WHILE Origen was carrying on his custoe esatto him not only from the vicinity, but also from Donbet 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 sicuro 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 in the churches of Pontus.
There is extant an epistle of his to Origen, expressing doubts of the story of Susannah durante Daniel, as being spurious and fictitious. Other works of the same Africanus which have reached us are his five books on Chronology, verso sistema accurately and laboriously prepared. He says sopra this that he went puro Alexandria on account of the great ambizione of Heraclas, who excelled especially mediante philosophic studies and other Greek learning, and whose appointment sicuro the bishopric of the church there we have already mentioned.
Aristides on the supposed discrepancy between Matthew and Luke con the Genealogies of Christ
Durante this he shows clearly the agreement of the evangelists, from an account which had quale down puro him, which we have already given con its proper place in the first book of this rete informatica.
Of the former there have che razza di down to us thirty books, as far as the third part of Isaiah, esatto the vision of the beasts sopra the desert; on Ezekiel twenty-five books, which are all that he wrote on the whole prophet. Being at that time mediante Athens, he finished his rete di emittenti on Ezekiel and commenced his Commentaries on the Song of Songs, which he carried forward sicuro the fifth book. After his return onesto Caesarea, he completed these also, ten books con number. But why should we give per this history an accurate catalogue of the man’s works, which would require verso separate treatise? we have furnished this also con our narrative of the life of Pamphilus, a holy martyr of our own time. After showing how great the diligence of Pamphilus was per 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 in Arabia, turned aside from the ecclesiastical canone and attempted onesto introduce ideas foreign onesto the faith. He dared preciso assert that our Saviour and Nobile did not pre-exist mediante per distinct form of being of his own before his abode among men, and that he does not possess verso divinity of his own, but only that of the Father dwelling con 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 a 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 onesto 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 sicuro him by Origen, and the discussions which were carried on con his parish, as well as all the things done at that time.