Showing posts with label Origen of Alexandria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Origen of Alexandria. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Origen on the Pauline Authorship of Hebrews

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Image: Origen teaching his students, etching by Jan Luyken (1649-1712) It seems every discussion of the authorship of Hebrews mus...
Saturday, March 21, 2020

Eusebius, EH.7.1-2: From Decius to Gallus & the Death of Origen

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Image: Bronze statue of Trebonianus Gallus who lived from 206-253, and ruled as emperor from 251-253. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New...
Thursday, February 27, 2020

Eusebius, EH.6.39-40: The Decian Persecution and the Sufferings of Origen and Dionysius

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Image: Coin with image of the Roman Emperor Trajan Decius (c. A.D. 201-251). This is an occasional series of readings from and br...
Monday, February 24, 2020

Eusebius, EH.6.33-38: Origen's Refutation of Various Heresies & the Emperor Philip

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Image: Bust of Philip the Arab (c. 204-249). The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. This is an occasional series o...
Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Eusebius, EH.6.26-32: Origen's Transition to Caesarea & Continuing Influence

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Image: Modern view of the Roman amphitheater in Caesarea This is an occasional series of readings from and brief notes and comm...
Monday, February 17, 2020

Eusebius, EH.6.23-25: Origen's Commentaries & Canon

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This is an occasional series of readings from and brief notes and commentary upon Eusebius of Caesarea’s The Ecclesiastical History...
Thursday, February 13, 2020

Eusebius, EH.6.20-22: Learned Churchmen & Origen's Interview with Mamaea

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Image: Defaced bust of Julia Avita Mamaea (c. 180-235), mother of the Emperor Alexander Severus. British Museum, London. This is ...
Monday, February 10, 2020

Eusebius, EH, 6:18-19: Origen, Porphyry, and the Greek Philosophers

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This is an occasional series of readings from and brief notes and commentary upon Eusebius of Caesarea’s The Ecclesiastical History :  ...
Wednesday, February 05, 2020

Eusebius, EH.6.16-17: Origen's Hexapla

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This is an occasional series of readings from and brief notes and commentary upon Eusebius of Caesarea’s The Ecclesiastical History :...
Monday, February 03, 2020

Eusebius, EH.6.13-15: Clement of Alexandria and Origen

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This is an occasional series of readings from and brief notes and commentary upon Eusebius of Caesarea’s The Ecclesiastical History :...
Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Eusebius, EH.6.9-11: Narcissus and Alexander

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Image: Arial view of modern Jerusalem This is an occasional series of readings from and brief notes and commentary upon Eusebiu...
Thursday, January 16, 2020

Eusebius, EH.6.6-8: Origen's Notorious "Rash Act"

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Image: Manuscript representation of Origen, c. 1160. This is an occasional series of readings from and brief notes and commentary...
Monday, January 13, 2020

Eusebius, EH.6.4-5: Origen and the Alexandrian Martyrs

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This is an occasional series of readings from and brief notes and commentary upon Eusebius of Caesarea’s The Ecclesiastical History...