WHILE Origen was carrying on his custoe puro 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 onesto have been especially MrPunter celebrated. Finding them deeply interested con Greek and Roman learning, he infused into them verso love of philosophy, and led them puro exchange their old zeal for the study of divinity. Remaining with him five years, they made such progress durante divine things, that although they were still young, both of them were honored with per bishopric durante the churches of Pontus.

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

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

Mediante this he shows clearly the agreement of the evangelists, from an account which had come down preciso him, which we have already given durante its proper place mediante the first book of this rete informatica.

Of the former there have come down preciso us thirty books, as far as the third part of Isaiah, preciso the vision of the beasts con the desert; on Ezekiel twenty-five books, which are all that he wrote on the whole prophet. Being at that time sopra Athens, he finished his rete di emittenti on Ezekiel and commenced his Commentaries on the Song of Songs, which he carried forward to the fifth book. After his return onesto Caesarea, he completed these also, ten books con number. But why should we give sopra this history an accurate catalogue of the man’s works, which would require a 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 per divine things, we give in that verso 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 mediante Arabia, turned aside from the ecclesiastical canone and attempted sicuro introduce ideas foreign preciso the faith. He dared sicuro assert that our Saviour and Lord did not pre-exist sopra a 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 per 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 preciso 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 sicuro 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 mediante his parish, as well as all the things done at that time.