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Apology for Origen - On the Falsification of the Books of Origen by Rufinus (Paperback)
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Apology for Origen - On the Falsification of the Books of Origen by Rufinus (Paperback)
Series: Fathers of the Church Series
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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
which Rufinus 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.
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