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Origen of Alexandria (c. 185 – c. 253), 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.
Jun 5, 2024 · Origen (born c. 185, probably Alexandria, Egypt—died c. 254, Tyre, Phoenicia [now Ṣūr, Lebanon]) was the most important theologian and biblical scholar of the early Greek church. His greatest work is the Hexapla, which is a synopsis of six versions of the Old Testament.
Origen of Alexandria, one of the greatest Christian theologians, is famous for composing the seminal work of Christian Neoplatonism, his treatise On First Principles. Origen lived through a turbulent period of the Christian Church, when persecution was wide-spread and little or no doctrinal consensus existed among the various regional churches.
Jan 4, 2022 · Origen of Alexandria (AD 185—254), also known as Origen Adamantius, was one of the earliest and most important Christian scholars. He is remembered both for prodigious scholarship and fanatical commitment to purity.
Mar 10, 2014 · The Greek name Origenes signifies “born of Horus,” an Egyptian falcon-headed deity. The Christian scholar of this name was a native of Alexandria (Eusebius, Church History 6.1), though it is only his detractor Epiphanius who says that he was also by race a Copt ( Panarion 1.1).
Child prodigy Origen Adamantius ("man of steel") was born near Alexandria about A.D. 185. The oldest of seven children in a Christian home, he grew up learning the Bible and the meaning of...
Dec 12, 2022 · Who was Origen? Born in Alexandria, Egypt, in about 185, Origen was reared in a Christian home. His father, Leonides, sent him to the best teachers in town and had his son memorize Scripture daily. When Leonides went to prison for his faith about 202, Origen encouraged him not to deny Christ.
Apr 29, 2024 · Origen Adamantius, also called Origen of Alexandria, was an early Christian theologian and teacher who lived and taught during the late second and early third centuries.
Origen of Alexandria is perhaps the single most important Christian thinker of the first three centuries. He was certainly the most prolific, having penned (with the assistance of a secretarial staff, making him all but unique) upwards of a thousand volumes, on many different aspects of Christianity. He was, above all else, brilliant, having ...
Jun 5, 2024 · Origen, influenced by a semi-Gnostic writing, the Acts of John, thought that Jesus’ body appeared differently to different observers according to their spiritual capacities. Some saw nothing remarkable in him, others recognized in him their Lord and God.
