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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 416

Creed, of the Church, attitude of Novatus toward, [757]297 (note 3); early existence of, in the Roman Church, [758]297 (note 3).

… Demetrius, bishop of Alexandria, [806]240, [807]250, [808]254, [809]255, [810]262, 267, [811]268, [812]274, [813]275, [814]291, [815]294; hostility of, to Origen, [816]255; relations of, with Origen …

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Cyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 212

Ep. CCII.

… 382 with a copy of the Philocalia, or Chrestomathy of Origen's works edited by himself and S. Basil.) You anticipate the Festival, and the letters, and, which is better still, the time by your …

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Theodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 188

Preface.

… Trypho the pupil of Origen. 58. Minucius Felix. 59. Gaius. 60. Berillus the bishop. 61. Hippolytus the bishop. 62. Alexander the bishop. 63. Julius the African. 64. Gemimus the presbyter. 65. Theodorus, surnamed Gregory the …

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Theodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 211

Chapter CXXVI.

… Life of Paul the monk, one book of Letters to different persons, an Exhortation to Heliodorus, Controversy of Luciferianus and Orthodoxus, Chronicle of universal history, 28 homilies of Origen on Jeremiah and Ezekiel, which I …

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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 2

Prolegomena.

… To the influence of Pamphilus, the devoted admirer and enthusiastic champion of Origen, was doubtless due also in large measure the deep respect which Eusebius showed for that illustrious Father, a respect to which we …

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Gregory Thaumaturgus, Dionysius, Julius Africanus & Others • SECTION 72

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… He busied himself also with the transcription and dissemination of the Scriptures and other writings, such as those of Origen, of whom he was a devoted follower. At Cæsareia he established a great public library …

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Gospel of Peter, Diatessaron, Apocalypse of Peter & Other Early Texts • SECTION 1

Introduction and Synoptical TAble

important commentaries of Origen. When The Ante-Nicene Fathers came to a close it was felt that more should have been done for a father who occupies a position of such singular importance in the …

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Cyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 66

[1655] Is. lxvi. 10.

… 12); Origen (c. Cels. IV. 30). [1707] John xv. 1. The Benedictine Editor has a different punctuation: "and the vine which was planted there hath said, And I am the Vine." [1708] Ps. lxxxv. 11 …

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Gregory Thaumaturgus, Dionysius, Julius Africanus & Others • SECTION 130

6. For when our Lord was suffering upon the cross, the tombs were burst open, the infernal region was disclosed, the souls leapt forth, the

… To my mind, therefore, it is but a pastime of no practical worth to contrast the idiosyncrasies of Clement with those of Origen, and to set up distinctions between the Logos of this doctor and …

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Athanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 217

[2866] hos autoi thelousi. vid. §8, n. 12. not as you say, but as we will.' This is a common phrase with Athan. vid. supr. Or. i. 13, n. 6.

… Besides Origen, Novatian, the Creed of Lucian, and (if so) S. Hilary, as mentioned in the former of these notes, one' is explained as oneness of will by S. Hippolytus, contr. Noet. 7, where he …

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Tertullian, Minucius Felix, Commodian & Origen • SECTION 190

37. If any one, indeed, venture to ascribe essential corruption to Him who was made after the image and likeness of God, then, in my opinion

… Was Origen here speaking of the catechetical school of Alexandria, and assuming its teaching to be that of the whole Church? 2. If so, was not this recognition of the Alexandrian leadership the precursor of …

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Tertullian, Minucius Felix, Commodian & Origen • SECTION 158

Book III.

… Now if you remember what I warned you of in my former preface,--that certain persons would be indignant, if they did not hear that we spoke some evil of Origen,--that, I imagine, you …

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Hilary of Poitiers & John of Damascus • SECTION 31

[146] Those which have been in constant use in the preparation of this chapter have been an excellent article by Th. Förster in the Theologi

… 4. [169] It is worth notice that he makes no use of Origen's mystical interpretation of the Canticles. Silence in such a case is itself a criticism. [170] Compare such a passage as Trin …

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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 27

24. For instance, Daniel the prophet, under the influence of the divine Spirit, seeing his kingdom at the end of time, [49] was inspired thu

… Justin Martyr, Origen, and Cyprian) in identifying the one that appeared to Joshua with him that had appeared to Moses, on the ground that the same words were used in both cases (cf. especially Justin …

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Hippolytus, Cyprian, Caius & Novatian • SECTION 32

But they assert that not only is there in favour of their doctrine, testimony to be drawn from the mysteries of the Assyrians, but also from

… This confirms the opinion mostly entertained of Origen, that neither the bent of his mind nor the direction of his studies justify the supposition that he would write a detailed history of heresy. [327] Isa …

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Gregory of Nyssa — Dogmatic Treatises • SECTION 5

Chapter II.--His General Character as a Theologian.

… Then, at all events in the hands of Origen, philosophy was identical with theology. Now, that there is a complex of orthodox doctrines' to defend, philosophy becomes the handmaid of theology. Gregory, in this respect …

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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 21

Jerome on the first chapter of Matthew.

… But he states that they were very quickly corrected, these by the disputation of Origen in person, and those by his exhortation." Antipater, Bishop of Bostra, in his First Book against Eusebius of Cæsarea's …

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Cyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 31

35. Of these read the two and twenty books, but have nothing to do with the apocryphal writings. Study earnestly these only which we read op

… These statements concerning the Devil seem to be directed against Origen's opinion (De Principiis I. 2), that the Angels "who have been removed from their primal state of blessedness have not been removed irrecoverably …

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Jerome — Principal Works • SECTION 89

Letter LXX. To Magnus an Orator of Rome.

… Celsus [2141] and Porphyry [2142] have written against us and have been ably answered, the former by Origen, the latter by Methodius, Eusebius, and Apollinaris. [2143] Origen wrote a treatise in eight books, the work …

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Augustine — City of God & Christian Doctrine • SECTION 1

A SELECT LIBRARY

… In some respects he forms the opposite extreme to Origen, the greatest genius among the Greek fathers. Both assume a universal fall from original holiness. But Augustin dates it from one act of disobedience,--the …

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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 87

[783] See chap. 3, note 1.

… 9) and Origen (in Johan. II. 6 and often) are the first to bear explicit testimony to the existence of such a gospel. Eusebius also was personally acquainted with it, as may be gathered from …

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Jerome — Principal Works • SECTION 55

Letter XLIX. To Pammachius.

… any hesitation in his mind, to turn to the Scriptures and the commentaries made upon them by Origen and others. Written at the same time as the preceding letter. 1. Christian modesty sometimes requires us …

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Chrysostom — Priesthood, Ascetic Treatises & Homilies • SECTION 11

Chapter XII.--The Writings of Chrysostom.

… The Antiochian school agreed with the Alexandrian school founded by Origen, in maintaining the divine inspiration and authority of the Scriptures, but differed from it in the method of interpretation, and in a sharper distinction …

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Jerome — Principal Works • SECTION 54

19. I will come now to the passage in which I am accused of saying that--at least according to the true Hebrew text--the words "God saw that

… They are, among the Greeks, Clement, Hippolytus, Origen, Dionysius, Eusebius, Didymus; and, among ourselves, Tertullian, Cyprian, Victorinus, Lactantius, Hilary. What Cyprian said to Fortunatus about the number seven is clear from the letter which he …

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Jerome — Principal Works • SECTION 154

Letter CXXXI. From Augustine.

… In the same way he played fast and loose with the name of the holy martyr Pamphilus ascribing to him the first of the six books in defence of Origen written by Eusebius of Cæsarea …

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Gregory of Nyssa — Dogmatic Treatises • SECTION 1

A SELECT LIBRARY

… here from first to last Gregory shows himself a genuine pupil of Origen. The plan of Revelation is made to rest on man's free-will; every objection to it is answered by the fact …

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Theodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 273

[3131] Deut. xvii. 6

… Your Origen, or, that I may not seem to be wounding you with fictitious praises, our Origen, (for I may call him ours for his genius and learning, though not for the truth of his …

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Gregory Thaumaturgus, Dionysius, Julius Africanus & Others • SECTION 173

Euboulios. Stay now; for I think that from hence we shall the better go on to the discovery of what things are truly the best; and, tell me,

… 8. [2818] [Recur to what is said of Origen and his epoch on p. 224, vol. iv. of this series.] [2819] [Recur to what is said of Origen and his epoch on p. 224, vol …

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Gregory of Nyssa — Dogmatic Treatises • SECTION 225

Chapter XXXV.

… 17), in discussing the statement of Origen, in his Commentary on S. Matthew (Tract 27), that "Christ after His resurrection deified' the human nature which He had taken," remarks, "If we take this word so …

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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 97

Chapter XXXIV.--Evarestus, the Fourth Bishop of the Church of Rome.

… 3, quoted below; Origen, Prol. in Cant., and Hom. VI. in Luc.). These furnish us with very little information. If the notice in Polycarp's epistle be genuine (and though it has been widely attacked …

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