THIRD CENTURY.
THE EXTANT WORKS OF ORIGEN
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF ORIGEN, collected from various editions and manuscripts, both Gallican, Italian, German, and English, and illustrated with annotations, together with copious indices, the life of the author, and many dissertations.
BY THE WORK AND STUDY OF MM. CHARLES AND CHARLES-VINCENT DELARUE, priests and monks of the Benedictine order from the Congregation of Saint Maur;
Carefully edited and newly revised by J.-P. MIGNE, publisher of the UNIVERSAL LIBRARY OF THE CLERGY, or of complete courses in the individual branches of ecclesiastical science.
VOLUME ONE.
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ORDER OF THE CONTENTS CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME
ORIGEN D. de la Rue's dedicatory epistle. Preface. 13 General admonition concerning Origen's epistles. 55 Admonition concerning the epistle of Africanus to Origen, and Origen's response to Africanus regarding the history of Susanna. 57 Epistle of Africanus to Origen concerning the history of Susanna. 41 Epistle of Origen to Africanus concerning the history of Susanna. 47 Epistle to Gregory. When and in what ways philosophical disciplines are useful for the exposition of Sacred Scripture, demonstrated by the testimony of Scripture. 87 Monition on the books *On the Resurrection*. 91 Fragments from the books *On the Resurrection*. 91 Opinion of Origen on the resurrection. 95 Fragments from the books *Stromata*. 99 Admonition on the books *On First Principles* (Περὶ ἀρχῶν). 107 Prologue of Rufinus the priest to the books *On First Principles*. 111 Four books *On First Principles*, translated by Rufinus. 115 BOOK ONE. Chapter 1. — On God. 121 Chapter 2. — On Christ. 130 Chapter 3. — On the Holy Spirit. 145 Chapter 4. — On diminution or fall. 155 Chapter 5. — On rational natures. 157 Chapter 6. — On the end or consummation. 163 Chapter 7. — On incorporeal and corporeal things. 170 Chapter 8. — On angels. 176 BOOK TWO. Chapter 1. 181 Chapter 2. — On the perpetuity of corporeal nature. 186 Chapter 3. — On the beginning of the world and its causes. 188 Chapter 4. — That the God of the Law and the Prophets, and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, is one. 198 Chapter 5. — On the just and the good. 203 Chapter 6. — On the incarnation of Christ. 209 Chapter 7. — On the Holy Spirit. 215 Chapter 8. — On the soul. 218 Chapter 9. — On the world and the movements of rational creatures, whether good or evil, and on their causes. 225 Chapter 10. — On the resurrection and judgment, and on the fire of hell and punishments. 233 Chapter 11. — On the promises. 240 BOOK THREE. Preface of Rufinus. 247 Chapter 1. — On the freedom of the will. 250 Chapter 2. — On contrary powers. 503 Chapter 3. — On the threefold wisdom. 513 Chapter 4. — On human temptations. 517 Chapter 5. — That the world began in time. 525 Chapter 6. — On the consummation of the world. 535 BOOK FOUR. — That the Scriptures are divinely inspired. 541 Monition on the treatise *On Prayer*. 413 TREATISE ON PRAYER. 415 Admonition on the *Exhortation to Martyrdom*. 561 EXHORTATION TO MARTYRDOM. 563 Admonition on the books *Against Celsus*. 637 ORIGEN'S PREFACE to the books *Against Celsus*. 641 Book one. 631 Book two. 791 Book three. 919 Book four. 1027 Book five. 1181 Book six. 1287 Book seven. 1491 Book eight. 1531 Notes of a learned Englishman on Origen's treatise *On Prayer*. 1651 Notes of John Croy on book VI of *Against Celsus*.