[B-Greek] Origen hypostasis
Harold R. Holmyard III
hholmyard at ont.com
Sun Oct 9 19:44:49 EDT 2005
Dear Octavio,
> I don´t have the Greek of this text of Origen
>(Fragm in Jo. 37 ) , however , Origen said about
>the Holy Spirit that " is an active
>substantial being" . If he used "hUPOSTASIS" ,
>perhaps it mean "person" or an individual being.
>For example , Tertulian (That is before Origen)
>used the term "personae" for the Holy Spirit.
>It is possible that Origen read Tertulian (Adv
>.Preaxeam) and translated hUPOSTASIS to
>personae Latin .
>Is it possible ?.
HH: I'm not an expert. Perhaps someone else would
know. It seems to be used that way in later
Church thinking about the Trinity, but I don't
know about Origen. According to LSJ, the word
hUPOSTASIS is used to show substantial existence,
and with IDIOS it could indicate a separate
existence. BAGD adds the idea of "actual being."
They give "real being" for hUPOSTASIS in Heb 1:3.
(Concerning your earlier question, in Heb 11:1
LSJ favors the interpretation "confidence" for
hUPOSTASIS. BAGD like "realization" at Heb 11:1:
"in faith things hoped for become realized" or
"things hoped for become reality." I prefer LSJ's
interpretation.
Yours,
Harold Holmyard
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