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Origen
The Philocalia

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• TO MY CHEERY COMPANIONS C. M. L. AND A. V. T.
• TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE
• THE PHILOCALIA OF ORIGEN
• PREFACE TO THE GREEK EDITION
• CHAP. I. ---- Of the inspiration of the Divine Scripture; how it is to be read and understood; why it is obscure; and what is the reason of the obscurity in it, and of what is impossible in some cases, or unreasonable, when it is taken literally. From the work on "Principles" and various other works of Origen.
• CHAP. II. ---- That the Divine Scripture is closed up and sealed. From the Commentary on the 1st Psalm.
• CHAP. III. ---- Why the inspired books are twenty-two in number. From the same volume on the 1st Psalm.
• CHAP. IV. ---- Of the solecisms and poor style of Scripture. From Volume IV. of the Commentaries on the Gospel according to John, three or four pages from the beginning.
• CHAP. V. ---- What is "much speaking," and what are the "many books"? The whole inspired Scripture is one book. From the Introduction to Volume V. of the Commentaries on John.
• CHAP. VI. ---- The whole Divine Scripture is one instrument of God, perfect and fitted for its work. From Volume II. of the Commentaries on the Gospel according to Matthew: "Blessed are the peacemakers"
• CHAP. VII. ---- Of the special character of the persons of Divine Scripture. From the small volume on the Song of Songs, which Origen wrote in his youth.
• CHAP. VIII. ---- That we need not attempt to correct the solecistic phrases of Scripture, and those which are unintelligible according to the letter, seeing that they contain great propriety of thought for those who can understand. From the Commentary on Hosea.
• CHAP. IX. ---- Why it is that the Divine Scripture often uses the same term in different significations, even in the same place. From the Epistle to the Romans, Volume IX. on the words, "What then? Is the law sin?"
• CHAP. X. ---- Of things in the Divine Scripture which seem to come near to being a stumbling-block and rock of offence. From the 39th Homily on Jeremiah: "The Lord could not bear because of the evil of your doings"
• CHAP. XI. ---- That we must seek the nourishment supplied by all inspired Scripture, and not turn from the passages troubled by heretics with ill-advised difficulties, nor slight them; we ought rather to have our share in them without the confusion which attaches to unbelief. From Volume XX. on Ezekiel. "Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I judge between sheep and sheep, as well the rams as the he-goats. Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have fed upon the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture? and to have drunk of the clear waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet? And as for my sheep they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet? "
• CHAP. XII. ---- That a man ought not to faint in reading the Divine Scripture if he cannot comprehend the dark riddles and parables therein. From the 20th Homily on Joshua, the son of Nun.
• CHAP. XIII. ---- When and to whom the lessons of philosophy may be profitable, in the explanation of the sacred Scriptures, with Scripture proof. The letter to Gregory.
• CHAP. XIV. ---- They who wish to rightly understand the Divine Scriptures must of necessity be acquainted with the logical principles adapted to their use; without these they cannot conceive the exact meaning of the thoughts expressed, as they should do. From Volume III. of the Commentaries on Genesis.
• CHAP. XVI. ---- Concerning those who slander Christianity on account of the heresies in the Church. Book III. against Celsus.
• CHAP. XVII. ---- A reply to certain philosophers who say that it makes no difference whether we call Him Who is God over All by the name Zeus, current among the Greeks, or by that which is used by Indians, for instance, or. Egyptians. Books I. and V. against Celsus.
• CHAP. XVIII. ---- A reply to those Greek philosophers who profess to know everything, and blame the simple faith of the man of Christians; and complain that they prefer folly to wisdom in life; moreover, that no wise or educated man has become a disciple of Jesus; but boatmen and tax-gatherers of the lowest class, they say, get fools and blockheads, slaves, weak women and children, to submit themselves to the Gospel. Books I. and III. against Celsus.
• CHAP. XIX. ---- And again, earlier in the same book, Origen says, That our faith in our Lord has nothing in common with the irrational superstitious faith of the Gentiles, and that it is both commendable, and accords with the original moral notions of mankind. In answer also to those who say, How do we think that Jesus is God seeing that He had a mortal body?
• CHAP. XX. ---- A reply to those who say that the whole world, including man, was made not for man, but for the irrational creatures; for the irrational creatures live with less toil than men; further, that they are wiser than we are, and are both dear to God, and have a conception of God, and foreknow the future; wherein we shall also oppose transmigration of souls, and have something to say concerning augury and the trickery connected with it. From Book IV. against Celsus.
• CHAP. XXI. ---- Of Free Will, with an explanation and interpretation of those sayings of Scripture which seem to destroy it; such as the following: ---- a. "The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh." b. "I will take away their stony hearts, and will give them hearts of flesh, that they may walk in my statutes and keep mine ordinances." c. "That seeing they may not see, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest haply they should turn again, and it should be forgiven them." d. "It is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that hath mercy." e. "It is of God both to will and to do" f."So then he hath mercy on whom he will, and whom he will he hardeneth."
• CHAP. XXII. ---- What is the dispersion on earth of rational, that is, human souls, indicated under a veil in the building of the tower, and the confusion of tongues thereat? Wherein we shall also treat of many lords set over the dispersed according to their condition. From Book v. against Celsus.
• CHAP. XXIII. ---- Of Fate, and how though God foreknows the conduct of every one, human responsibility remains the same. Further, how the stars are not productive of human affairs, but merely indicate them; further, that men cannot attain to an accurate knowledge of these things, but that the signs are set by Divine powers; what is the cause of the signs. Astrology seems to have some elements of truth. From Book III. of the Commentaries on Genesis, "And let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and for years."
• CHAP. XXIV. ---- Matter is not uncreated, or the cause of evil. From Book VII. of the Praeparatio Evangelica of Eusebius of Palestine.
• CHAP. XXV. ---- That the "separation" which arises from foreknowledge does not do away with Free Will. From Book I. of the Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans, at the words "separated unto the gospel of God."
• CHAP. XXVI. ---- Of the question of things "good"and "evil"; that they partly depend on our own efforts and partly do not; and (that) according to the teaching of Christ, but not as Aristotle thinks. From the treatise on the 4th Psalm, at the words, "Many say, who will show us the good things?"
• CHAP. XXVII. ---- The meaning of the Lord's hardening Pharaoh's heart.
• INDEX

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Credits

Printed source	THE PHILOCALIA OF ORIGEN, A COMPILATION OF SELECTED PASSAGES FROM ORIGEN'S WORKS MADE BY ST. GREGORY OF NAZIANZUS AND ST. BASIL OF CAESAREA TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH BY THE REV. GEORGE LEWIS M.A., OF BALLIOL COLLEGE, OXFORD M.A., UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, RECTOR OF ICOMB, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, LATE. VICAR OF DODDERHILL, DROITWICH, Author of "A Life of Joseph Hall, Bishop of Exeter and Norwich", "An Oxford Parish Priest": Translator of S. Basil's "De Spiritu Sancto," S. Jerome's "Dogmatic Treatises," etc. - EDINBURGH : T. & T. CLARK, 38 GEORGE STREET – 1911 - Printed by MORRISON AND GIBB LIMITED
Source of the electronic transcription	Tertullian Project – https://www.tertullian.org/
ETML tagging	IntraText editorial staff
Publication details	Greek text is rendered using the Scholars Press SPIonic - https://www.tertullian.org/support/. Footnotes have been renumbered and moved to the end.

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