Aspectos escatológicos no pensamento de Orígenes de Alexandria

Abstract

This study aims to present the eschatological Aspects in the thought of Origen of Alexandria. The work was divided into three chapters. In the first one the Alexandrine School with its main exponents, Panteno of Alexandria, Clemente of Alexandria and Origins of Alexandria, its main theories and works are presented. In the second, the eschatology of the person, essential concepts about death and postmortem, are dealt with specifically, having the concepts of soul, pre-existence of the soul and resurrection of the soul in two essential works of Origen of Alexandria, principles "and" Contra Celso ". The third chapter deals with the eschatology of the world, which will deal with concepts such as the doctrine of the Logos, the beginning of the world and causes, apocastasis, universal restoration, consummation and end of the world and especially the kingdom of God, the hope of Christians. If, on the one hand, "Contra Celso" was one of the most important apologetic works of Christianity, defending it from pagan attacks, on the other, the work "Treatise on the Principles" was the first attempt to create a systematic theology, since Origen carefully analyzed the Christian beliefs concerning God, Christ, and the Holy Spirit, as well as details concerning creation, salvation, and an analysis of the resurrection in the light of the Holy Scriptures. Thus, the study concludes that Origen's work as well as being a systematization of the central ideas of the Christianity of his time is also a sketch of a new science, the science of biblical theology, through which each sentence of the scriptures was methodically explored for to find hidden meanings and allegories, in addition to the essential meanings of the text, what the author meant, what he actually says and what he will always say in the future for the faithful and biblical scholars.