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6 days ago · Apr 29, 2024 • By Ryan Watson, MA History, BA History. Origen of Alexandria was one of the more influential, and sometimes controversial, Christian theologians in the early Christian era following the time of the apostles of Jesus Christ.
Dec 12, 2022 · 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.
Mar 10, 2014 · 1. Origen’s life and work. 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...
Origen and His Contexts. The political context of Origen’s thought is explored by Jakab (chapter 1) with a new set of questions about the Hellenistic Jewish community in Alexandria. The polemical context is examined by Dunderberg in Origen’s debate with Heracleon over the interpretation of John’s Gospel (chapter 3 ).
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.
Dec 19, 2019 · Abstract. Origen of Alexandria (185–253/54) is the founder of the Christian philosophy of freedom. Drawing on both the philological and philosophical heritage of Hellenistic and Roman culture, he invented the biblical commentary written according to the academic standards of his time.
