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Article: Origen.(Fathers Of The Church V)
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- Catholic Insight
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- September 1, 2004
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"Origen's story deserves to be told right from the cradle"--Eusebius. Born around 185 in (probably) Alexandria, the young man narrowly escaped sharing his father's martyrdom in anti-Christian pogroms there. Peace restored, Bishop (later Saint) Demetrius chose the lay but outstandingly erudite Origen to replace the fugitive Clement as head of the Catechetical School. He combined this responsibility with intensified study of pagan philosophy under the Neo-Platonist Ammonius, whilst leading a personal life of such asceticism as to castrate himself through an over-literal interpretation of Matthew 19.12 ("There be eunuchs which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of ...
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