Glimpses #54: Origen: Gifted, Devout, Condemned
Format: 2-page bulletin insert
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Product Description: Though he was well schooled in Greek education and philosophy and may well have been the greatest scholar of his age, Origen recognized that a totally rational explanation of the Christian faith was impossible. Christians could grow spiritually only by meditating on the Scriptures; it was to the study and teaching of the Scripture that Origen devoted his life. During his early years at Alexandria, Origen wrote On First Principles, the first systematic theology ever written. For twenty-eight years he worked on his Hexapla, a massive work of Old Testament textual analysis. Origen was one of the few churchmen before the Reformation who learned Hebrew to better study the Old Testament. His Hexapla was a parallel edition of the Hebrew text of the Old Testament with a transliteration and four different translations into Greek. Origen's efforts made the church aware that the transmission and translation of the text of sacred Scripture should be carefully watched and controlled.
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