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Chrysostom — Priesthood, Ascetic Treatises & Homilies • SECTION 9

Chapter X.--Chrysostom in Exile. His Death. a.d. 404-407.

… The Eastern church of that age shrunk from the bold speculations of Origen, but revered the narrow orthodoxy of Epiphanius and the ascetic piety of Chrysostom. The personal appearance of the golden-mouthed orator was …

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Theodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 292

Preface to the Translation of the Sayings of Xystus.

… 568); but it seemed better not to divide the Prefaces, etc., to the translations of Origen's Commentaries. [3435] Si quid in Ecclesia declamatur. [3436] Cathedram docendi. Preface to the Translation of the Sayings of …

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Hippolytus, Cyprian, Caius & Novatian • SECTION 81

Chapter XXI.--The System of Cerinthus Concerning Christ.

… 429, this series] Origen, Contr. Cels. ii. 1; Eusebius, Hist. Ecclesiast., iii. 27; Epiphanius, Hær., xxx.; and Theodoret, Hær. Fab., ii. 2. Hippolytus is indebted in this article partly to Irenæus, and partly to original …

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Gospel of Peter, Diatessaron, Apocalypse of Peter & Other Early Texts • SECTION 191

[6131] Matt. xviii. 23.

… 2) Origen characterises the argument from prophecy as "the demonstration of the Spirit" and the argument from miracles as "the demonstration of power." [6150] Matt. vii. 28. 15. How Men Followed Jesus. Only, when Jesus …

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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 16

Chapter III

… preface, 4, and 22; the Defense of Origen in VI. 23, 33, and 36; the Life of Pamphilus in VI. 32, VII. 32, and VIII. 13. In VIII. 13 Eusebius speaks also of his intention …

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Tertullian, Minucius Felix, Commodian & Origen • SECTION 378

Chapter XXV.

… 7. [4420] [See Dean Plumptre's The Spirits in Prison, on "The Universalism of Origen," p. 137, et seqq. S.] [4421] maten ekkeimena.

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Theodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 216

Chapter XVIII.

… In the first of these he mentions a decree of the bishops at the synod of Alexandria in his own time to the effect that Origen is to be read, though cautiously, by those who …

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Sulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins & John Cassian • SECTION 126

Chapter XVIII.

… Tertullian a great Trial to the Church. [46.] The case is the same with Tertullian. [490] For as Origen holds by far the first place among the Greeks, so does Tertullian among the Latins. For …

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Cyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 5

Chapter II.--Catechetical Instruction.

… Thus Origen "was in his eighteenth year when he took charge of the Catechetical School at Alexandria," which "was entrusted to him alone by Demetrius, who presided over the Church [79] :" and S. Augustine's …

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Jerome — Principal Works • SECTION 254

Prefaces to the Commentaries on the Minor Prophets.

… In the Preface to Book ii., Jerome vindicates himself against the charge of making mere compilations from Origen. He confesses, however, his great admiration for him. "What they consider a reproach," he says, "I regard …

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Theodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 199

Chapter XXXVIII.

… he had come hither by the special providence of God, strengthened and enlarged the church of God." Origen is known to have been his disciple. He flourished moreover during the reigns of Severus and his …

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Athanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 102

Introduction to de Decretis or Defence of the Nicene Definition.

… Moreover, they had already been in use in the Church, as is shewn by extracts from Theognostus, the two Dionysii, and Origen (25-27). Lastly (28-32) he discusses the term agenetos, applied by the …

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Augustine — Confessions & Letters • SECTION 75

[501] John i. 1-5.

… 28): "Let every good and true Christian understand that wherever truth may be found, it belongs to his Master." Origen has a similar allusion to that of Augustin above (Ep. ad Gregor. vol. i. 30 …

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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 199

Chapter XL.--The Events which happened to Dionysius. [2069]

… chap 27), studied under Origen, and succeeded Heraclas as principal of the catechetical school in Alexandria (see above, chap. 29) in the year 231 or 231 (see chap. 3, note 2). In the third year …

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Tertullian, Minucius Felix, Commodian & Origen • SECTION 296

Chapter IX.

… On Origen's views respecting rewards and punishments, cf. Huet's Origeniana, book ii. question xi. Chapter XI. After this, being desirous to show that it is nothing either wonderful or new which we state …

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Hippolytus, Cyprian, Caius & Novatian • SECTION 1

ANTE-NICENE FATHERS

… Its learned editor, Emmanuel Miller, published it at Oxford under the name of Origen, which was inscribed on the ms. Like the Epistle of Clement, its composition in the Greek language had given it currency …

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