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Origen of Alexandria · 238–244 · Sermon
Origen's Homilies on Exodus represents a series of thirteen sermons delivered to his congregation in Caesarea during the 240s, addressing the profound spiritual meaning embedded within Israel's liberation from Egypt. Preached during…
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Origen of Alexandria · 238–244 · Sermon
Origen's Homilies on Genesis emerged from his regular preaching ministry in Caesarea during the 240s, where he delivered these expositions of the first book of Scripture to congregations that included both catechumens…
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Origen of Alexandria · 238–244 · Sermon
These twenty-six homilies were preached by Origen to his congregation at Caesarea sometime between 238 and 244, part of the ongoing practice of expounding scripture book by book as it was read…
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Origen of Alexandria · 238–244 · Sermon
These are sermons Origen preached to his congregation in Caesarea between 238 and 244, working through the book of Judges as part of his ongoing practice of expounding Scripture in the liturgical…
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Origen of Alexandria · 238–244 · Sermon
Origen's Homilies on Leviticus comprises sixteen sermons delivered to his congregation in Caesarea between 238 and 244, addressing one of the most challenging books of the Old Testament for Christian readers. Faced…
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Origen of Alexandria · 238–244 · Commentary
Origen preached these homilies at Caesarea sometime between 238 and 244, working verse by verse through the book of Numbers before a congregation gathered for regular worship. He was already the most…
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Origen of Alexandria · 240–245 · Commentary
Written around 240-245 CE during Origen's mature period in Caesarea, this commentary on the Song of Songs represents the first systematic Christian interpretation of Solomon's love poetry. Origen composed this work as…
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Origen of Alexandria · 240–245 · Sermon
Origen's Homilies on Ezekiel represents fourteen surviving sermons from a larger cycle preached in Caesarea during the early 240s, addressing one of scripture's most challenging prophetic books. These homilies emerged from Origen's…
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Origen of Alexandria · 240–245 · Sermon
Origen's Homilies on Jeremiah represents some of the earliest sustained Christian engagement with one of the Hebrew Bible's most challenging prophetic books. Delivered as sermons to his congregation in Caesarea during the…
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Origen of Alexandria · 240–250 · Other
This short letter survives from a real exchange between two of the most learned Christians of the third century. Julius Africanus had written to Origen questioning the authenticity of the Susanna narrative…
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Origen of Alexandria · 243–246 · Commentary
Origen composed this commentary on Paul's Letter to the Romans late in his career, around 243 to 246, dictating it to stenographers at Caesarea. It stands as one of the earliest surviving…
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Origen of Alexandria · 244–249 · Commentary
Origen's Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew represents the first systematic verse-by-verse exposition of Matthew's Gospel in Christian literature. Written during his mature period in Caesarea between 244 and 249, this monumental…
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Origen of Alexandria · 246–248 · Treatise
Against Celsus stands as Christianity's first comprehensive philosophical defense, written by Origen of Alexandria around 246–248 in response to a sophisticated pagan critique that had circulated for nearly seventy years. Celsus, a…
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Works The treatises of S. Caecilius Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, and martyr
Cyprian of Carthage · 246–258 · Book
Cyprian's treatises emerged from the crucible of third-century persecution and controversy that tested the early Church's unity and identity. As Bishop of Carthage from 249 until his martyrdom in 258, Cyprian confronted…
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Cyprian of Carthage · 248–258 · Treatise
The Treatises of Cyprian represent the pastoral and theological responses of Carthage's bishop during one of the early church's most turbulent decades. Written between 248 and 258, these twelve works emerged from…
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Works Library of fathers of the Holy Catholic Church, Volume 03: The treatises of S. Caecilius Cyprian
Cyprian of Carthage · 248–258 · Book
The treatises of Cyprian of Carthage emerge from the crucible of third-century persecution and internal church conflict. Written between 248 and 258, these works address the pastoral and theological crises facing the…
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Cyprian of Carthage · 249–258 · Letter
The letters of Cyprian of Carthage emerge from one of the most turbulent decades in early Christian history. Writing between 249 and 258, Cyprian faced the Decian persecution, internal schisms over the…
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Cyprian of Carthage · 249 · Treatise
De Habitu Virginum emerged from Cyprian's pastoral concerns as bishop of Carthage during the mid-third century, when questions about Christian women's dress and deportment had become sources of controversy within his community.…
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Multiple anonymous translators · 250 · Scripture
The Sahidic Coptic Bible is one of the earliest Egyptian-language Bible traditions and an important witness to ancient Greek textual forms. Rendered in the Sahidic dialect of Coptic, the final stage of…
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Novatian · 250–257 · Treatise
De cibis Judaicis stands as one of the earliest systematic Christian treatments of the relationship between Old Testament ceremonial law and New Testament freedom. Written by Novatian during his period as a…
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Novatian · 250–257 · Treatise
Novatian's treatise on the Trinity stands as one of the earliest systematic treatments of trinitarian doctrine in Latin Christianity, composed during the middle of the third century when the Church faced mounting…
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Works The writings of Cyprian: bishop of Carthage
Cyprian of Carthage · 250–258 · Other
Cyprian's writings emerge from the crucible of mid-third-century North African Christianity, when the church faced both external persecution under Emperor Decius and internal schism over how to treat those who had lapsed…
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Novatian · 251 · Letter
This letter from Novatian to Cyprian of Carthage emerges from the turbulent aftermath of the Decian persecution in 251, when the Roman church found itself without a bishop and facing deep divisions…
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Cyprian of Carthage · 251 · Treatise
De Lapsis emerged from one of the early church's most wrenching crises. During the Decian persecution of 249-251 CE, Roman authorities demanded that all citizens sacrifice to the gods and obtain certificates…
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