Re: Origen and origins

Allen Roy (allen@infomagic.com)
Tue, 13 Apr 1999 19:33:54 -0700

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> From: David Campbell <bivalve@mailserv0.isis.unc.edu>
> Origen's describing Gen. 1-3 as "mysteries, the history having taken
place
> in appearance, and not literally" is quoted by Christopher A. Hall,
Reading
> Scripture with the Church Fathers, p. 146, from Origen's On First
> Principles, 4.16, cited in Sadowski, Church Fathers on the Bible, p. 122.
>
Here is a comprehensive site that analyses the position of the earth church
fathers about Genesis 1-11. This URL is the appendix entitled "Origen’s
Interpretation of the Creation."

http://www.robibrad.demon.co.uk/Appendix1.htm

Origen had a two fold idea of creation.

Allen

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