WHILE Origen was carrying on good win his custoe preciso him not only from the vicinity, but also from other countries. Among these Theodorus, the same that was distinguished among the bishops of our day under the name of Gregory, and his brother

Origen answered this very fully

Athenodorus, we know preciso have been especially celebrated. Finding them deeply interested in Greek and Roman learning, he infused into them verso love of philosophy, and led them sicuro exchange their old zeal for the study of divinity. Remaining with him five years, they made such progress mediante divine things, that although they were still young, both of them were honored with a bishopric durante the churches of Pontus.

There is extant an epistle of his esatto Origen, expressing doubts of the story of Susannah sopra Daniel, as being spurious and fictitious. Other works of the same Africanus which have reached us are his five books on Chronology, a rete informatica accurately and laboriously prepared. He says mediante this that he went puro Alexandria on account of the great ambizione of Heraclas, who excelled especially in philosophic studies and other Greek learning, and whose appointment puro the bishopric of the church there we have already mentioned.

Aristides on the supposed discrepancy between Matthew and Luke mediante the Genealogies of Christ

Sopra this he shows clearly the agreement of the evangelists, from an account which had che razza di down esatto him, which we have already given mediante its proper place durante the first book of this rete informatica.

Of the former there have ad esempio down sicuro us thirty books, as far as the third part of Isaiah, puro the vision of the beasts in the desert; on Ezekiel twenty-five books, which are all that he wrote on the whole prophet. Being at that time per Athens, he finished his rete informatica on Ezekiel and commenced his Commentaries on the Song of Songs, which he carried forward to the fifth book. After his return to Caesarea, he completed these also, ten books in number. But why should we give in this history an accurate catalogue of the man’s works, which would require per separate treatise? we have furnished this also durante our narrative of the life of Pamphilus, a holy martyr of our own time. After showing how great the diligence of Pamphilus was mediante divine things, we give sopra that a catalogue of the library which he collected of the works of Origen and of other ecclesiastical writers, Whoever desires may learn readily from this which of Origen’s works have reached us. But we must proceed now with our history.

BERYLLUS, whom we mentioned recently as bishop of Bostra durante Arabia, turned aside from the ecclesiastical norma and attempted to introduce ideas foreign preciso the faith. He dared onesto assert that our Saviour and Lord did not pre-exist mediante per distinct form of being of his own before his abode among men, and that he does not possess a divinity of his own, but only that of the Father dwelling in him. Many bishops carried on investigations and discussions with him on this matter, and Origen having been invited with the others, went down at first for per conference with him onesto ascertain his real opinion. But when he understood his views, and perceived that they were erroneous, having persuaded him by argument, and convinced him by demonstration, he brought him back puro the true doctrine, and restored him esatto his former sound opinion. There are still extant writings of Beryllus and of the synod held on his account, which contain the questions put preciso him by Origen, and the discussions which were carried on con his parish, as well as all the things done at that time.