Origen

Origen
Origen
Born	184/5; Probably Alexandria, Egyp
Dee'd	253/4; Probably Tyre, Phoenice
Pawrents	Leonides o Alexandria

Origen (Greek: Ὠριγένης, Ōrigénēs), or Origen Adamantius (Ὠριγένης Ἀδαμάντιος, Ōrigénēs Adamántios; 184/185 – 253/254),^[1] wis a scholar, ascetic,^[2] an early Christian theologian wha wis born an spent the first hauf o his career in Alexandria. He wis a proleefic writer in multiple branches o theology, includin textual creeticism, biblical exegesis an hermeneutics, filosofical theology, preachin, an spirituality written in Greek. He wis anathematised at the Seicont Cooncil o Constantinople. He wis ane o the maist influential figurs in early Christian asceticism.^[2]^[3]

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↑ The New Catholic Encyclopedia (Detroit: Gale, 2003). ISBN 978-0-7876-4004-0
↑ ^a ^b Richard Finn (2009). Origen and his ascetic legacy, in: Asceticism in the Graeco-Roman World. Cambridge University Press. pp. 100–130.
↑ John Anthony McGuckin (2004). The Westminster Handbook to Origen. Westminster John Knox Press. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-664-22472-1.

[1] The New Catholic Encyclopedia (Detroit: Gale, 2003). ISBN 978-0-7876-4004-0

[richardfinn100-2] Richard Finn (2009). Origen and his ascetic legacy, in: Asceticism in the Graeco-Roman World. Cambridge University Press. pp. 100–130.

[3] John Anthony McGuckin (2004). The Westminster Handbook to Origen. Westminster John Knox Press. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-664-22472-1.

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