Fathers
Origen of Alexandria
Teacher at Alexandria and later Caesarea, and the first great Christian scholar of the Bible. He wrote commentaries, sermons and treatises on nearly every book of Scripture and compiled the Hexapla, a six-column Old Testament. He was tortured in the Decian persecution and died soon after.
- Works here
- 41 to read straight through
- Passages
- 108 on 28 questions
Treatises and other works15
Sermons and addresses6
Commentaries and notes20
What Origen of Alexandria said on the questions
Against Idols4 passages
Answering Pagans and Jews11 passages
- Against Celsus 1.16
- Against Celsus 1.46
- Against Celsus 2
- Against Celsus 2.49
- Against Celsus 2.53
- Against Celsus 22
- Against Celsus 23
- On First PrinciplesWe hold that certain matters concerning divine promises…
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- On First PrinciplesHe will declare that the ecclesiastical proclamation contains…
Canon and the Rule of Truth1 passage
Christ’s Death and Resurrection4 passages
Eucharist and Thanksgiving2 passages
Father, Son, and Spirit6 passages
Judgment and the Second Coming13 passages
- Against Celsus 2.49
- Against Celsus 4.2
- Against Celsus 6.45
- Against Celsus 6.46
- Against Celsus 6.79
- Against Celsus 8.48
- Against Celsus 8.51
- Letter to Africanus 2
- On First PrinciplesWe hold that certain teachings about God's promises…
- On First PrinciplesSince we are examining matters of such magnitude…
- On First PrinciplesSince human senses and common understanding are not…
- On First PrinciplesIn the church's proclamation, the message about God's…
- On First Principles Preface