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Origen of Alexandria, De principiis I
While reading Origen´s treatise De principiis I (especially De princ. I,2) in Rufinus´ Latin translation, we will focus on the issue of the relation of origin of the Son of God to God the Father and on Origen´s concepts and formulations which he employed to conceive the issue in question (e.g. the eternal generation of the Son from the Father, the Son existing as the image of the Father, the Son as the will from the mind, the brightness from the eternal light etc.). Origen´s employment of biblical terminology will be discussed, as well as influence of Origen´s thought on theological disputes in the first half of the fourth century.