The charismatic Christian Platonist Origen has spent …
Years: 230 - 230
The charismatic Christian Platonist Origen has spent the period from 218 to 230 in Alexandria, where he has produced a great body of writings, among them the Hexapla, the first attempt to establish a critical text of the Old Testament; his commentaries on Matthew and John, which establish him as the Christian church’s first important biblical scholar; the De Principiis (or Peri Archon), a dogmatic treatise on God and the world; and the Contra Celsum, in which he refutes paganism.
Dionysius of Alexandria, a renowned young theologian, mounts a vigorous opposition to the Sabellianist heresy, denying the reality of the three persons of the Trinity.
His detractors accuse him of tritheism, belief in three gods.
Origen, on a return visit to Palestine in 230, is ordained a priest by the bishops of Jerusalem and Caesarea, whereupon Demetrius, bishop of Alexandria, excommunicates him, strips him of his priesthood, and orders him into exile.
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- Polytheism (“paganism”)
- Egypt (Roman province)
- Christians, Early
- Syria Palæstina, Roman province of (Judea, Samaria, and Idumea)
- Roman Empire (Rome): Severan dynasty
- Sabellianism
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Years: 230 - 230
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People
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- Polytheism (“paganism”)
- Egypt (Roman province)
- Christians, Early
- Syria Palæstina, Roman province of (Judea, Samaria, and Idumea)
- Roman Empire (Rome): Severan dynasty
- Sabellianism
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