Originally presented as the author's doctoral dissertation (Ph. D.)--St. Elias School of Orthodox Theology, 2004.
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Contents
Preface -- Introduction -- Origen's intellectual background -- Origen's philosophical theology -- The influence of Origen's philosophy -- The later Christian Neoplatonists up to St. Maximus the Confessor -- Asceticism, soul, nature: basic concepts in the theology of Maximus the Confessor -- 'Correcting the myth': Maximus the Confessor's revision of Origen(ism) -- Conclusion -- Appendix: the role of the emperor in ecclesiastical politics in the Byzantine era.