HSM · Church Fathers
Origen
An influential biblical scholar whose speculative theology later became a subject of controversy.
Profile
- Role
- Scholar & interpreter
- Approximate period
- c. 185–c. 253/254
- Region
- Alexandria; Caesarea in Palestine
- Major writings
- On First Principles; Against Celsus; biblical commentaries; Hexapla
Relationship to Scripture
Compared textual witnesses and explored literal and spiritual senses; the Hexapla largely survives only in fragments.
An educational profile. Consult the identified works and their editorial introductions before attributing quotations or claiming agreement across early Christian writers.
Sources and Further Investigation
CCEL — Early Church Fathers collections
A collection for further investigation; this profile does not claim that every listed work appears in it.