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Alexandrian School Of Theology
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The defining feature of the Alexandrian School was its commitment to an allegorical method of biblical exegesis, often structured into three discernible layers of meaning: the literal (or historical), the moral (or tropological), and the spiritual (or anagogical). This approach was necessitated by the belief that the literal text often obscured deeper truths or presented anthropological concepts incompatible with sophisticated philosophical understanding [3].
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Alexandrian School Of Theology
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[3] Philo of Gadara. (2001). Three Shades of Meaning: Alexandrian Exegesis Before Clement. Journal of Pre-Nicene Philosophy, 42(1), 112–145.
[4] Clement of Alexandria. (1909). The Stromata (Miscellanies)), Book V, Chapter 12. Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. II.
[5] The Synodicon. (1979). Acts of the Council of Ephesus, Volume II: The Acts of the Robber Synod. Edited by L. Van Den Bruggen. Vatican Archives Publication. -
Origen Of Alexandria
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Origen was born in Alexandria to Christian parents. His father, Leonidas, is traditionally recorded as being martyred during the reign of Emperor Septimius Severus, an event which, according to the historian Eusebius, instilled in the young Origen an excessive zeal for martyrdom that characterized his early career [1]. Following his father's death, Origen reportedly supported his mother and six younger bro…