Origen
Sign in to saveOrigen of Alexandria (), also known as Origen Adamantius, was an early Christian scholar, ascetic, and theologian who was born and spent the first half of his career in Alexandria. He was a prolific writer who wrote roughly 2,000 treatises in multiple branches of theology, including textual criticism, biblical exegesis and hermeneutics, homiletics, and spirituality. He was one of the most influential and controversial figures in early Christian theology, apologetics, and asceticism. He has been described by John Anthony McGuckin as "the greatest genius the early church ever produced".
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Origen was an early Christian scholar and prolific writer from Alexandria who produced around 2,000 works on theology, biblical interpretation, and spiritual practice, making him one of the most influential figures in early Christianity. He remains significant and debated today because of his enormous intellectual contributions to Christian thought, though his ideas also generated considerable controversy among his contemporaries and later church figures.
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- Died
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- 184
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- An exhortation to martyrdom
- Quae in hoc libro continentur
- 74 omelie sul libro dei Salmi
- Catena patrum græcorum in Santum Joannem
- Testi ermeneutici
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32 sectionsContents
- Life
- Early years
- Alleged self-castration
- Travels and early writings
- Conflict with Demetrius and removal to Caesarea
- Work and teaching in Caesarea
- Later life
- Works
- Exegetical writings
- Extant commentaries
- ''On the First Principles''
- ''Against Celsus''
- Other writings
- Views
- Christology
- Cosmology and eschatology
- Ethics
- Hermeneutics
- Theology
- Transmission of knowledge
- Influence on the later church
- Before the Crises
- First Origenist Crisis
- Second Origenist Crisis
- After the anathemas
- Translations
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
Origen of Alexandria (), also known as Origen Adamantius, was an early Christian scholar, ascetic, and theologian who was born and spent the first half of his career in Alexandria. He was a prolific writer who wrote roughly 2,000 treatises in multiple branches of theology, including textual criticism, biblical exegesis and hermeneutics, homiletics, and spirituality. He was one of the most influential and controversial figures in early Christian theology, apologetics, and asceticism. He has been described by John Anthony McGuckin as "the greatest genius the early church ever produced".
Origen founded the Christian School of Caesarea, where he taught logic, cosmology, natural history, and theology, and became regarded by the churches of Palestine and Arabia as the ultimate authority on all matters of theology. He was tortured for his faith during the Decian persecution in 250 and died three to four years later from his injuries.