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Origen | |
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 Representation of Origen writing, from a manuscript of In numeros homilia XXVII, c. 1160 | |
| Born | c. 185 AD |
| Died | c. 253 AD (aged c. 69) |
| Alma mater | Catechetical School of Alexandria[2] |
| Notable work | Contra Celsum De principiis |
| Relatives | Leonides of Alexandria (father) |
| Era | Ancient philosophy Hellenistic philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Neoplatonism Alexandrian school |
Main interests | |
Notable ideas | |
Origen of Alexandria[a] (c. 185 – c. 253),[4] also known as Origen Adamantius,[b] was an early Christian scholar,[7] ascetic,[8] 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.[8][9] He has been described as "the greatest genius the early church ever produced".[10]
- ^ The Birth of Purgatory. University of Chicago Press. 1986-12-15. p. 52. ISBN 9780226470832.
to say a few words about the two Greek "inventors" of Purgatory, Clement of Alexandria (d. prior to 215) and Origen
- ^ Itter (2009), pp. 9–10.
- ^ Prestige, G. L. (1940). "Origen: or, The Claims of Religious Intelligence" (PDF). Fathers and Heretics. Bampton Lectures. London: SPCK. p. 43. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
- ^ The New Catholic Encyclopedia (Detroit: Gale, 2003). ISBN 978-0-7876-4004-0
- ^ ἀδάμας. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project.
- ^ "adamant". Online Etymology Dictionary. Archived from the original on 2015-01-11. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
- ^ Wilken, Robert Louis (2013). "A Learned Faith: Origen of Alexandria". The First Thousand Years: A Global History of Christianity. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. pp. 55–64. ISBN 978-0-300-11884-1. JSTOR j.ctt32bd7m.10. LCCN 2012021755. S2CID 160590164. Archived from the original on 2021-04-15. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
- ^ a b Richard Finn (2009). "Origen and his ascetic legacy". Origen and his ascetic legacy, in: Asceticism in the Graeco-Roman World. Cambridge University Press. pp. 100–130. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511609879.005. ISBN 9780511609879.
- ^ McGuckin 2004, pp. 25–26, 64.
- ^ McGuckin 2004, p. 25.
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