Origen

Origen was the greatest and most influential Christian theologian before Augustine, the founder of Biblical study as a serious discipline in the Christian tradition, and a figure with immense influence on the development of Christian spirituality. This book presents, for the first time in English, a comprehensive and accessible insight into Origen's life and writings. It analyzes the principal influences that formed Origen as a Christian and as a thinker, his emergence as a mature theologian at Alexandria, his work in Caesarea and his controversial legacy. Fresh translations of a representative selection of Origen's writings, including some never previously available in print, present the development of Origen's theological thought and argument.

Origen was the most influential Christian theologian before Augustine, the founder of Biblical study as a serious discipline in the Christian tradition, and a figure with immense influence on the development of Christian spirituality.This volume presents a comprehensive and accessible insight into Origen's life and writings. An introduction analyzes the principal influences that formed him as a Christian and as a thinker, his emergence as a mature theologian at Alexandria, his work in Caesarea and his controversial legacy. Fresh translations of a representative selection of Origen's writings, including some never previously available in print, show how Origen provided a lasting framework for Christian theology by finding through study of the Bible a coherent understanding of God's saving plan.

Part 1 Introduction; Chapter 1 The Making of a Scholar and Theologian; Chapter 2 The Mature Years at Alexandria; Chapter 3 Man of the Church at Caesarea; Chapter 4 A Controversial Legacy; Part 2 Texts; Chapter 5 Commentary on Psalms 1–25 Fragment from Preface; Chapter 6 Commentary on Lamentations Selected Fragments; Chapter 7 Commentary on Genesis, Fragment from Book 3; Chapter 8 Commentary on John, Book 1; Chapter 9 Commentary on John, Book 13.3–192; Chapter 10 Homily 12 on Jeremiah; Chapter 11 Homilies 19 and 20 on Luke; Chapter 12 Homily 5 on 1 Samuel; Chapter 13 Letter to Gregory; Chapter 14 Commentary on John, Book 32.1–140; Chapter 15 Commentary on John, Book 32.318–67;

Joseph W. Trigg is Rector of Christ Church (Episcopal), Port Tobacco Parish, La Plata, Maryland. His books include Origen: the Bible and Philosophy in the Third-century Church (Atlanta 1983) and Biblical Interpretation in the series Message of the Fathers of the Church (Delaware 1988).