The free will notion in Origen regarding an antignostic controversy in the context of II-IV Centuries AD

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Free will, Hellenism, Gnosticism, Christianity

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Origen resembles more the intellectualized gnosis, renowned among educated people, as was the case of Valentino’s metaphysics in the 2nd Century A.D., that the gnosis of 3rd Century A.D., arising from a religious syncretism, mixed with the collective imaginary and to the desire for salvation of the post popular strata. But there is an insurmountable difference between Origen and Valentino regarding the notion of free will. For the first one, free will is inseparable from the moral action, for the second, human actions would be destined by nature to salvation or to damnation.

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Sidnei Francisco do Nascimento, Professor Associado na Universidade Federal do Maranhão (UFMA)

Doutor em Filosofia pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP). Professor Associado de Ética e Filosofia Política da Universidade Federal do Maranhão (UFMA)

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2020-10-09 — Updated on 2020-10-15

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