Origen: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Jean DaniĆ©lou, Origen (1955), is the best biography; it is complemented by Henri Crouzel, Origen (1989). Charles Bigg, The Christian Platonists of Alexandria (1886, reprinted 1981), is a sensitive and profound study of Origenās thought; see also Joseph Wilson Trigg, Origen (1983). Henry Chadwick, Early Christian Thought and the Classical Tradition: Studies in Justin, Clement, and Origen (1966, reissued 1984), explores Origenās critique of Greek philosophical ideas. R.P.C. Hanson, Allegory and Event (1959), provides the best study of Origenās biblical interpretation. Charles Kannengiesser and William L. Petersen (eds.), Origen of Alexandria: His World and His Legacy (1988), is a collection of colloquy papers.
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| Add new Web site: Visions - Foundations - Origen: Platonic Christian. | Jun 25, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Dictionary of African Christian Biography - Origen (A). | Oct 27, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Christian History Institute - Origen: Friend or Foe? | Aug 26, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Origen and the Origenists. | Jul 19, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 29, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Learn Religions - Origen: Biography of the Man of Steel. | Jan 31, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Christianity.com - Who was Origen? His Life and Theology. | Nov 24, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Eternal Word Television Network - Origen and Origenism. | Sep 29, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia - Origen. | Jun 09, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Biography of Origen. | Apr 14, 2023 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Origen and Origenism. | Feb 28, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Biography of Origen of Alexandria. | Jan 30, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Traditional Catholic - Biography of Origen. | Jan 30, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Biography of Origen. | Jan 30, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - "De Principiis" by Origen. | Nov 10, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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