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This introduction to Gnosis by Christoph Markschies combines great clarity with immense learning.In his Introduction Markschies defines the term Gnosis and its relationship to 'Gnosticism', indicating why Gnosis is preferable and sketches out the main problems. He then treats the sources, both those in the church fathers and heresiologists, and the more recent Nag Hammadi finds. He goes on to discuss early forms of 'Gnosis' in antiquity, Jewish and Christian (New Testament) and the early Gnostics; the main representatives of Gnosis, especially Valentinus and Marcion; Manichaeism as the...

Christoph Markschies legt hier gesammelte Beitrage zu dem christlichen Theologen Origenes (gestorben ca. 254 n. Chr.) vor, der als der erste wissenschaftlich arbeitende Denker des Christentums gelten kann. Die Aufsatze behandeln philologische Probleme von Texten des Origenes, untersuchen theologische Vorstellungen wie beispielsweise die Gotteslehre des alexandrinischen Theologen und nehmen mit dem Kirchenhistoriker Eusebius und dem Mailander Bischof Ambrosius zwei magebliche Theologen des vierten Jahrhunderts in den Blick, die im Osten wie Westen das Erbe des Origenes...

This introduction to gnosis by Christoph Markschies combines clarity with a huge wealth of learning. Markschies defines the term gnosis and its relationship to 'Gnosticism', indicating why gnosis is preferable and sketches out the main problems. He then introduces sources, both those in the Church Fathers and the more recent Nag Hammadi finds. Next, Markschies provides an overview of the early forms of 'gnosis' in antiquity, Jewish and Christian (New Testament) and the early gnostics. This is followed with an outline of the main representatives and key figures of Gnosis, especially...

This introduction to Gnosis by Christoph Markschies combines great clarity with immense learning.In his Introduction Markschies defines the term Gnosis and its relationship to 'Gnosticism', indicating why Gnosis is preferable and sketches out the main problems. He then treats the sources, both those in the church fathers and heresiologists, and the more recent Nag Hammadi finds. He goes on to discuss early forms of 'Gnosis' in antiquity, Jewish and Christian (New Testament) and the early Gnostics; the main representatives of Gnosis, especially Valentinus and Marcion; Manichaeism as the...

This introduction to gnosis by Christoph Markschies combines clarity with a huge wealth of learning. Markschies defines the term gnosis and its relationship to 'Gnosticism', indicating why gnosis is preferable and sketches out the main problems. He then introduces sources, both those in the Church Fathers and the more recent Nag Hammadi finds. Next, Markschies provides an overview of the early forms of 'gnosis' in antiquity, Jewish and Christian (New Testament) and the early gnostics. This is followed with an outline of the main representatives and key figures of Gnosis, especially...

Tension between unity and diversity plagues any attempt to recount the development of earliest Christianity. Explanations run the gamut from asserting the presence of a fully formed and accepted unity at the beginning of Christianity to the hypothesis that understands orthodox unity as a later imposition upon Christianity by Rome. In "Christian Theology and Its Institutions in the Early Roman Empire," Christoph Markschies seeks to unravel the complex problem of unity and diversity by carefully examining the institutional settings for the development of Christian theology. Specifically,...

Origen (185-254), ancient theologian and philosopher, has had a profound influence on Christian theology and the whole history of European thought with his academic mindset and his original thinking on topics such as liberty, history and justice. This bilingual edition in 25 volumes aims to make his complete writings available and accessible to scholars across a range of disciplines as a rich historical resource for present-day problems in religious culture, theology, philosophy and ethics.

All texts are presented in a modern translation - many of them for the first time in German...