No. 46 of 200 · Great Authors
253 AD
Major worksOn First Principles, Contra Celsum, Hexapla, Commentaries on Scripture
One of the most brilliant and prolific of the early Christian thinkers, an Alexandrian scholar who pioneered the systematic interpretation of scripture and produced vast works of theology and biblical criticism. Bold and speculative, some of his ideas were later judged unorthodox, yet his learning and allegorical method shaped Christian thought for centuries.
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Episodes and essays that touch on Origen.
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