of Origen's theology of resurrection.
To answer the question of what Origen believed about the resurrection of the body, I will analyze his own works De Principiis and Contra Celsum, as well as the quotes of Origen found in Epiphanius’ Panarion 64 and Jerome’s Against John of Jerusalem.
To do this, I have done a conceptual analysis of selected concepts that Origen used when discussing the resurrection of the body. Today, there are many theories that concern the body and corporeality, which clearly shows that we cannot assume that there is only one understanding of the body. Based on this, it is therefore important to consider what these concepts meant in Origen's authorship without carrying a preconceived understanding of them.
What I have concluded from this analysis is that Origen saw our physical bodies as consisting of a corporeal form (είδος) and physical matter that adapted to this form. What then happens at the end of our earthly life is that our corporeal form dies and thus releases all the physical matter that previously enveloped it. This corporeal form will then assume a kind of spiritual matter when it has ascended to heaven. Thus, the only thing that remains of our current bodies in the afterlife is our corporeal form, which is why Origen believed that the resurrection of the body actually means the resurrection of the corporeal form (είδος).}},
author = {{Hagmo, Love}},
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note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{...de dödas kroppsliga forms uppståndelse och ett evigt liv. - En undersökning av Origenes syn på kroppens uppståndelse}},
year = {{2023}},
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