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Origen: On First Principles

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Ante-Nicene Fathers, ANF04 (19th-century English edition); editors Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson and A. Cleveland Coxe. CCEL transcription.
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Contents

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Opening and sections
  1. Prologue of Rufinus. · Translated text
  2. Translator and historical edition notes · Edition commentary
  3. Preface. · Translated text
Book I
  1. Book I — Chapter I — On God. · Translated text
  2. Book I — Chapter I — On God. (part 2) · Translated text
  3. Book I — Chapter II — On Christ. · Translated text
  4. Book I — Chapter II — On Christ. (part 2) · Translated text
  5. Book I — Chapter II — On Christ. (part 3) · Translated text
  6. Book I — Chapter III — On the Holy Spirit. · Translated text
  7. Book I — Chapter III — On the Holy Spirit. (part 2) · Translated text
  8. Book I — Chapter IV — On Defection, or Falling Away. · Translated text
  9. Book I — Chapter V — On Rational Natures. · Translated text
  10. Book I — Chapter V — On Rational Natures. (part 2) · Translated text
  11. Book I — Chapter VI — On the End or Consummation. · Translated text
  12. Book I — Chapter VII — On Incorporeal and Corporeal Beings. · Translated text
  13. Book I — Chapter VIII — On the Angels. · Translated text
  14. Book I — Fragment from the First Book of the de Principiis. · Translated text
  15. Book I — Another Fragment from the Same. · Translated text
Book II
  1. Book II — Chapter I — On the World. · Translated text
  2. Book II — Chapter II — On the Perpetuity of Bodily Nature. · Translated text
  3. Book II — Chapter III — On the Beginning of the World, and Its Causes. · Translated text
  4. Book II — Chapter III — On the Beginning of the World, and Its Causes. (part 2) · Translated text
  5. Book II — Chapter IV — The God of the Law and the Prophets, and the Father of Our Lord Jesus Christ, is the Same God. · Translated text
  6. Book II — Chapter V — On Justice and Goodness. · Translated text
  7. Book II — Chapter V — On Justice and Goodness. (part 2) · Translated text
  8. Book II — Chapter VI — On the Incarnation of Christ. · Translated text
  9. Book II — Chapter VI — On the Incarnation of Christ. (part 2) · Translated text
  10. Book II — Chapter VII — On the Holy Spirit. · Translated text
  11. Book II — Chapter VIII — On the Soul (Anima). · Translated text
  12. Book II — Chapter VIII — On the Soul (Anima). (part 2) · Translated text
  13. Book II — Chapter IX — On the World and the Movements of Rational Creatures, Whether Good or Bad; And on the Causes of Them. · Translated text
  14. Book II — Chapter IX — On the World and the Movements of Rational Creatures, Whether Good or Bad; And on the Causes of Them. (part 2) · Translated text
  15. Book II — Chapter X — On the Resurrection, and the Judgment, the Fire of Hell, and Punishments. · Translated text
  16. Book II — Chapter X — On the Resurrection, and the Judgment, the Fire of Hell, and Punishments. (part 2) · Translated text
  17. Book II — Chapter XI — On Counter Promises. · Translated text
  18. Book II — Chapter XI — On Counter Promises. (part 2) · Translated text
Book III
  1. Book III — Preface of Rufinus. · Translated text
  2. Book III — Chapter I. translated from the Latin of Rufinus: On the Freedom of the Will. · Translated text
  3. Book III — Chapter I. translated from the Latin of Rufinus: On the Freedom of the Will. (part 2) · Translated text
  4. Book III — Chapter I. translated from the Latin of Rufinus: On the Freedom of the Will. (part 3) · Translated text
  5. Book III — Chapter I. translated from the Latin of Rufinus: On the Freedom of the Will. (part 4) · Translated text
  6. Book III — Chapter I. translated from the Latin of Rufinus: On the Freedom of the Will. (part 5) · Translated text
  7. Book III — Chapter I. translated from the Latin of Rufinus: On the Freedom of the Will. (part 6) · Translated text
  8. Book III — Chapter I. translated from the Greek: On the Freedom of the Will, With an Explanation and Interpretation of Those Statements of Scripture Which Appear to Nullify It. (part 7) · Translated text
  9. Book III — Chapter I. translated from the Greek: On the Freedom of the Will, With an Explanation and Interpretation of Those Statements of Scripture Which Appear to Nullify It. (part 8) · Translated text
  10. Book III — Chapter I. translated from the Greek: On the Freedom of the Will, With an Explanation and Interpretation of Those Statements of Scripture Which Appear to Nullify It. (part 9) · Translated text
  11. Book III — Chapter I. translated from the Greek: On the Freedom of the Will, With an Explanation and Interpretation of Those Statements of Scripture Which Appear to Nullify It. (part 10) · Translated text
  12. Book III — Chapter I. translated from the Greek: On the Freedom of the Will, With an Explanation and Interpretation of Those Statements of Scripture Which Appear to Nullify It. (part 11) · Translated text
  13. Book III — Chapter II — On the Opposing Powers. · Translated text
  14. Book III — Chapter II — On the Opposing Powers. (part 2) · Translated text
  15. Book III — Chapter II — On the Opposing Powers. (part 3) · Translated text
  16. Book III — Chapter III — On Threefold Wisdom. · Translated text
  17. Book III — Chapter III — On Threefold Wisdom. (part 2) · Translated text
  18. Book III — Chapter IV — On Human Temptations. · Translated text
  19. Book III — Chapter IV — On Human Temptations. (part 2) · Translated text
  20. Book III — Chapter V — That the World Took Its Beginning in Time. · Translated text
  21. Book III — Chapter V — That the World Took Its Beginning in Time. (part 2) · Translated text
  22. Book III — Chapter VI — On the End of the World. · Translated text
  23. Book III — Chapter VI — On the End of the World. (part 2) · Translated text
  24. Book III — Chapter I., Sections 1-23 translated from the Latin of Rufinus: That the Scriptures are Divinely Inspired. (part 12) · Translated text
  25. Book III — Chapter I., Sections 1-23 translated from the Latin of Rufinus: That the Scriptures are Divinely Inspired. (part 13) · Translated text
  26. Book III — Chapter I., Sections 1-23 translated from the Latin of Rufinus: That the Scriptures are Divinely Inspired. (part 14) · Translated text
  27. Book III — Chapter I., Sections 1-23 translated from the Latin of Rufinus: That the Scriptures are Divinely Inspired. (part 15) · Translated text
  28. Book III — Chapter I., Sections 1-23 translated from the Latin of Rufinus: That the Scriptures are Divinely Inspired. (part 16) · Translated text
  29. Book III — Chapter I., Sections 1-23 translated from the Greek: On the Inspiration of Holy Scripture, and How the Same is to be Read and Understood, and What is the Reason of the Uncertainty in it; and of the Impossibility or Irrationality of Certain Things in it, Taken According to the Letter. (part 17) · Translated text
  30. Book III — Chapter I., Sections 1-23 translated from the Greek: On the Inspiration of Holy Scripture, and How the Same is to be Read and Understood, and What is the Reason of the Uncertainty in it; and of the Impossibility or Irrationality of Certain Things in it, Taken According to the Letter. (part 18) · Translated text
  31. Book III — Chapter I., Sections 1-23 translated from the Greek: On the Inspiration of Holy Scripture, and How the Same is to be Read and Understood, and What is the Reason of the Uncertainty in it; and of the Impossibility or Irrationality of Certain Things in it, Taken According to the Letter. (part 19) · Translated text
  32. Book III — Chapter I., Sections 1-23 translated from the Greek: On the Inspiration of Holy Scripture, and How the Same is to be Read and Understood, and What is the Reason of the Uncertainty in it; and of the Impossibility or Irrationality of Certain Things in it, Taken According to the Letter. (part 20) · Translated text
  33. Book III — Chapter I., Sections 1-23 translated from the Greek: On the Inspiration of Holy Scripture, and How the Same is to be Read and Understood, and What is the Reason of the Uncertainty in it; and of the Impossibility or Irrationality of Certain Things in it, Taken According to the Letter. (part 21) · Translated text
  34. Book III — Sections 24-End translated from the Latin. · Translated text
  35. Book III — Sections 24-End translated from the Latin. (part 2) · Translated text
  36. Book III — Sections 24-End translated from the Latin. (part 3) · Translated text
  37. Book III — Sections 24-End translated from the Latin. (part 4) · Translated text
  38. Book III — Elucidations. · Edition commentary
  39. Book III — Translator and historical edition notes · Edition commentary
  40. Book III — Translator and historical edition notes (part 2) · Edition commentary
  41. Book III — Translator and historical edition notes (part 3) · Edition commentary
  42. Book III — Translator and historical edition notes (part 4) · Edition commentary
  43. Book III — Translator and historical edition notes (part 5) · Edition commentary
  44. Book III — Translator and historical edition notes (part 6) · Edition commentary
  45. Book III — Translator and historical edition notes (part 7) · Edition commentary