The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 (of 2) — John Shaqi
The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 (of 2)Origen
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The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 (of 2)
Origen
Apologetics -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600; Celsus (Platonic philosopher), active 180; Theology -- History -- Early Church, ca. 30-600
The first published works of Origen were his Homilies, which appeared in
1475, although neither the name of the publisher nor the place of
publication is given. These were followed by the treatise against Celsus
in the translation of Christopher Persana, which appeared at Rome in
1481; and this, again, by an edition of the Homilies at Venice in 1503,
containing those on the four first books of Moses, Joshua, and Judges.
The first collective edition of the whole works was given to the world
in a Latin translation by James Merlin, and was published in two folio
volumes, first at Paris in 1512 and 1519, and afterwards at Paris in
1522 and 1530. A revision of Merlin’s edition was begun by Erasmus, and
completed, after his death, by Beatus Rhenanus. This appeared at Basle
in 1536 in two folio volumes, and again in 1557 and 1571. A much better
and more complete edition was undertaken by the Benedictine Gilbertus
Genebrardus, which was published also in two volumes folio at Paris in
1574, and again in 1604 and 1619. Hoeschel published the treatise
against Celsus at Augsburg in 1605; Spencer, at Cambridge in 1658 and
1677, to which was added the _Philocalia_, which had first appeared in a
Latin translation by Genebrardus, and afterwards in Greek by Tarinus at
Paris in 1618 and 1624, in quarto. Huet, Bishop of Avranches, published
the exegetical writings in Greek, including the Commentaries on Matthew
and John, in two volumes folio, of which the one appeared at Rouen in
1668, and the other at Paris in 1679. The great edition by the two
learned Benedictines of St. Maur—Charles de la Rue, and his nephew
Vincent de la Rue—was published at Paris between the years 1733 and
1759. This is a work of immense industry and labour, and remains the
standard to the present time. It has been reprinted by Migne in his
series of the Greek Fathers, in nine volumes, large 8vo. In Oberthür’s
series of the Greek Fathers, seven volumes contain the chief portion of
Origen’s writings; while Lommatzsch has published the whole in
twenty-five small volumes, Berlin 1831-48, containing the Greek text
alone.—[Abridged from Redepenning.]
For further information upon the life and opinions of Origen, the reader
may consult Redepenning’s _Origenes_, 2 vols., Bonn 1841, 1846; the
articles in Herzog’s _Encyclopädie_ and Wetzer’s and Wette’s
_Kirchen-Lexikon_, by Kling and Hefele respectively; the brilliant
sketch by Pressensé in his _Martyrs and Apologists_ (Harwood’s
translation); and the learned compilation of Huet, entitled
_Origeniana_, to be found in the ninth volume of Migne’s edition.
Footnote 1:
Cf. Redepenning’s _Origenes_, vol. i. pp. 417-420 (Erste Beilage: über
Origenes Geburtsjahr und den Ort, wo er geboren wurde).
Footnote 2:
Cf. _Ibid._ (Zweite Beilage: über Namen und Beinamen der Origenes).
Footnote 3:
_Encyclopaedie der Katholischen Theologie_, _s.v._ Origenes.
Footnote 4:
_Hist. Eccles._ b. vi. c. ii. § 9.
Footnote 5:
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