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anthropogeny (medicine)


anthropogeny


The origin and development of man, both individual and racial.

Synonym: anthropogenesis, anthropogony.

Origin: anthropo-+ G. Genesis, origin


Origen (sh)




orig. Oregenes Adamantius

born งใ 185, probably Alexandria, Egypt
died งใ 254, Tyre, Phoenicia

Greek theologian, one of the Fathers of the Church.

Probably the son of a Christian martyr, Origen studied philosophy in Alexandria and served as head of its catechetical school for 20 years. He later settled in Palestine and founded a school of philosophy and theology. He traveled widely as a preacher; he was imprisoned and tortured during the persecutions of the emperor Decius in 250 but survived to die several years later. His greatest work, the Hexapla, is a synopsis of six versions of the Hebrew scriptures. His writings, influenced by Neoplatonism and Stoicism, stress that providence seeks to restore all souls to their original blessedness and emphasize the centrality of the Word (Logos) in the cosmos. He held that even Satan was not beyond repentance and salvation, a view for which he was condemned. Although attacked as a heretic, Origen remained an influential thinker throughout late antiquity and the Middle Ages.