Origen[1]
 
 
1. Introduction
 
Let us continue with the presentation and the commentary on some patristic texts about priestly formation. I will refer now to the so-called “Alexandrian tradition”.
Alexandria – as we have already pointed out – appears to nurture two tendencies that are complementary to the Antiochene tradition, i.e.  allegory in exegesis and the valorization of the divinity of the Word in Christology. In general, Alexandria is quite remote from the so-called Asian “materialism”, with which we dealt in Chapter Two: this seems to be fairly evident also in the ecclesiological domain and, particularly so, in the conception of the ordained ministry.[2]

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