theologian

Origen

Ὠριγένης

Alexandrian theologian and biblical scholar (c. 184–253 AD), prolific writer on prayer, exegesis, and the spiritual life. His works were widely influential despite later controversies over his speculative theology.

Mentioned in 2 passages.

(eds.) 1877

(2), a layman,

probably a

professor of rhetoric, whose discourses and writings in defence of the truth during a time of persecution (which, may be identified with the reign of Julian, when Christians were: for-

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