Resumen de Theophilus of Alexandria and the First Origenist Controversy: Rhetoric and Power

Daniel A. Keating (res.)

• In answer, Banev appeals to the power of Theophilus's rhetoric delivered in the context of the monastic ideals of the day. [...]even if Theophilus was the master in the short run, Banev concludes that "the intellectual victory" belonged to the monks (196). According to Banev's account, Theophilus was mostly wrong about what Origen actually taught but mostly right about what the Origenists of his day were teaching.