<strong>Origen</strong> was the most influential Christian theologian before Augustine thefounder of Biblical study as a serious discipline in the Christian tra... » 

Origen was the most influential Christian theologian before Augustine thefounder of Biblical study as a serious discipline in the Christian traditionand a figure with immense influence on the development of Christianspirituality.This volume presents a comprehensive and accessible insight into Origens lifeand writings. An introduction analyzes the principal influences that formed himas a Christian and as a thinker his emergence as a mature theologian atAlexandria his work in Caesarea and his controversial legacy. Freshtranslations of a representative selection of Origens writings including somenever previously available in print show how Origen provided a lastingframework for Christian theology by finding through study of the Bible acoherent understanding of Gods saving plan. «