The Oxford Handbook of Catholic Theology by Lewis Ayres;Medi Ann Volpe;Thomas L. Humphries Jr.;

Author:Lewis Ayres;Medi Ann Volpe;Thomas L. Humphries Jr.;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: OUP Premium
Published: 2019-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

P A R T II

Modern Catholic Theology

Sources in Catholic Theology up to Vatican I

Chapter 28

Origen and Augustine

Lewis Ayres

Origen of Alexandria (c.185-c.254) and Augustine of Hippo (354-430) are foundational for later Catholic theology. They are foundational because of their positions on a variety of theological questions, but also, and perhaps more fundamentally, because of their conception of theological thinking itself. Together they articulate an account of the role of attention to Scripture and the use of philosophical reasoning that would be formative for the centuries that follow. However, two provisos are necessary. In the first case, both thinkers were not only original geniuses, but also mediators of earlier Christian traditions. They articulated with particular clarity and vision approaches that most of their peers would have recognized as the common practice of Christian thinkers. In the second place, because Origen was a controversial figure, Augustine may be read as a partial (if sometimes unconscious) corrective to Origen even as he pursues very similar lines of thought. Various other chapters within the volume discuss their opinions on particular theological topics; my focus here will be to sketch something of their shared vision of what it is to think theologically so that its significance for the subsequent history of Catholic theology maybe more clearly grasped.

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