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Theophilus of Alexandria and the First Origenist Controversy - Rhetoric and Power (Hardcover)
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Theophilus of Alexandria and the First Origenist Controversy - Rhetoric and Power (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Early Christian Studies
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In the age of the Theodosian dynasty and the establishment of
Christianity as the only legitimate religion of the Roman Empire,
few figures are more pivotal in the power politics of the Christian
church than archbishop Theophilus of Alexandria (385-412). This
work examines the involvement of archbishop Theophilus in the
so-called First Origenist Controversy when the famed third-century
Greek theologian Origen received, a century and a half after his
death, a formal condemnation for heresy. Modern scholars have been
successful in removing the majority of the charges which Theophilus
laid on Origen as not giving a fair representation of his thought.
Yet no sufficient explanation has been offered as to why what to us
appears as an obvious miscarriage of justice came to be accepted,
or why it was needed in the first place. Kratsu Banev offers a
sustained argument for the value of a rhetorically informed
methodology with which to analyse Theophilus' anti-Origenist Festal
Letters. He highlights that the wide circulation and overt
rhetorical composition of these letters allow for a new reading of
these key documents as a form of 'mass-media' unique for its time.
The discussion is built on a detailed examination of two key
ingredients in the pastoral polemic of the archbishop - masterly
use of late-antique rhetorical conventions, and in-depth knowledge
of monastic spirituality - both of which were vital for securing
the eventual acceptance of Origen's condemnation. Dr Banev's fresh
approach reveals that Theophilus' campaign formed part of a
consistent policy aimed at harnessing the intellectual energy of
the ascetic movement to serve the wider needs of the church.
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