FUSCA SUM ET FORMOSA: HOLINESS OF THE CHURCH AND HOLINESS OF THE SOUL IN ORIGEN’S COMMENTARIES ON THE SONG OF SONGS Cover Image

FUSCA SUM ET FORMOSA. SVATOST CÍRKVE A SVATOST DUŠE PODLE ORIGENOVÝCH VÝKLADŮ VELEPÍSNĚ
FUSCA SUM ET FORMOSA: HOLINESS OF THE CHURCH AND HOLINESS OF THE SOUL IN ORIGEN’S COMMENTARIES ON THE SONG OF SONGS

Author(s): Lenka Karfíková
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion
Published by: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci
Keywords: Holiness; Church; Origen; Soul; Song of Songs; Patrology; Biblical Exegesis

Summary/Abstract: In Origen’s Commentaries on the Song of Songs, Holiness of the Church seems to be above all (if not exclusively) holiness of the “ecclesiastical souls” purged by their proximity to Christ. Although Origen presents the Church as “black and comely” bride he does not mean that she would be both holy and sinful, as it is the case in the works of some other Christian interpreters.

  • Issue Year: XII/2010
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 1-18
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Czech