Sin in Origen's Commentary on Romans by Stephen Bagby

Abstract

[...]in Chapter Four: Practice of Volitional Sin (127–58), Bagby delineates the cause and consequences of sin as the hegemonikon mediates between the lower and higher parts of the soul (128). [...]in the Conclusion (159–61), Bagby notes Origen's hamartiology's surprising similarity to Augustine and dissimilarity to Pelagius (159). A conclusion of three pages (159–61), which really amounts to one page of written text, serves to demonstrate the deleterious effects of hyper-focus at the expense of broader theological analysis.