Origen: On First Principles

Σφόδρα τοῦ πρὸς τί καὶ ἕνεκα τίνος εὑρισκομένου τοῖς τούτων ἐπιμελομένοις, περὶ τὰς ὁρμὰς, καὶ τὰς φαντασίας, καὶ φύσεις τῶν ζώων, καὶ τὰς κατασκευὰς τῶν σωμάτων .

χρεοκοπεῖται .

ἐν εὐτελεῖ καὶ εὐκαταφρονήτῳ λέξει .

καθημαξευμέναι .

1 Cor. ii. 4 .

τῆς στοιχειώσεως .

ἐντυπωθήσεται .

χρόνοις αἰωνίοις .

ὡς ἐν ἐπιδρομῇ .

τὰ ἅγια ἀναγνώσματα .

πῶς δεῖ ἐφοδεύειν .

οἱ ἰδιῶται τῶν ἐκ τῆς περιτομῆς .

αἰσθητῶς .

Cf. Zech. ix. 10 .

Cf. Isa. vii. 15 .

Cf. Isa. xi. 6, 7 .

παρὰ τὸ δέον .

Cf. Jer. xv. 14 .

Cf. Ex. xx. 5 .

Cf. 1 Sam. xv. 11 .

Cf. Isa. xlv. 7 .

Cf. Amos iii. 6 .

Cf. Mic. i. 12 .

Cf. 1 Sam. xvi. 14; xviii. 10 .

ἰδιωτικῶν .

ἐπιπνοίας .

κανόνος .

τύπους εἶναι τὰ γεγραμμένα .

1 Cor. ii. 12, 13, and 16 ad fin.

Μυρίων ὅσων κἀκεῖ, ὡς δἰ ὀπῆς, μεγίστων καὶ πλείστων νοημάτων οὐ βραχεῖαν ἀφορμὴν παρεχόντων .

ἀπόῤῥητα .

παντελῆ μυστήρια .

Luke xi. 52 .

The Septuagint: Καὶ σὺ δὲ ἀπόγραψαι αὐτὰ σεαυτῷ τρισσῶς, εἰς βσυλὴν καὶ γνῶσιν ἐπὶ τὸ πλάτος τῆς καρδίας σου · διδάκω οὖν σε ἀληθῆ λόγον, καὶ γνῶσιν ἀληθῆ ὑπακούειν, τοῦ ἀποκρίνεσθαί σε λόγους ἀληθείας τοῖς προβαλλομένοις σοι . The Vulgate reads: Ecce, descripsi eam tibi tripliciter, in cogitationibus et scientia, ut ostenderem tibi firmitatem et eloquia veritatis, respondere ex his illis, qui miserunt te.

Cf. note 4, ut supra .

1 Cor. ii. 6, 7 .

παρανόμῳ νυμφίῳ .

τῶν κάτω νοημάτων .

πεπολιωμένοις .

Cf. 1 Cor. ix. 9 and Deut. xxv. 4 .

Cf. 1 Cor. ix. 9, 10 .

Cf. 1 Cor. ii. 6, 7, 8 .

1 Cor. x. 11 .

1 Cor. x. 4 .

Cf. Ex. xxv. 40 and Heb. viii. 5 .

ἀλληγορούμενα .

Col. ii. 16 .

Heb. viii. 5 .

ὡς θεῖον ἄνδρα .

Rom. xi. 4; cf. 1 Kings xix. 18 . [3 Kings according to the Septuagint and Vulgate enumeration. S.]

τινὰς ἀπὸ τοῦ θεῖου γένους , i.e., Israelites.

περὶ τῶν αἰσθητῶν δημιουργημάτων .

γλαφυρόν .

αὐτόθεν .

ὑπὸ τῆς λέξεως ἑλκόμενοι τὸ ἀγωγὸν ἄκρατον ἐχούσης .

ἐν τῇ διηγήσει τῆς περὶ τῶν νοητῶν ἀκολουθίας .

κατὰ τὸ σῶμα .

Οὐδὲ τούτων πάντη ἄκρατον τὴν ἱστορίαν τῶν προσυφασμένων κατὰ τὸ σωματικὸν ἐχόντων, μὴ γεγενημένων · οὐδὲ τὴν νομοθεσίαν καὶ τὰς ἐντολὰς πάντως τὸ εὔλογον ἐμφαίνοντα . One ms . reads γεγενημένην , referring to ἱστορίαν , on which one editor remarks, “Hic et in sequentibus imploro fidem codicum!”

διὰ δοκούσης ιστορίας καὶ οὐ σωματικῶς γεγενημένης .

κατὰ την λέξιν .

ὅσον ἐπὶ τῷ καθ᾽ ἑαυτοὺς τηρεῖσθαι .

Gen. xvii. 14 .

Ex. xvi. 29 .

ψυχρὰς παραδόσεις .

τόπον ἑκάστῳ εἶναι δισχιλίους πήχεις .

Εἰς ἀπεραντολογίαν ἐληλύθασι .

Luke x. 4 .

εἰ μὴ ἄρα πεπονθώς τι παρὰ φύσιν τυγχάνοι .

1 Cor. vii. 18 .

εἰκῆ .

καὶ τῇ κατὰ τὸ ῥητὸν χρησίμων νομοθεσίᾳ .

γέγονεν .

κατὰ τὸ αἰσθητόν .

Cf. Gen. xlviii. 22 and Josh. xxiv. 32 .

Cf. Ex. xx. 12 and Eph. vi. 2, 3 .

χωρις πάσης ἀναγωγῆς .

Cf. Ex. xx. 13–16 .

[ Matt. v. 22 .]

Matt. v. 34 .

1 Thess. v. 14 .

Εἰ και παρὰ τοῖς φιλοτιμοτέροις δύναται σώζειν ἕκαστον αὐτῶν, μετὰ τοῦ μὴ ἀθετεῖσθαι τὴν κατὰ τὸ ῥητὸν ἑντολην, βάθη Θεοῦ σοφίας .

περιελκυσθήσεται .

John v. 39 .

ὁπροηγούμενος .

῞Ολον τὸν νοῦν φιλοτιμητέον καταλαμβάνειν, συνείροντα τὸν περὶ τῶν κατὰ τὴν λέξιν ἀδυνάτων λόγον νοητῶς τοῖς οὐ μόνον οὐκ ἀδυνάτοις, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀληθέσι κατὰ τὴν ἱστορίαν, συναλληγορουμένοις τοῖς ὅσον ἐπὶ τῇ λέξει, μὴ γεγενημένοις .

ἐν ᾽Ιησοῦ τῷ τοῦ Ναυῆ .

1 Cor. x. 18 .

Rom. ix. 6, 8 .

Rom. ii. 28, 29 .

Πᾶσα γὰρ ἀρχὴ πατριῶν τῶν ὡς πρὸς τὸν τῶν ὅλων Θεὸν, κατωτέρω ἀπὸ τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἤρξατο τοῦ μετὰ τὸν τῶν ὅλων Θεὸν καὶ πατέρα .

Matt. xv. 24 .

Rom. ix. 8 . [See Dr. Burton’s Inquiry into the Heresies of the Apostolic Age (Bampton Lectures), pp. 184, 185, 498, 499. S.]

Gal. iv. 26 .

Heb. xii. 22, 23 .

ἐν ψυχῶν γένει .

τοῦ καλουμένου χωρίου ᾅδου .

καὶ παρὰ τοισδε, ἤ τοῖσδε τοῖς πατράσι .

Matt. xiii. 44 .

Cf. Isa. xlv. 3 .

Rom. ix. 6 .

Cf. Gen. xxxii. 28–30 .

Heb. viii. 5 .

Extrinsecus.

Hostes inimicosque.

Ne illud quidem sacramento aliquo vacuum puto.

Quem primum omnium Israelitici belli dextra defenderat.

Rigare et inundare animas sitientes, et sensus adjacentes sibi.

Formam.

Lam. iv. 20 .

Cf. Rev. xiv. 6 .

Omnis gloria regis intrinsecus est. Heb., Sept., and Vulgate all read, “daughter of the king.” Probably the omission of “filiæ” in the text may be due to an error of the copyists. [Cf. Ps. xlv. 13 .]

Rom. xi. 33 .

Rom. xi. 33 .

[ Eccles. vii. 23, 24 .] The Septuagint reads: Εἶπα, Σοφισθήσομαι · καὶ αὕτη ἐμακρύνθη ἀπ᾽ ἐμοῦ, μακρὰν ὑπέρ ὃ ἦν, καὶ βαθὺ βάθος, τίς εὑρήσει αὐτό ; the Vulgate translates this literally.

Cf. Isa. xli. 22, 23 .

Isa. vi. 3 .

Cf. Ecclus. xvi. 21 .

Ex nullis substantibus.

1 John i. 5 .

Cf. Heb. i. 3 .

Cf. Heb. i. 3 .

Quæ quidem quamvis intellectu multa esse dicantur.

Quæ sunt extra Trinitatem.

Cf. 2 Cor. xiii. 3 .

Gal. ii. 20 .

Quam in aliis sanctis viris. “Aliis” is found in the mss. , but is wanting in many editions.

Cf. Matt. xxii. 30 and Luke xx. 36 .

Unde constat in singulis quibusque tantum effici Christum, quantum ratio indulserit meritorum.

Cf. Col. i. 16–18 .

John i. 3 .

Ps. xxxiii. 6 .

Cf. John i. 26, 27 .

Proposito vero et virtute similem sibi.

Animam.

John x. 18 .

Matt. xxvi. 38 .

John xii. 27 .

Cf. Job xv. 14 .

Ps. xlv. 7 .

Cf. Col. iii. 3, 4 .

Substantialiter.

Cf. 1 John ii. 6 .

2 Cor. xiii. 4 .

1 Cor. ii. 2 .

De Maria corpus assumsit.

Semet ipsum exinanivit.

Phil. ii. 6, 7 .

In filium adoptatur.

Ventilare.

In Scripturis canonicis.

Isa. x. 17 , καὶ φάγεται ώσεὶ χόρτον τὴν ὕλην , Sept. The Vulgate follows the Masoretic text.

[Elucidation VI].

Wisd. xi. 17 .

Gen. i. 2 , “invisibilis et incomposita;” “inanis et vacua,” Vulg.

Initia corporum.

Naturam corpoream.

Nec tamen sensus noster manifeste de eo aliquid horum definit, sed ita eum per hæc intelligimus, vel consideramus, ut non omnino rationem status ejus comprehendamus, vel in eo, quod vigilat, vel in eo, quod dormit, aut in quo loquitur, vel tacet, et si qua alia sunt, quæ accidere necesse est hominibus.

Tunc simulatâ quodammodo cogitatione.

Ps. cxxxix. 16 , τὸ ἀκατέργαστόν μου εἴδοσαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου , Sept.; “Imperfectum meum viderunt oculi tui,” Vulg. (same as in the text.) ךךינֶיע“ וּארָ ימִלְגָּ —“Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being imperfect,” Auth. Vers. Cf. Gesenius and Fürst, s.v., סלן .

Ambulavi usque ad imperfectum; cf. Book of Enoch, chap. xvii .

Universas materias perspexi; cf. Book of Enoch, chap. xvii . [On this apocryphal book, see the learned remarks of Dr. Pusey in his reply to Canon Farrar, What is of Faith as to Everlasting Punishment ; pp. 52–59. London, 1881.]

Alioquin.

Substantialem interitum.

Ps. xxii. 27 .

Cf. Col. i. 15 and 2 Cor. iv. 4 .

Luke vi. 36 .

Matt. v. 48 .

Nihil eum rerum intellectualium ex se lateat.

Cf. Prov. ii. 5 , ἐπίγνωσιν Θεοῦ εὑρήσεις (Sept.), Scientiam Dei invenies (Vulg.). אצָ מְתִּ סיהִׁלאֱ תעַרַּ .

On which consult Dupin, and, for another view, Bunsen’s Hippolytus . See also p. 383, infra .

Vol. v. p. 134, and passim to 745; also vi. 368.

Vol. ii. p. 438.

pp. 521–526.

Tractatus de Processione Spiritus Sancti , Gothæ, a.d. 1772.

Christendom’s Divisions , London, 1865.

Vol. vi. p. 132, 133.

Theodoret, book v. cap. ix.

Ed. Converse, New York, 1829.

A Review of Edward’s Inquiry , by Henry Philip Tappan, New York, 1839.

New York, 1840.

New York, 1854. See vol. ii. p. 522, this series.

Alexander, dying just after the Nicene Council, was succeeded by the great Athanasius.