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54 ORIGENES. ORIGENES.
work in some MSS. in place of his. The Lexicon notes, in 15 vols. 8vo. Wurzburg, 1785, &c. A
is extant in the Latin version of Jerome, among number of additional passages from Origen, chiefly
whose works it is usually printed. (Vol. ii. pars i. gleaned from various Catenae, and containing Sc/hoedit. Benedictin, vol. iii. ed. Vallars.) lia on several of the books of Scripture, are given in
The collected works of Origen, more or less the Appendix to the xivth (posthumous) volume of
complete, have been repeatedly published. The Galland's Bibliotheca Patrum. The most important
first editions contained the Latin versions only; of these additions are to the Scholia on the books of
they were those of Jac. Merlinus, 4 vols., or more Deuteronomy, Samuel, Kings, Job, Psalms, Proexactly, 4 parts in 2 vols. fol. Paris, 1512-1519. verbs, and the Gospels of Matthew and Luke.
In this edition the editor published an Apologia Some additions to the Scholia on the Canticles, and
pro Origene, which involved him in much trouble, to the Hexaplar readings on the same book, are
and obliged him to defend himself in a new Apo- contained in the Els raci onuara, Catena in Canticurm,
logia, published in A. D. 1522, when his edition was of Procopius of Gaza, published in the Classicorunn
reprinted, as it was again in 1530, and perhaps 1536. Azuctorumn e Vaticanis Codd. editorum of Angelo
The second edition was prepared by Erasmus, who Mai, vol. ix. p. 257, &c. 8vo. Rome, 1837. Two
made the versions, and was published after his death fragments of Origen, one considerable one, Els'o
by Beatus Rhenanus, fol. Basel. 1536. Panzer Kacrad AovKair, In Evangeliuns Lucae (pp. 474-482),
(Annales 7?p. vol. vii.) gives the version of Eras- and one of a few lines, El's AELTrLcds, In Leviticusn,
mus as published in 4 vols. fol. Lyon (Lugdunum), appear in vol. x. of the same series. Some Sclholia
1536. It was reprinted, with additions, in 1545, of Origen are contained in a collection, El's Tdr
1551, 1557, and ] 571. The third and most complete Aarn)XA Fp/vp/VearL 6La(pdopwv, In Danielern Varioruos
Latin edition was that of Gilbertns Genebrardus, Commentarii, published in vol. i. pars ii. p. 161, &c.
2 vols. Paris, 1574, reprinted in 1604 and 1619. of the Scsipltorum Veterun Nova Collectio, 10 vols.
The value of these Latin editions is diminished by 4to. Rome, 1825, &c. of the same learned editor.
the consideration, that some of the works of Origen, On the writings of Origen. see Huet, Origeniao,.
for instance, the De AIartgyrio and De Oratione, are lib. iii.; Cave, Hist. Litt. ad ann. 230, vol. i. p. 112,
not contained in them, and that the versions of ed. Oxford, 1740-43; Tillemont, Meimoires, vol.
Rufinus, which make up a large part of them, are iii. p. 551, &c., 771, &c.; Dupin, Nouvelle Biblioth.
notoriously unfaithful. We do not here notice any des Aut. E'ccls. des I. I. IIL Siicles, vol. i. p. 326,
but professedly complete editions of Origen's works. &c. 3d ed. 8vo. Paris, 1698; Fabric. Bibl. Grace.
Of the Graeco-Latin editions the most important vol. iii. p. 708, &c., vol. vi. p. 199, &c., vol. vii.
are the following: - Origenis Opera Exegetica, p. 201; Oudin. Comment. de Scriptoribus Eccles.
2 vols. fol. Rouen, 1668, edited by Pierre Daniel vol. i. col. 231, &c.; Ceillier, Aulteurs Sacres,
Huet,, afterwards Bp. of Avranches. An ample vol. ii. p. 601, &c.; Lardner, Credibility, &c. part
and valuable dissertation on the life, opinions, and ii. c. 38.
works of Origen, entitled Orsqeniana, was prefixed Few writers have exercised greater influence by
to this edition. The fragments, collected from the the force of their intellect and the variety of their
Catenae oy Combefis, were sent to Huet, but were attainments than Origen, or have been the occasion
not inserted by him. Huet intended to publish of longer and more acrimonious disputes. His
the complete works of Origen, but did not execute influence is the more remarkable as he had not the
his purpose. His edition was reprinted at Paris, advantage of high rank and a commanding position
in 1679, and at Cologne, or rather Frankfort, in in the church; and his freedom in interpreting the
1683. But the standard edition of Origen's works Scriptures, and the general liberality of his views
is that of the French Benedictine, Charles Delarue, were in direct opposition to the current of religious
completed after his death by his nephew, Charles opinion in his own and subsequent times.
Vincent Delarue, a monk of the same order, 4 vols. Of the more distinctive tenets of this father,
fol. Paris, 1733-1759. The first volume contains several had reference to the doctrine of the
the Miscellaneous, including some of the supposi- Trinity, on which he was charged with distintitious works; and the other three the Exegetical guishing the oilfra, substantia, of the Father from
works, including one of the supposititious Cornmen- that of the Son, with affirming the inferiority of the
tarii in Jobum. The fragments of the Hexapla Holy Spirit to the Son, with making both the
and the Hebraicorumn Nosinusn, Wc. Intelspretatio, Son and Spirit creatures, and with various other
and a portion of the supposititious works, are not errors either asserted by him, or regarded as
given. To the fourth volume are appended (1) Ru- necessarily flowing from his assertions, which it is
finus' version of the Apologia pro Origene of the not requisite to mention. Others of his opinions
Martyr Pamphilus, with considerable fragments of had reference to the difficult subject of the incarthe Greek, accompanied by a new Latin version of nation, and to the pre-existence of Christ's human
the fragments.'(2) The Epilogus of Rufinus on soul, which, as well as the pre-existence of other
the interpolation of Origen's writings. (3) Eis human souls, he affirmed. He was charged also'llpLyeulv, rpoospew/?,TKcS ael 7rnavrUvpaLos Ayo. with holding the corporeity of angels, and with
In Origenem Prosphonetica ac Panegyrica Oratio, other errors as to angels and daemons, on which
addressedby Gregorius Thallmaturgus to Origen,his subjects his views appear to have fluctuated. He
preceptor, on leaving him to return to his native land, held the freedom of the human will, and ascribed
with the Latin version of Gerard Vossius. (4) The to man a nature less corrupt and depraved than
Origeninana of Huet: and (5) an extract from was consistent with orthodox views of the opeBishop Bull's Defensio Fidei Nicaenae, cap. ix. on ration of divine grace. He held the doctrine of
the Consubstantiality'of the Son of God. The the universal restoration of the guilty, conceiving
whole works were accompanied by valuable pre- that the devil alone would suffer eternal punishfaces, " monita," and notes. ment. Other points of less moment we do not
The works of Origen, from the edition of Dela- notice here. A full discussion of them is contained
rue, revised — by Oberthiir, were reprinted without in the Origeniana of I-luet (lib. ii. c. 2, 3).