Human Dignity in the Latin Reception of Origen

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Conclusions Chapter 2: Terms Associated with Dignity in Ru nus' Translations of Origen 2.1 Honour -2.2 Power -2.3 Glory -2.4 Status -2.5 Nobility -2.6 Beauty -2.7 Conclusions Part II: Dignity in Origen Chapter 3: Dignitas of Creatures in the Latin Translations of Origen 3.1 Dignity as Rank and Social Status -3.2 Dignity in the Church -3.3 Dignity of the Worthy Souls before Apocatastasis -3.4 Dignity of the Heavenly Powers -3.5 Conclusions Chapter 4: The Dignity of God and the Communication between God and Humans 4.1 Understanding God through His Dignity -4.2 Origen and Celsus: Discovering and Communicating God as Is Worthy of Him -4.3 Overcoming Rank: The Dignity of God in the Homilies on Psalms -4.4 Conclusions Part III: A Turning Point in the Usage of Dignitas: Universal Human Dignity Chapter 5: An Exceptional Passage in Origen through Ru nus' Latin Translation: Dignity of the Image in De Principiis 3.6.1 5.1 What Is the Dignity of the Image? Purpose, Themes, and Structure of Princ. 3.6.1 -5.2 Human Dignity and Instability -5.3 Conclusions Chapter 6: A Possible Parallel in Cicero? The Dignity and Excellence of Human Nature in De O ciis 1.106 6.1 Dignitas across Cicero's Life -6.2 De O ciis and Its Reception in the 4th Century -6.3 The Structure of the First Book of De O ciis: Honestum -6.4 The Context of O . 1.106: Decorum -6.5 Human Dignitas in O . 1.106-107 and in the Latin Version of Princ. 3.6.1 -6.6 Conclusions Part IV: The Usage of the Term Dignitas and the Reception of Origen's Views on Humanity in the Cultural Environment of Ru nus and Jerome Chapter 7: Universal Human Dignity in Latin Christian Texts from the 4th Century 7.1 Dignity of Human Souls Established at Creation -7.2 Dignity Available to All Those Who Become Christian -7.3 Conclusions Chapter 8: Human Dignity in the Latin Translations of the Cappadocians 8.1 Gregory of Nazianzus: Dignity of the Image -8.2 Basil of Caesarea: Dignity as Superiority -8.3 Gregory of Nyssa: Dignity and Royalty -8.4 Conclusions Chapter 9: Filastrius of Brescia: The Progress from Image to Likeness 9.1 Filastrius' Views on the Human Soul in Comparison with Origen -9.2 Human Dignity in Filastrius -9.3 The Di erence between Image and Likeness in the 3rd and 4th Centuries -9.4 Conclusions