Origen of Alexandria

Commentary on the Gospel of John

Name: Commentary on the Gospel of John
Author: Origen of Alexandria

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3rd c. · Treatises & Other · English translation, 1890

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Book I.
How Christians Are the Spiritual Israel
The 144,000 Sealed in the Apocalypse Are Converts to Christ From the Gentile…
In the Spiritual Israel the High-Priests Are Those Who Devote Themselves to the…
The Study of the Gospels is the First Fruits Offered by These Priests of…
All Scripture is Gospel; But the Gospels Are Distinguished Above Other…
The Fourfold Gospel. John's the First Fruits of the Four. Qualifications…
What Good Things Are Announced in the Gospels
How the Gospels Cause the Other Books of Scripture Also to Be Gospel
The Somatic and the Spiritual Gospel
How Jesus Himself is the Gospel
Jesus is All Good Things; Hence the Gospel is Manifold
The Gospel Contains the Ill Deeds Also Which Were Done to Jesus
The Angels Also Are Evangelists
The Old Testament, Typified by John, is the Beginning of the Gospel
The Gospel is in the Old Testament, and Indeed in the Whole Universe. Prayer…
Meaning of “Beginning.” (1) in Space
(2) in Time. The Beginning of Creation
(3) of Substance
(4) of Type and Copy
(5) of Elements and What is Formed From Them
(6) of Design and Execution
The Word Was in the Beginning, I.e., in Wisdom, Which Contained All Things in…
The Title “Word” Is to Be Interpreted by the Same Method as the Other Titles of…
Christ as Light; How He, and How His Disciples Are the Light of the World
Christ as the Resurrection
Christ as the Way
Christ as the Truth
Christ as Life
Christ as the Door and as the Shepherd
Christ as Anointed (Christ) and as King
Christ as Teacher and Master
Christ as Son
Christ the True Vine, and as Bread
Christ as the First and the Last; He is Also What Lies Between These
Christ as the Living and the Dead
Christ as a Sword
Christ as a Servant, as the Lamb of God, and as the Man Whom John Did Not Know
Christ as Paraclete, as Propitiation, and as the Power of God
Christ as Wisdom and Sanctification and Redemption
Christ as Righteousness; As the Demiurge, the Agent of the Good God, and as…
Christ as the Rod, the Flower, the Stone
Of the Various Ways in Which Christ is the Logos
Book II.
“And the Word Was With God, and the Word Was God.”
In What Way the Logos is God. Errors to Be Avoided on This Question
Various Relations of the Logos to Men
That the Logos is One, Not Many. Of the Word, Faithful and True, and of His…
He (This One) Was in the Beginning With God
How the Word is the Maker of All Things, and Even the Holy Spirit Was Made…
Of Things Not Made Through the Logos
Heracleon's View That the Logos is Not the Agent of Creation
That the Logos Present in Us is Not Responsible for Our Sins
“That Which Was Made Was Life in Him, and the Life Was the Light of Men.” This…
How No One is Righteous or Can Truly Be Said to Live in Comparison With God
Is the Saviour All That He Is, to All?
How the Life in the Logos Comes After the Beginning
How the Natures of Men Are Not So Fixed From the First, But That They May Pass…
Heracleon's View That the Lord Brought Life Only to the Spiritual. Refutation…
The Life May Be the Light of Others Besides
The Higher Powers Are Men; And Christ is Their Light Also
How God Also is Light, But in a Different Way; And How Life Came Before Light
The Life Here Spoken of is the Higher Life, That of Reason
Different Kinds of Light; And of Darkness
Christ is Not, Like God, Quite Free From Darkness: Since He Bore Our Sins
How the Darkness Failed to Overtake the Light
There is a Divine Darkness Which is Not Evil, and Which Ultimately Becomes Light
John the Baptist Was Sent. From Where? His Soul Was Sent From a Higher Region
Argument From the Prayer of Joseph, to Show That the Baptist May Have Been an…
John is Voice, Jesus is Speech. Relation of These Two to Each Other
Significance of the Names of John and of His Parents
The Prophets Bore Witness to Christ and Foretold Many Things Concerning Him
The Six Testimonies of the Baptist Enumerated. Jesus' “Come and See.”…
How John Was a Witness of Christ, and Specially of “The Light.”
Fragments of the Fourth Book
From the Fifth Book.
From the Preface
How Scripture Warns Us Against Making Many Books
The Apostles Wrote Little
Chapter IV
Book VI.
The Work is Taken Up After a Violent Interruption, Which Has Driven the Writer…
How the Prophets and Holy Men of the Old Testament Knew the Things of Christ
“Grace and Truth Came Through Jesus Christ.” These Words Belong to the Baptist…
John Denies That He is Elijah or “The” Prophet. Yet He Was “A” Prophet
There Were Two Embassies to John the Baptist; The Different Characters of These
Messianic Discussion With John the Baptist
Of the Birth of John, and of His Alleged Identity With Elijah. Of the Doctrine…
John is a Prophet, But Not the Prophet
John I. 22
Of the Voice John the Baptist Is
Of the Way of the Lord, How It is Narrow, and How Jesus is the Way
Heracleon's View of the Voice, and of John the Baptist
John I. 24, 25. Of the Baptism of John, That of Elijah, and That of Christ
Comparison of the Statements of the Four Evangelists Respecting John the…
How the Baptist Answers the Question of the Pharisees and Exalts the Nature of…
Comparison of John's Testimony to Jesus in the Different Gospels
Of the Testimony of John to Jesus in Matthew's Gospel
Of the Testimony in Mark. What is Meant by the Saviour's Shoes and by Untying…
Luke and John Suggest That One May Loose the Shoe-Latchets of the Logos Without…
The Difference Between Not Being “Sufficient” And Not Being “Worthy.”
The Fourth Gospel Speaks of Only One Shoe, the Others of Both. The Significance…
How the Word Stands in the Midst of Men Without Being Known of Them
Heracleon's View of This Utterance of John the Baptist, and Interpretation of…
The Name of the Place Where John Baptized is Not Bethany, as in Most Copies…
Jordan Means “Their Going Down.” Spiritual Meanings and Application of This
The Story of Israel Crossing Jordan Under Joshua is Typical of Christian…
Of Elijah and Elisha Crossing the Jordan
Naaman the Syrian and the Jordan. No Other Stream Has the Same Healing Power
The River of Egypt and Its Dragon, Contrasted With the Jordan
Of What John Learned From Jesus When Mary Visited Elisabeth in the Hill Country
Of the Conversation Between John and Jesus at the Baptism, Recorded by Matthew…
John Calls Jesus a “Lamb.” Why Does He Name This Animal Specially? Of the…
A Lamb Was Offered at the Morning and Evening Sacrifice. Significance of This
The Morning and Evening Sacrifices of the Saint in His Life of Thought
Jesus is a Lamb in Respect of His Human Nature
Of the Death of the Martyrs Considered as a Sacrifice, and in What Way It…
Of the Effects of the Death of Christ, of His Triumph After It, and of the…
The World, of Which the Sin is Taken Away, is Said to Be the Church. Reasons…
Book X.
Jesus Comes to Capernaum. Statements of the Four Evangelists Regarding This
The Discrepancy Between John and the First Three Gospels at This Part of the…
What We Are to Think of the Discrepancies Between the Different Gospels
Scripture Contains Many Contradictions, and Many Statements Which Are Not…
Paul Also Makes Contradictory Statements About Himself, and Acts in Opposite…
Different Accounts of the Call of Peter, and of the Imprisonment of the…
Why His Brothers Are Not Called to the Wedding; And Why He Abides at Capernaum…
How Christ Abides With Believers to the End of the Age, and Whether He Abides…
Heracleon Says That Jesus is Not Stated to Have Done Anything at Capernaum. But…
Significance of Capernaum
Why the Passover is Said to Be That of the “Jews.” Its Institution: and the…
Of the Heavenly Festivals, of Which Those on Earth Are Typical
Spiritual Meaning of the Passover
In the First Three Gospels the Passover is Spoken of Only at the Close of the…
Discrepancy of the Gospel Narratives Connected With the Cleansing of the Temple
The Story of the Purging of the Temple Spiritualized. Taken Literally, It…
Matthew's Story of the Entry Into Jerusalem. Difficulties Involved in It for…
The Ass and the Colt Are the Old and the New Testament. Spiritual Meaning of…
Various Views of Heracleon on Purging of the Temple
The Temple Which Christ Says He Will Raise Up is the Church. How the Dry Bones…
That the Son Was Raised Up by the Father. The Charge Brought Against Jesus at…
The Temple of Solomon Did Not Take Forty-Six Years to Build. With Regard to…
The Temple Spoken of by Christ is the Church. Application to the Church of the…
The Account of the Building of Solomon's Temple Contains Serious Difficulties…
Further Spiritualizing of Solomon's Temple-Building
The Promises Addressed to Jerusalem in the Prophets Refer to the Church, and…
Of the Belief the Disciples Afterwards Attained in the Words of Jesus
The Difference Between Believing in the Name of Jesus and Believing in Jesus…
About What Beings Jesus Needed Testimony
How Jesus Knew the Powers, Better or Worse, Which Reside in Man

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