Events Tagged: "Origen"

Origen born in Alexandria - will become greatest biblical scholar of early Church, later writes Hexapla and Against Celsus

Origen begins Hexapla - massive six-column Bible comparing Hebrew and Greek texts, 6000 pages

Origen castrates himself - literal interpretation of Matthew 19:12, later regrets excessive zeal

Origen creates the Hexapla - Six-column Bible comparing Hebrew, transliteration, Aquila, Symmachus, LXX, Theodotion

Origen tortured under Decius - survives but dies from injuries years later, prolific writer of 2000 works

Origen writes Contra Celsum - Defends Christian use of Old Testament against pagan and Jewish critics

St. Anastasius I becomes thirty-ninth pope - condemns Origen's writings, praised by Jerome