(Theology) Fr John Behr - Origen and the Early Church, Pt 2

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Theology Track Episode: Live from Nashotah House, WI (3rd year running), here's part 2 of our interview with Fr John Behr. Amy Brown Hughes talks with Fr John Behr about Origen and all things Patristic. In addition to more of the interview, we've got some Q&A in this episode. If you missed Part 1, visit HERE.
Guest: The Very Reverend Dr John Behr is a British Eastern Orthodox priest and theologian. He is the former Dean of St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, where he is currently the Director of the Master of Theology Program and the Father Georges Florovsky Distinguished Professor of Patristics. He was ordained to the diaconate on September 8, 2001 and the priesthood on September 14, 2001. He is the editor of the Patristic Series released by St. Vladimir's Press. He was elected dean of the seminary on November 18, 2006, and served as dean from 2007 until 2017, when he was named Father Georges Florovsky Distinguished Professor of Patristics. He's the author of numerous books, including translation works, e.g., Origen: On First Principles (Oxford), Irenaeus: On the Apostolic Teaching (St Vladimir's Press), The Way to Nicaea, Vol. 1 (St. Vladimir's Press), and Formation of Christian Theology, Vol. 2: The Nicene Faith (St. Vladimir's Press). (adapted from Wikipedia, no less)
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If you like this: Check out our episode with Amy Brown Hughes and Lynn Cohick on their book Christian Women in the Patristic World, as well as our episode with Meghan Henning on her book Educating Early Christians Through the Rhetoric of Hell, and our episode with Matthew Thomas on his book Paul’s ‘Works of the Law’ in the Perspective of Second Century Reception.

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"The plant...was swarming...with bees".
That example was worth the whole lecture for me.

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Sure thing. Thanks for listening!

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Thank you for this !!

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[@chessgeek10707]

Notwithstanding that Fr. Behr was not talking to a Catholic audience, I wish he would have opined whether Origen should be canonized.

[@claesvanoldenphatt9972]

I think that train left the station a long time ago and its relevance with it. Fr. Behr and other theologians will be working to show us who Origen really was by translating him anew. Ecumenical Councils condemning Origen centuries after his death are accepted by convention and piety demands we not controvert them. If better exposition of Origen shows us that he is not condemnable future argument might rise to conciliar level that could lift the condemnation. But it will take a lot of work to recover Origen before it could happen and theologians won’t be jumping the gun. I know Abp. Alexander Golitzin is effusive in his admiration of Origen who was so influential among early church fathers, but sophomores of orthodoxy have jumped all over it to discredit the theology of the Abp., as an ad hominem not dissimilar to Origen’s own calumniation.

[@shiningdiamond5046]

@@claesvanoldenphatt9972 Origen is not a saint hes a perennialist freak who's teachings are condemned at every ecumenical synod and the fathers after his death worked hard to condemn his false teachings

[@claesvanoldenphatt9972]

@@shiningdiamond5046 so says the neophyte hyperdox TradChad

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@@claesvanoldenphatt9972 more buzzwords, we meet again

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Wonderful. Thank You