Evagrius's Kephalaia gnostika : a new translation of the unreformed text from the Syriac / translated with an introduction and commentary by Illaria L.E. Ramelli

• Introductory essay: recovering the true thought of the Origenian Evagrius: a needed reassessment of the influence of Origen and Gregory of Nyssa on Evagrius -- Evagrius's life reconsidered in light of Origen's and Gregory's influence -- The Kephalaia gnostika, their two versions, and their riddles -- Evagrius's works, the loss of some in Greek, their survival in translations -- The letter to Melania and its relation to the Kephalaia gnostika -- Good and evil, gnosis and ignorance, virtue and sin, apatheia and passions, and restoration -- The aeons and the telos -- Christ, the attainment of unity, and creation -- The positive role of matter and a crucial (and overlooked) terminological distinction: different kinds of bodies -- Apatheia, pathē, and charity-love, which is no pathos -- Judgment and providence, justice and mercy -- Conclusions: contribution to research -- The present commentary and acknowledgments -- Evagrius, Kephalaia gnostika: translation and commentary.

Ämnesord

Theology, Doctrinal  -- Early works to 1800 (LCSH)

Theology, Doctrinal.  (fast)

Genre

Early works.  (fast)

Personnamn

Evagrius Ponticus, 345?-399

Origenes, ca 185-ca 254

Titel

Gnostikos (Evagrius, Ponticus)

Klassifikation

BR65.E923 (LCC)

270.2092 (DDC)

Cj.2 (kssb/8 (machine generated))