Teacher at Alexandria and Caesarea · c. 185 – c. 253

Origen

Scholar and teacher at Alexandria and Caesarea. He worked on the text and meaning of Scripture on a scale no one had attempted before.

Writings

1. Treatise · 5 parts

   On First Principles (De Principiis)

   An early attempt at a systematic account of Christian teaching: God, the world, freedom and the reading of Scripture.

   539 min read · translated by Frederick Crombie

2. Apology · 8 parts

   Against Celsus

   Origen’s answer, in eight books, to the pagan philosopher Celsus, who had attacked Christianity in a work called The True Doctrine.

   1039 min read · translated by Frederick Crombie

3. Treatise

   Origen to Africanus

   Treatise by Origen.

   28 min read · translated by Frederick Crombie

4. Collection · 8 parts

   Other Writings, Part 1

   Letters, homilies, sermons, commentaries, fragments and shorter pieces by Origen that are not published as books, in the order of the New Advent collection (part 1 of 3).

   332 min read · translated by Allan Menzies

5. Collection · 7 parts

   Other Writings, Part 2

   Letters, homilies, sermons, commentaries, fragments and shorter pieces by Origen that are not published as books, in the order of the New Advent collection (part 2 of 3).

   418 min read · translated by John Patrick

6. Collection

   Other Writings, Part 3

   Letters, homilies, sermons, commentaries, fragments and shorter pieces by Origen that are not published as books, in the order of the New Advent collection (part 3 of 3).

   69 min read · translated by John Patrick

Portrait: drawn in the site’s engraved style from “Origen3”, public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

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