Who was Origen?
Q: Who was Origen?
A: Origen (or Origenes, also Origen(es) Adamantius) was an early Christian scholar who lived in Alexandria in the 3rd century.
Q: When did he live?
A: He was born in the year 185 or 186, and proably died around the year 254.
Q: What is his status today?
A: Today, he is regarded as one of the Church Fathers, but not as a Saint.
Q: What ideas were declared to be false later on?
A: His ideas that were declared to be false included that the human soul existed before conception, and entered the human body before birth (generally known as pre-existence). Another idea was that of souls entering a different human body after death. A third idea, called Apocatastasis, is that the reign of god would be restored when the world ends.
Q: Was he ever canonized by the Catholic Church?
A: No, unlike many church fathers, Origen was never canonized by the Catholic Church because some of his teachings directly contradicted the teachings and actions of apostles.
Q: What branches of theology did he write about? A: He wrote about many branches of theology including textual criticism, biblical exegesis and hermeneutics, philosophical theology, preaching, and spirituality.
Q:What view did he have on God's Trinity ? A:He saw The Son Of God As Subordinate To God The Father , Even Though This View Of The Trinity Was Common At The Time , It Became Controversial During The Arian Controversy Of The Fourth Century .
