De l'exégèse à la polémique: la notion d'akolouthía dans les tomes 1-2 du "Contre Celse" d'Origène

This paper studies the links between exegesis and polemic in Origen, focussing on the exegetical and polemical use of ἀκολουθία in two contemporary works: Commentary on Matthew and Against Celsus. After a short survey of the different meanings of the word ἀκολουθία, we will see how the pagan polemic...

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Published in:Vigiliae Christianae
Main Author: Piscini, Gianluca 1987- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:French
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Published: Brill [2020]
In: Vigiliae Christianae
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
HC New Testament
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
Further subjects:B Against Celsus
B Celsus
B Commentary on Matthew
B ἀκολουθία
B True Discourse
B Origen
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Summary:This paper studies the links between exegesis and polemic in Origen, focussing on the exegetical and polemical use of ἀκολουθία in two contemporary works: Commentary on Matthew and Against Celsus. After a short survey of the different meanings of the word ἀκολουθία, we will see how the pagan polemicist uses this notion. Then we will study Origen's answer in a more thorough fashion. We will show that, as in the Commentary on Matthew, Origen uses the notion of ἀκολουθία to re-establish the dignity of the Gospels; but he also criticizes the inability of Celsus to correctly understand a text - in other words, his "lack of ἀκολουθία". In the end, it will be clear that in Origen, the notion of ἀκολουθία is crucial both in exegesis and in polemics, and that it helps us to better understand the unity of his thought and of his works.
ISSN:1570-0720
Contains:Enthalten in: Vigiliae Christianae
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15700720-12341431