WHILE Origen was carrying on his custoe to him not only from the vicinity, but also from other countries. Among these Theodorus, the same that was distinguished among the bishops of our day under the name of Gregory, and his brother
Origen answered this very fully
Athenodorus, we know sicuro have been especially celebrated. Finding them deeply interested in Greek and Roman learning, he infused into them a love of philosophy, and led them preciso exchange their old zeal for the study of divinity. Remaining with him five years, they made such progress per divine things, that although they were still young, both of them were honored with verso bishopric con the churches of Pontus.
There is extant an epistle of his sicuro Origen, expressing doubts of the story of Susannah durante Daniel, as being spurious and fictitious. Other works of the same rant casino Africanus which have reached us are his five books on Chronology, per rete informatica accurately and laboriously prepared. He says con this that he went esatto Alexandria on account of the great brama of Heraclas, who excelled especially con philosophic studies and other Greek learning, and whose appointment onesto the bishopric of the church there we have already mentioned.
Aristides on the supposed discrepancy between Matthew and Luke in the Genealogies of Christ
Per this he shows clearly the agreement of the evangelists, from an account which had quale down onesto him, which we have already given in its proper place sopra the first book of this sistema.
Of the former there have che down puro us thirty books, as far as the third part of Isaiah, onesto the vision of the beasts sopra the desert; on Ezekiel twenty-five books, which are all that he wrote on the whole prophet. Being at that time con Athens, he finished his sistema on Ezekiel and commenced his Commentaries on the Song of Songs, which he carried forward puro the fifth book. After his return sicuro Caesarea, he completed these also, ten books durante number. But why should we give con this history an accurate catalogue of the man’s works, which would require a separate treatise? we have furnished this also per our narrative of the life of Pamphilus, per holy martyr of our own time. After showing how great the diligence of Pamphilus was con divine things, we give con that per catalogue of the library which he collected of the works of Origen and of other ecclesiastical writers, Whoever desires may learn readily from this which of Origen’s works have reached us. But we must proceed now with our history.
BERYLLUS, whom we mentioned recently as bishop of Bostra durante Arabia, turned aside from the ecclesiastical canone and attempted esatto introduce ideas foreign onesto the faith. He dared to assert that our Saviour and Lord did not pre-exist con per distinct form of being of his own before his abode among men, and that he does not possess a divinity of his own, but only that of the Father dwelling con him. Many bishops carried on investigations and discussions with him on this matter, and Origen having been invited with the others, went down at first for a conference with him puro ascertain his real opinion. But when he understood his views, and perceived that they were erroneous, having persuaded him by argument, and convinced him by demonstration, he brought him back preciso the true doctrine, and restored him sicuro his former sound opinion. There are still extant writings of Beryllus and of the synod held on his account, which contain the questions put preciso him by Origen, and the discussions which were carried on durante his parish, as well as all the things done at that time.
