Human Dignity in the Latin Reception of Origen

Part I: Linguistic Issues
Chapter 1: Comparison with Greek Terms
1.1 Greek Terms That Rufinus and Jerome Translate as Dignus or Digne - 1.2 Greek Terms That Rufinus and Jerome Translate as Dignitas - 1.3 Conclusions

Chapter 2: Terms Associated with Dignity in Rufinus' Translations of Origen
2.1 Honour - 2.2 Power - 2.3 Glory - 2.4 Status - 2.5 Nobility - 2.6 Beauty - 2.7 Conclusions

Part II: Dignity in Origen
Chapter 3: Dignitas of Creatures in the Latin Translations of Origen
3.1 Dignity as Rank and Social Status - 3.2 Dignity in the Church - 3.3 Dignity of the Worthy Souls before Apocatastasis - 3.4 Dignity of the Heavenly Powers - 3.5 Conclusions

Chapter 4: The Dignity of God and the Communication between God and Humans
4.1 Understanding God through His Dignity - 4.2 Origen and Celsus: Discovering and Communicating God as Is Worthy of Him - 4.3 Overcoming Rank: The Dignity of God in the Homilies on Psalms - 4.4 Conclusions

Part III: A Turning Point in the Usage of Dignitas: Universal Human Dignity

Chapter 5: An Exceptional Passage in Origen through Rufinus' Latin Translation: "Dignity of the Image" in De Principiis 3.6.1
5.1 What Is the "Dignity of the Image"? Purpose, Themes, and Structure of Princ. 3.6.1 - 5.2 Human Dignity and Instability - 5.3 Conclusions

Chapter 6: A Possible Parallel in Cicero? The Dignity and Excellence of Human Nature in De Officiis 1.106
6.1 Dignitas across Cicero's Life - 6.2 De Officiis and Its Reception in the 4th Century - 6.3 The Structure of the First Book of De Officiis: Honestum - 6.4 The Context of Off. 1.106: Decorum - 6.5 Human Dignitas in Off. 1.106-107 and in the Latin Version of Princ. 3.6.1 - 6.6 Conclusions

Part IV: The Usage of the Term Dignitas and the Reception of Origen's Views on Humanity in the Cultural Environment of Rufinus and Jerome

Chapter 7: Universal Human Dignity in Latin Christian Texts from the 4th Century
7.1 Dignity of Human Souls Established at Creation - 7.2 Dignity Available to All Those Who Become Christian - 7.3 Conclusions

Chapter 8: Human Dignity in the Latin Translations of the Cappadocians
8.1 Gregory of Nazianzus: "Dignity of the Image" - 8.2 Basil of Caesarea: Dignity as Superiority - 8.3 Gregory of Nyssa: Dignity and Royalty - 8.4 Conclusions

Chapter 9: Filastrius of Brescia: The Progress from Image to Likeness
9.1 Filastrius' Views on the Human Soul in Comparison with Origen - 9.2 Human Dignity in Filastrius - 9.3 The Difference between Image and Likeness in the 3rd and 4th Centuries - 9.4 Conclusions

Chapter 10: Human Dignity in Jerome
10.1 Dignity as Office - 10.2 Dignity in Jerome's Polemic against Origen's Views on the Creatures - 10.3 Dignity of the Human Soul - 10.4 Conclusions