Origen the Preacher: Being Fifty Short Sermon Notes Founded Upon Select Passages from His Writings (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Origen the Preacher: Being Fifty Short Sermon Notes Founded Upon Select Passages From His Writings Origen was born at Alexandria, A.D. 185. Leonidas his father, a man both of fortune and position, an ardent Christian and a lover of learning, instructed his son in the Holy Scriptures from his earliest years, causing him to commit to memory and recite some passage of Holy Writ every day. This pious seed was sown in a most kindly and fertile soil. The child was ever thinking upon that which he both read and learned, "diving into the abstruser senses of the text" (Euseb. Eccles. Hist. lib. vi. c. 2), and delighting the soul of a father who in word mildly rebuked, but in heart rejoiced over the thoughtful and profound reasonings of the boy. Leonidas would frequently visit the couch of his son whilst he slept, and uncovering the breast of Origen would "reverently kiss it, " regarding it "as a shrine consecrated by the Divine Spirit." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.