Tag Archives: Origen

The Peculiarly Familiar Doctrines of Origen

We have recently been discussing the early Christian thinker Origen in my “Age of the Fathers” class. While we have been focusing mostly on his thoughts regarding the Trinity, there has been much in my readings that have struck as peculiarly familiar to my beliefs as a Latter-day Saint. I guess this is to be [...]
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What I Learned in Theology Class 8-29-08

Note: You may have noticed that I haven’t been posting as frequently in the past week or so. I spent some good time with family last week and started up school again this week, so my time has been significantly occupied and I am having to accustom to my new schedule. Also, I have been [...]
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New Materials to Explore

Great Book on Deification I recently received an e-mail from my Church Educational System (CES) supervisor, Thomas F. Olmstead–I will soon be starting my second year as a volunteer early-morning seminary teacher–who informed me of a great book that deals with the doctrine of deification as it was passed on in the Greek Orthodox tradition. I [...]
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