{"id":1946,"date":"2007-04-25T08:55:56","date_gmt":"2007-04-25T08:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2007\/04\/its-wednesday.html"},"modified":"2007-04-25T08:55:56","modified_gmt":"2007-04-25T08:55:56","slug":"its-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2007\/04\/its-wednesday.html","title":{"rendered":"It’s Wednesday.."},"content":{"rendered":"

….and I think that Thomas<\/a> has his PPOD for sure:<\/p>\n

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Origen was the topic today, as Benedict continues his catechesis on early Christian figures:<\/a><\/p>\n

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The \u201corated reading\u201d of the Bible,  the catechesis and coherence in \u201cmoral\u201d behaviour which mark the life and works of the third century Origen, \u201cone of the greatest fathers of the Church\u201d, have lost none of their relevance in today\u2019s world.  They show that \u201cin the allegorical and spiritual reading of the word of God and in the coherent commitment to life, the Church blossoms and renews itself\u201d, because God\u2019s Word \u201cknows no age\u201d.  In his continued catechesis on the importance of the teachings of the fathers of the Church, today Benedict XVI spoke of Origen to the 25 thousand pilgrims gathered in St Peter\u2019s square for his general audience, defining the Saint as an \u201cessential figure in the development of Christian thought\u201d, in which he brought about an \u201cirreversible turn\u201d. So much so, that pope Ratzinger said he had relied heavily upon him for his \u201cJesus of Nazareth\u201d and prayed that he remain a model for theologians today.  <\/p>\n

A pupil of Clement of Alexandria \u2013 of whom the pope spoke last week \u2013 Origen projects all that he had learned from him towards the future.  He was not only \u201ca brilliant theologian, but also an essential witness of Church doctrine\u201d, he said that \u201cconduct must correspond to the word of law\u201d and he \u201cled many others to follow him\u201d, yearning to die the martyrs death that his father met.  Benedict XVI notes that while he preached at Caesarea, he said \u201cthe best way to honour my father and glorify Christ was by living a good and upright life\u201d. His \u201cnostalgia for the baptism of blood\u201d was in part fulfilled when in 350; he was arrested and tortured, dying soon after.<\/p>\n

His works encompass 320 books and 310 homilies, for the most part lost, \u201cbut what little remains makes him the most prolific writer of the first three centuries of Christianity\u201d. <\/p>\n

The \u201cnovelty of his thought\u201d, illustrated by the Pope, substantially corresponds to the foundation of theology in the explanation of the Sacred Scriptures, to explain understanding of the Scriptures, \u201chis is a perfect symbiosis between theology and elucidation\u201d with \u201can incessant invitation to pass from a reading of the spirit of the Scriptures in order to progress in our knowing God\u201d.<\/p>\n

Origen demonstrated how there are three levels of reading the Bible. Firstly he dedicated himself to studying the texts and providing the most trustworthy translation: to this ends he created an edition of the Bible with six parallel columns starting from Hebrew characters, for which he had some contact with contemporary Rabbis.  First of all therefore, \u201cknow exactly what is written\u201d.  Then a systematic reading with accompanying comments, verse by verse in order to understand the meaning of what is written.  Lastly Origen \u201cdedicated himself to preaching adapting himself to a varied public\u201d. The is, in short \u201cthe literal sense, which however hides great depth of thought which in a first reading often does not emerge.  The second is the moral meaning that is what we must do to live the Word.  And finally the spiritual sense, that is the unity of the Scriptures which in all of its unity speaks to us of Jesus Christ\u201d. \u201cIn my book on Jesus \u2013he added \u2013 I too attempted this multi-dimensionality in the Scared Scripture, in today\u2019s terms yet in full respect of its historic sense, which transcends from Christ and shows us the way to live\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Writers. Never miss a chance to flog their books, do they?<\/p>\n

More on Origen, including the later controversies and anathemas.<\/a><\/p>\n

More Vatican news..today the Maronite patriarch of Lebanon will be at the Vatican.<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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