By Origen
John Cavadini (Foreword)
Origen's On First rules is a foundational paintings within the improvement of Christian notion and doctrine: it's the first test in historical past at a scientific Christian theology. For over a decade it's been out of print with in simple terms dear used copies on hand; now it truly is on hand at an inexpensive expense and in a extra obtainable format.
On First rules is crucial surviving textual content written by way of third-century Church father, Origen. Origen wrote in a time while basic doctrines had no longer but been absolutely articulated through the Church, and contributed to the very formation of Christianity. Readers see Origen grappling with the mysteries of salvation and brainstorming how they are often understood. This version offers G. W. Butterworth's depended on translation in a brand new, extra readable layout, keeps the advent by way of Henri de Lubac, and contains a new foreword via John C. Cavadini. As St. Gregory of Nazianzus, health care provider of the Church, wrote: "Origen is the stone on which we all have been sharpened."
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Iii. The fifteen Anathemas against Origen decreed at the above-mentioned Council or synod. 6 Koetschau gives a place Translator's Introduction lxv in his text to numbers two to six of these Anathemas, on the ground that they record, though not perhaps always word for word, the teaching of Origen in the First Principles. iv. Various fragments taken from Antipater of Bostra, Leontius of Byzantium, Theophilus of Alexandria, Epiphanius, Gregory of Nyssa and others. Koetschau admits in all forty-three Greek fragments, varying in length from a few words to the extensive passages taken from the Philocalia.
THE CONTROVERSY BETWEEN JEROME AND RUFINUS Besides fortifying himself by the publication of the two abovementioned introductory essays Rufinus used another weapon of defense. In his own preface he referred in glowing terms to the previous translations of Origen's works made by Jerome. Now when we recall the disturbance at Jerusalem only a few years before, when Jerome had openly taken his stand against Origen, we can hardly acquit Rufinus of guile in making these allusions. " He had promised to continue his own translations, but the desire to be a "father of the word" and not a mere translator had conquered him, and he was now much too busy with his own compositions.
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