The sacramentality of the world and the mystery of freedom : : Hans Urs von Balthasar, reader of Origen / / Elisa Zocchi.

• Superior document: Adamantiana
• VerfasserIn: Zocchi, Elisa,
• Place / Publishing House: Münster, Germany : : Aschendorff Verlag GmbH & Co. KG,, [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: AdamantianaTexte und Studien zu Origenes und seinem Erbe
• Physical Description: 1 electronic resource (363 p.)

The book offers the first in-depth study of Origen’s presence in Hans Urs von Balthasar, not only considering his books on Origen, but also analyzing Origenian ideas that played a decisive role in his theological building. Starting from the historical context, the book connects Balthasar’s reading of Origen to the main issues of 20th-century Catholic theology and to theologians like Henri de Lubac, Karl Rahner, and Karl Barth. The book moves then to the main theological elements traceable in the relationship between Origen and Balthasar: Eros, spiritual senses, freedom, and universal salvation. Throughout these ideas, Balthasar’s attitude towards Origen emerges as dynamic and multifaceted.

Table of Contents

Titlepage -- Preface -- Content -- INTRODUCTION -- Section 1: ORIGEN AND THE 20TH CENTURY -- I. Balthasar among Many: Origen's Reception -- 1. The many "essences" of Origen -- 2. Origen in Balthasar's Corpus -- 3. Existing Literature and my Contribution -- II. Balthasar's Silences -- 1. Spirit and Fire: Why an Anthology? -- 2. The Structure: Inclusions and Omissions -- 3. The Three Strata of Origen -- III. Balthasar's Enthusiasm for Origen -- IV. Why Origen? The Issues behind Enthusiasm: against Neo-Scholasticism -- 1. School Theology -- 2. The Church in the World -- 3. Sources Chrétiennes: the Return to the Fathers -- 4. The Origin of Ressourcement: Henri de Lubac's Surnaturel -- 5. The Drama of Atheist Humanism -- 6. Nouvelle Théologie and Humani Generis -- 7. Balthasar's Perplexity with Surnaturel: the Discovery of a Different Concern -- 8. Balthasar and the Fathers -- V. Balthasar's Critiques of Origen -- 1. Not an Easy Retrieval -- 2. Wendung nach Osten: the Features of Eastern Spirituality -- a) Spiritualism and its Problems -- b) Liturgical Symbolism -- 3. Origen between Spiritualism and Sacramentality -- 4. Balthasar and Platonism -- VI. Why this Origen? The Issues behind the Critiques: against Idealistic Neoplatonism -- 1. The French Debate on Christian Philosophy -- 2. French Neoplatonism and Idealism -- 3. The Roots of the Critique: Titanism and Daimonic Struggle -- 4. The Prometheus Principle: Apokalypse der deutschen Seele -- 5. Secondary Evidence: Balthasar's Concern with Blondel -- Section 2: BALTHASAR'S APPRECIATION OF ORIGEN -- 1. The Transparency of the World -- 2. The Third Way -- I. The Dignity of Eros: Origen's Contribution to the Nature-Grace Controversy -- 1. Desire in Spirit and Fire -- 2. Desire in Origen's Cosmology: the Cosmic Adventure of the Soul -- a) "A Desire to be United with Him": the Dynamic Character of Desire.

b) "The Soul's Affinity to God": the Analogical Character of Desire -- c) "Some Traces of Divine Will": the Divine Arrow of Love as "Objective Promise" -- 3. Towards Sacramental Ontology: the "Objective Promise" in Balthasar's Theology -- 4. A Unique Symbol: the Mystical Marriage -- 5. The Bridal Relation of Nature and Grace -- II. The Spiritual Senses: Origen's Contribution to the Faith-Reason Controversy -- 1. The Spiritual Senses in Balthasar's Works -- 2. Why the Spiritual Senses? -- 3. The Spiritual Body -- 4. Balthasar's Interpretation of Origen's Spiritual Senses -- 5. Analogy and Presence -- 6. Beyond the Opposition: from Aesthetics to Dramatic -- 7. Origen and Balthasar: Continuity and Discontinuity -- 8. The Fruit of the Doctrine of the Spiritual Senses -- III. Exitus-Reditus: Origen's Contribution to the Freedom-Determinism Controversy -- 1. Origen's Cosmology of Freedom -- 2. A First Explanation: Freedom and Grace in Spirit and Fire -- 3. A Different Approach to the Problem: Origen in Theo-Drama 2 -- 4. Movement and Freedom -- 5. "Der wahre Kern" -- 6. The Roots of Freedom -- a) The Doctrine of Creation -- b) The Doctrine of the ἡγεμονικόν -- c) The Doctrine of Christ's Soul -- 7. An Exemplar Case: the Fifth Book of the Commentary on Romans -- 8. Indifference or Indifferentia? -- 9. The Law of Love -- IV. Conclusive Remarks: At the Core of the Tension within Balthasar's Appreciation of Origen -- 1. Titanism and Pantheism -- 2. Analogia Entis, Analogia Libertatis -- 3. A Way out of the Tension: Origen's "großartiger heilsgeschichtlicher Trinitarismus" -- 4. Kenosis and Freedom: Some Considerations -- V. Balthasar's Inspiration: Apocatastasis -- 1. Apocatastasis in Origen -- 2. Apocatastasis in Spirit and Fire -- 3. Voices on Universal Salvation -- a) Catholicisme -- b) History and Spirit.

c) "Tu m'as trompé, Seigneur". Le commentaire d'Origène sur Jérémie 20,7 -- 4. Balthasar's Development of Universal Salvation -- a) Dare we Hope -- b) Kleiner Diskurs über die Hölle -- c) Apokatastasis -- 5. Holy Saturday -- 6. Origen and Balthasar: Similarity and Dissimilarities -- 7. Barth and Origen -- CONCLUSION -- 1. Harvesting the Seed -- 2. The Fathers Today? -- List of Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- INDEXES -- Origen -- Names -- Subjects.