Teología y experiencia mística en Orígenes : ¿Una cuestión mal planteada?

El objetivo de este artículo es mostrar la imposibilidad de separar la relación existente entre teología y experiencia mística en la obra de Orígenes. Básicamente esta cuestión es analizada a través de dos grandes temas: las bases teológicas del sistema de Orígenes y la comunicabilidad de Dios-Padre y del Logos al alma humana, a través de la exégesis de la Fuente de Agua Viva. En el primer apartado se plantea el problema acerca del tipo de trascendencia que Dios-Padre tiene con respecto al Hijo, mostrando que no existe subordinación ontológica entre ellos. La noción de agape es utilizada por Orígenes como “puente ontológico" entre Dios-Padre y su Logos. A continuación se analiza el Libro XIII del Comentario al Evangelio de Juan y las Homilías XII y XIII sobre el Génesis, profundizando la cuestión de la Fuente de Agua Viva. A través de la bella exégesis que el maestro alejandrino realiza es posible advertir la inseparable relación entre el marco doctrinal propuesto por el alejandrino, con el camino que lleva al encuentro con lo divino. También se insiste en que Orígenes ha sido uno de los grandes maestros en la historia del cristianismo, que ha logrado conciliar a través del ejemplo de su propia vida, una inmensa profundidad teológica con la experiencia directa de unión con lo divino.Presenting the impossibility of the separation that exits in the relationship between theology and the mystic experience in Origin’s works is the primary objective of this article. Basically, this issue is analysed by means of two major topics: theological bases of Origin’s system and the expression of God-Father and Logos to the human beings´ souls, through the exegesis of Live Water Fountain. In the first sub-section, the problem about the type of significance that God- Father has with respect to the son is raised, showing that there is no ontological subordination between them. The notion of agape is used by Origin as an “ontological bridge" between God-Father and its Logos. Next, Book XIII a Commentary about Saint John and homilies XII and XIII about the Genesis, to study in depth the Live Water Fountain. Throughout the beautiful exegesis that the teacher from Alexandria does, it is possible to see the non-separable relationship between the proposed doctrinal framework by the Alexandrian, and the rout that leads to a divine meeting. Furthermore, it is emphasize that Origin has been one of the most important teachers in Christian’s history, who has reconcile thought exemplification of his own life and immense theological depth with the direct experience of unity with divine.Fil: Ciner, Patricia. Universidad Católica de Cuy

The Macroeconomic Determinants of Volatility in Precious Metals Markets

We investigate key macroeconomic factors that impact the price returns of precious metals markets. The markets investigated were gold, silver, platinum and palladium; whereas the macroeconomic factors accommodated business cycle, monetary environment and financial market sentiment factors. The key findings present limited evidence that the same macroeconomic factors jointly influence the volatility processes of the precious metal price series, although there is some evidence of volatility feedback between the precious metals. This finding lends weight to views that individual commodities are too distinct to be considered a single asset class or represented by a single index; a finding of considerable importance for portfolio managers and investors.

Implicancias teológicas y místicas de la noción de sabiduría en Orígenes

Fil: Ciner, Patricia. Universidad Nacional de San Jua

La Exégesis del Evangelio de Juan en Heracleón y Orígenes : nuevas líneas de investigación acerca de una cuestión controvertida

El trabajo intenta mostrar cómo los dos primeros comentarios realizados al Evangelio de Juan en el período patrístico, el de Heracleón y el de Orígenes, responden a dos posibilidades igualmente válidas de interpretación y que las grandes líneas de exégesis de la posterior teología occidental se formaron en este tipo de “ambigüedad inicial”.This article shows how the first two commentaries in the patristic period on the Gospel According to John, those of Heracleon and Origen, drew on two equally valid interpretative possibilities. The article also shows that the large lines of subsequent theological interpretation in the West develop from this type of initial ambiguity

Syn-tectonic sedimentary evolution of the Miocene Çatallar Basin, southwestern Turkey

International audienceThe Çatallar Basin is one of the Miocene basins located in the southern part of the Bey Dağları Massif (SW Turkey). This basin has been reinvestigated and new stratigraphic and sedimentological data are now presented. The Çatallar Basin lies in paraconformity on the Bey Dağları carbonate platform of Late Cretaceous to Palaeogene age. It consists of an impersistent, shallow-marine carbonate base (Karabayır formation, Late Oligocene to Early Burdigalian) followed by an onlapping detrital sequence including the Akçay and Bağbeleni formations (Langhian to Serravallian). The Akçay formation mainly contains turbidites in which several debris-flows and olistostromes are intercalated. The lowest debris flows derive from the local carbonate platforms of Cretaceous and Palaeogene age. Higher, the debris flows and olistostromes contain large carbonate blocks deriving from nearby sources (Bey Dağları platform carbonates), whereas the accompanying pebbles originate from the allochthonous ophiolitic units located farther to the north (Lycian Nappes) or to the east (Antalya Nappes). The origin of these ophiolitic detritus is a matter of debate. The new data obtained in this study favour a northern origin

Three Essays on the Term Structure of Eurocurrency Rates.

This dissertation investigates the term structure relationship in financial markets by using Eurocurrency rates of several countries. The first essay tests the restrictions of the expectations hypothesis of term structure and the Fisher hypothesis in an interrelated fashion to characterize the changes in the slope and the level of Eurocurrency yield curves of numerous countries. It is argued that the Fisher relation explains the level of the yield curve and the expectations hypothesis determines the long run relationship between yields at different maturities at that level. Special emphasis is given to the information content of the yield curve for future inflation. A factor decomposition technique is used to extract the common trend driving the yield curve and it is found that this common tread contains information about the long-run behavior of the inflation rate for each country in the sample. This finding is consistent with the argument that rational agents in the market incorporate the predictable portion of the expected inflation into interest rates while setting prices. The second essay focuses on convergence of international money market term structures. According to the covered interest parity theorem, nominal yield curves should converge in the long run. The common factor driving each term structure is extracted to test for long run linkages and transitory components are used to test for short run linkages. The findings indicate that an international convergence has not occurred although the term structures of countries that are a member of the exchange rate mechanism of the European Union have a stable long run relationship. This finding is explained as a result of the adjustable fixed exchange rate system employed. The essay also tests for and rejects the German European Union dominance hypothesis. The third essay tests for the restrictions of the rational expectations/constant term premium hypothesis of term structure. It is discussed that the commonly used single-equation regression test of the hypothesis is biased in small samples. The short rate is decomposed into its permanent and transitory components to test the theory in an unbiased regression. The results support the rational expectations theory

Dynamic Linkages Between Trading Volume and Price Movements: Evidence for Small Firm Stocks

Recent theoretical and empirical studies suggest that volume conveys useful information to forecast stock price movements. We investigate the information content of volume for the stock indices of small-capitalization firms in the US and France. Information asymmetry problems tend to be more important for small-capitalization firms and it can be argued that the information content of volume should be more significant. We find that volume does indeed forecast returns of the small-capitalization stock indices. We also detect a positive contemporaneous relation between volume and absolute value of returns. The findings are qualitatively the same for data from the US and France

Macro economy, stock market and oil prices: Do meaningful relationships exist among their cyclical fluctuations?

This paper examines the relationship among consumer price index, industrial production, stock market and oil prices in Greece. Initially we use a unified statistical framework (cointegration and VECM) to study the data in levels. We then employ a multivariate VAR model to examine the relationship between the cyclical components of our series. The period of the study is from 1996:1 – 2008:6. Findings suggest that oil prices and the stock market exercise a positive effect on the Greek CPI, in the long run. Cyclical components analysis suggests that oil prices exercise significant negative influence to the stock market. In addition, oil prices are negatively influencing CPI, at a significant level. However, we find no effect of oil prices on industrial production and CPI. Finally, no relationship can be documented between the industrial production and stock market for the Greek market. The findings of this study are of a particular interest and importance to policy makers, financial managers, financial analysts and investors dealing with the Greek economy and the Greek stock market

Influence of fogging lenses and cycloplegia on open-field automatic refraction

Purpose: To compare refractive values measured without cycloplegia, cycloplegia and fogging lenses using an open-field auto-refractor. Methods: One hundred and forty-two young adults were enrolled from a university population; 96 were female (67.6%) and 46 were male (32.4%), the age range was 18 to 26 years (mean 22.3 ± 3.7 years). The refraction measurement was obtained with autorefractor Grand Seiko Auto Ref/Keratometer WAM-5500 (GS) under three conditions, always in this sequence: 1) without cycloplegia (GS), 2) without cycloplegia but using a +2.00D fogging lens (GS_2D) and 3) with cycloplegia (GS_cycl). Results: When the average values of spherical equivalent were compared both accommodation control strategies were almost equally successful: GS, M= -0.85 ± 2.21 D; GC_2D, M= -0.53 ± 2.10 D and GS_cycl, M= -0.57 ± 2.24 D (Kruskal-Wallis Test, p<0.001). When the results were analyzed separately for different refractive groups, emmetropes and hyperopes show statistically significant differences while myopes did not. When both accommodation strategies were compared there was a trend for more myopic subject to display more negative values under cycloplegia, while low myopes, emmetropes and hyperopes tend to display more negative values with the +2.00 D fogging lenses (less effectiveness of accommodation control). Conclusions: Over-refraction through +2.00 D fogging lenses is useful to achieve additional relaxation of the accommodative response in a similar way than cycloplegia when open-field autorefraction is performed in young adults.Grand Seiko Auto Ref/Keratometer WAM-5500