Letter To Gregory

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“It was in the most famous and influential library of Caesarea contained voluminous correspondence of Origen”. “He left behind numerous collections of his writings and letters including those he wrote to persons in all walks of life and those he received”. “Thanks to Eusebius, who gave great attention and priority to the life and works of Origen and recorded them in volume VI of his “Historique Ecclésiastique”. “The catalogue was reproduced in writing by St Jerome in his letter to Paula”. “Unfortunately a large number of the correspondence disappear and it was by the tireless effort of P. Nautin who reconstructed passages by giving a list of what was left”. “He also stated that many letters survived in fragments and two copies were wholly preserved including the letter to St Gregory”. “The letter which was written by Origen to Gregory is part of chapter XIII in the Philocalie”. “The first edition is a sole Latin version which is in one distinct …show more content…
“According to F. Cavallera the letter would have been written at the time when Origen tried to persuade Gregory to attend the school in Beirut”. “But, the Remerciement says that he Gregory intended to go but he never did”. “Further there is an observation where Origen desired that his student Gregory could become a great Roman lawyer or a great Greek Philosopher”. “But for Cavallera, he assums that the letter was written at that time, believes that Gregory had not received any philosophical formation”. The second opinion is from J. Dräseke “who confirms that the letter was send as a warning from the master to his disciple cautioning him against the dangers of intellectualism and the paganism in Alexandria”. And the last one is from P. Koetschau who clearly states that the letter was written after 238 and was sent by Origen to his former student who is now back and is undeceive about his

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