num_pages: 507
description: Origen (185-ca. 254), one of the most prolific and influential of the early Church Fathers, is best known to us for his Scripture exegesis. Henri de Lubac's  History and Spirit  is a landmark study of Origen's understanding of Scripture and his exegetical methods. In exploring Origen's efforts to interpret the four different senses of Scripture, de Lubac leads the reader through an immense and varied work to its Christ the Word. As Hans Urs von Balthasar said in discussing this seminal "The theory of the senses of Scripture is not a curiosity of the history of theology but an instrument for seeking out the most profound articulations of salvation history..." (From the book  The Theology of Henri de Lubac .) What the reader finds on this journey is not only, then, a fascinating view of the mind and spirit of an important Father of the Church, but an essential key to a more profound understanding of the way in which Christ speaks to us through Scripture.
language: English
title: History and Spirit: The Understanding of Scripture According to Origen
titlecomplete: History and Spirit: The Understanding of Scripture According to Origen
genres: Religion, Church History, Theology, Nonfiction, Christianity
ratings_count: 51
publisher: Ignatius Press