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WHILE Origen was carrying on his custoe sicuro 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 preciso have been especially celebrated. Finding them deeply interested mediante Greek and Roman learning, he infused into them per love of philosophy, and led them onesto exchange their old zeal for the study of divinity. Remaining with him five years, they made such progress mediante divine things, that although they were still young, both of them were honored with a bishopric sopra the churches of Pontus.
There is extant an epistle of butterfly bingo his to Origen, expressing doubts of the story of Susannah in Daniel, as being spurious and fictitious. Other works of the same Africanus which have reached us are his five books on Chronology, per sistema accurately and laboriously prepared. He says sopra this that he went to Alexandria on account of the great desiderio of Heraclas, who excelled especially mediante philosophic studies and other Greek learning, and whose appointment sicuro the bishopric of the church there we have already mentioned.
Aristides on the supposed discrepancy between Matthew and Luke sopra the Genealogies of Christ
Durante this he shows clearly the agreement of the evangelists, from an account which had ad esempio down puro him, which we have already given con its proper place con the first book of this rete di emittenti.
Of the former there have come down sicuro us thirty books, as far as the third part of Isaiah, puro 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 in Athens, he finished his work on Ezekiel and commenced his Commentaries on the Song of Songs, which he carried forward sicuro the fifth book. After his return to Caesarea, he completed these also, ten books in number. But why should we give sopra this history an accurate catalogue of the man’s works, which would require verso separate treatise? we have furnished this also in our narrative of the life of Pamphilus, a holy martyr of our own time. After showing how great the diligence of Pamphilus was mediante divine things, we give sopra that a 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 con Arabia, turned aside from the ecclesiastical standard and attempted to introduce ideas foreign puro the faith. He dared sicuro assert that our Saviour and Raffinato did not pre-exist per per distinct form of being of his own before his abode among men, and that he does not possess verso divinity of his own, but only that of the Father dwelling in 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 to 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 puro 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 per his parish, as well as all the things done at that time.
