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Early Church Engagement with 1 Enoch

The early Christian church's engagement with the book of 1 Enoch, including its acceptance and rejection by various church fathers.

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How did early church fathers (e.g., Tertullian, Origen) use or reject 1 Enoch in discussions of angels and judgment?

Early church engagement with was uneven: several second‑ and third‑century Fathers treated its and visions of judgment as authoritative evidence shaping Christian thought, while later Latin theologian...