04279nam a2200541Ka 4500 ocn813844866 OCoLC 20200709055610.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 121022s2010 dcu ob 001 0 eng d N$T N$T 9780813212203 (electronic bk.) 0813212200 (electronic bk.) 9780813201207 0813201209 (OCoLC)813844866 489921 (N$T) eng lat grc BR65.O68 P3613 2010eb REL 108020 bisacsh REL 015000 bisacsh 270.1092 22 N$TA Pamphilus, Presbyter of Caesarea, 3rd/4th cent. Apologia pro Origene. English Apology for Origen [electronic resource] / St. Pamphilus. With the letter of Rufinus on the falsification of the books of Origen ; translated by Thomas P. Scheck. Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2010. 1 online resource (xv, 149 p.) The fathers of the church ; v. 120 Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Presented here for the first time in English translation (from Rufinus's Latin version) is the Apology for Origen, the sole surviving work of St. Pamphilus of Caesarea (d. 310 AD), who was one of the most celebrated priest-martyrs of the ancient Church. Written from prison with the collaboration of Eusebius (later to become the bishop of Caesarea), the Apology attempts to refute accusations made against Origen, defending his views with passages quoted from his own works. Pamphilus aims to show Origen's fidelity to the apostolic proclamation, citing excerpts that demonstrate Origen's orthodoxy and his vehement repudiation of heresy. He then takes up a series of specific accusations raised against Origen's doctrine, quoting passages from Origen's writings that confute charges raised against his Christology. Some excerpts demonstrate that Origen did not deny the history of the biblical narratives; others clarify Origen's doctrine of souls and aspects of his eschatology. Pamphilus was beheaded on February 16, 310, under the emperor Maximinus Daia. In 397 AD, at the urgent invitation of his friend Macarius, Rufinus of Aquileia translated Pamphilus's Apology into Latin, the first of his extensive translations of Origen's writings. Rufinus probably did not suspect the incomparable importance of his undertaking, but by translating Origen he saved from impending ruin some of the most precious monuments of Christian antiquity, destined to form Latin minds for many years to come. Also presented in this volume is a new English translation of Rufinus's work, On the Falsification of the Books of Origen in whichRufinus sets forth arguments for his theory that Origen's writings had suffered interpolations by heretics. Rufinus demonstrates that literary frauds and forgeries carried out by heretics were widespread and affected many writers. He may have been misled by his intense respect for Origen's genius, and he certainly exaggerated when he claimed that all the doctrinal errors to be met with in Origen's works were due to interpolations. Translated from the Latin. Description based on print version record. Origen Early works to 1800. RELIGION / Christian Church / History bisacsh RELIGION / Christianity / History bisacsh Electronic books. Scheck, Thomas P., 1964- Rufinus, of Aquileia, 345-410. Rufinus, of Aquileia, 345-410. De adulteratione librorum Origenis. English. Print version: Pamphilus, Presbyter of Caesarea, 3rd/4th cent. Apologia pro Origene. English. Apology for Origen. Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2010 9780813201207 (DLC) 2009046095 (OCoLC)463454599 Fathers of the church ; v. 120. EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=489921 EBSCOhost EBSC 489921 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 51662 51662