On June 2012, Vatican's official newspaper' L'Osservatore Romano, announced the discovery of some original Christian documents in the Library of Munich (Germany). The discovery, made by philology professor Marina Molin Pradel at Munich's Bayerische Staatbibliothek consists of 29 original sermons belonging to the great thinker and Christian theologian Origen, dating back to the early third century AD.
"It is, according to all probability, the discovery of the century", said the Vatican newspaper.
Origen is considered to be the "father of biblical exegesis," as he was one of the first great Christian philosophers to interpret the books of the Old and New Testament.
When studying a Byzantine codex from eleventh century, "Monacensis" Greek 314, Marina Molin Pradel noted that some sermons there matched those of Origen from the first half of the third century translated in Latin in the fifth century. "Researcher concluded that all 29 of sermons contained in Codex, considered until then unpublished belonged to the great Christian intellectual," says L'Osservatore Romano.
Origen, born in Egypt around AD 185, was succeeded at the head of the theological school of Alexandria in 215 by Clement of Alexandria. He then founded a theological school in Caesarea, in Palestine. He died in 253, the city of Tyre in Phoenicia.
As a curiosity the "lectio divina," a practice of prayer, relaunched by Pope Benedict XVI is attributed to Origen.
"It is, according to all probability, the discovery of the century", said the Vatican newspaper.
Origen is considered to be the "father of biblical exegesis," as he was one of the first great Christian philosophers to interpret the books of the Old and New Testament.
When studying a Byzantine codex from eleventh century, "Monacensis" Greek 314, Marina Molin Pradel noted that some sermons there matched those of Origen from the first half of the third century translated in Latin in the fifth century. "Researcher concluded that all 29 of sermons contained in Codex, considered until then unpublished belonged to the great Christian intellectual," says L'Osservatore Romano.
Origen, born in Egypt around AD 185, was succeeded at the head of the theological school of Alexandria in 215 by Clement of Alexandria. He then founded a theological school in Caesarea, in Palestine. He died in 253, the city of Tyre in Phoenicia.
As a curiosity the "lectio divina," a practice of prayer, relaunched by Pope Benedict XVI is attributed to Origen.
Discovered in a library in Munich? They didn't knew they have it until this time? I hope that they reveal also some secrets from Vatican's library.
ReplyDeleteI guess no one read carefully the Monacensis Codex until now :)
ReplyDeleteMaybe the whole world history and secrets are hidden in many books and nobody pays attention when reading? :)
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