Preface

 Chapters

 THE PHILOCALIA OF ORIGEN

 CHAP. II. ----That the Divine Scripture is closed up and sealed. From the Commentary on the 1st Psalm.

 CHAP. III. ---- Why the inspired books are twenty-two in number. From the same volume on the 1st Psalm.

 CHAP. IV. ----Of the solecisms and poor style of Scripture. From Volume IV. of the Commentaries on the Gospel according to John, three or four pages f

 CHAP. V. ---- What is much speaking, and what are the many books? The whole inspired Scripture is one book. From the Introduction to Volume V. of

 CHAP. VI. ----The whole Divine Scripture is one instrument of God, perfect and fitted for its work. From Volume II. of the Commentaries on the Gospel

 CHAP. VII. ----Of the special character of the persons of Divine Scripture. From the small volume on the Song of Songs, which Origen wrote in his yout

 CHAP. VIII. ----That we need not attempt to correct the solecistic phrases of Scripture, and those which are unintelligible according to the letter, s

 CHAP. IX. ---- Why it is that the Divine Scripture often uses the same term in different significations, even in the same place. From the Epistle to t

 CHAP. X. ----Of things in the Divine Scripture which seem to come near to being a stumbling-block and rock of offence. From the 39th Homily on Jeremia

 CHAP. XI. ----That we must seek the nourishment supplied by all inspired Scripture, and not turn from the passages troubled by heretics with ill-advis

 CHAP. XII. ----That a man ought not to faint in reading the Divine Scripture if he cannot comprehend the dark riddles and parables therein. From the 2

 CHAP. XIII. ---- When and to whom the lessons of philosophy may be profitable, in the explanation of the sacred Scriptures, with Scripture proof. The

 CHAP. XIV. ----They who wish to rightly understand the Divine Scriptures must of necessity be acquainted with the logical principles adapted to their

 CHAP. XV. ----A reply to the Greek philosophers who disparage the poverty of style of the Divine Scriptures, and allege that the noble truths of Chris

 CHAP. XVI. ----Concerning those who slander Christianity on account of the heresies in the Church. Book III. against Celsus.

 CHAP. XVII. ----A reply to certain philosophers who say that it makes no difference whether we call Him Who is God over All by the name Zeus, current

 CHAP. XVIII. ----A reply to those Greek philosophers who profess to know everything, and blame the simple faith of the man of Christians and complain

 CHAP. XIX. ----And again, earlier in the same book, Origen says, That our faith in our Lord has nothing in common with the irrational superstitious fa

 CHAP. XX. ----A reply to those who say that the whole world, including man, was made not for man, but for the irrational creatures for the irrational

 CHAP. XXI. ----Of Free Will, with an explanation and interpretation of those sayings of Scripture which seem to destroy it such as the following:----

 CHAP. XXII. ---- What is the dispersion on earth of rational, that is, human souls, indicated under a veil in the building of the tower, and the confu

 CHAP. XXIII. ----Of Fate, and how though God foreknows the conduct of every one, human responsibility remains the same. Further, how the stars are not

 CHAP. XXIV. ----Matter is not uncreated, or the cause of evil. From Book VII. of the Praeparatio Evangelica of Eusebius of Palestine.

 CHAP. XXV. ----That the separation which arises from foreknowledge does not do away with Free Will. From Book I. of the Commentary on the Epistle to

 CHAP. XXVI. ----Of the question of things goodand evil that they partly depend on our own efforts and partly do not and (that) according to the

 CHAP. XXVII. ----The meaning of the Lord's hardening Pharaoh's heart.

Chapters

Τάδε ἔνεστιν ἐν τῇδε τῇ βίβλῳ. αʹ. Περὶ τοῦ θεοπνεύστου τῆς θείας γραφῆς, καὶ πῶς ταύτην ἀναγνωστέον καὶ νοητέον, τίς τε ὁ τῆς ἐν αὐτῇ ἀσαφείας λόγος, καὶ τοῦ κατὰ τὸ ῥητὸν ἔν τισιν ἀδυνάτου ἢ ἀλόγου. βʹ. Ὅτι κέκλεισται καὶ ἐσφράγισται ἡ θεία γραφή. γʹ. Διὰ τί κβʹ τὰ θεόπνευστα βιβλία. δʹ. Περὶ σολοικισμῶν καὶ εὐτελοῦς φράσεως τῆς γραφῆς. εʹ. Τίς ἡ πολυλογία, καὶ τίνα τὰ πολλὰ βιβλία: καὶ ὅτι πᾶσα ἡ θεόπνευστος γραφὴ ἓν βιβλίον ἐστίν. Ϛʹ. Ὅτι ἓν ὄργανον θεοῦ τέλειον καὶ ἡρμοσμένον πᾶσα ἡ θεία γραφή. ζʹ. Περὶ τοῦ ἰδιώματος τῶν προσώπων τῆς θείας γραφῆς. ηʹ. Περὶ τοῦ μὴ δεῖν τὰ σολοικοειδῆ καὶ μὴ σώζοντα τὴν κατὰ τὸ ῥητὸν ἀκολουθίαν ῥητὰ τῆς γραφῆς ἐπιχειρεῖν διορθοῦσθαι, πολὺ τοῖς συνιέναι δυναμένοις τὸ τῆς διανοίας ἀκόλουθον σώζοντα. θʹ. Τίς ὁ λόγος τοῦ τὴν θείαν γραφὴν τῷ αὐτῷ ὀνόματι κατὰ διάφορα σημαινόμενα κεχρῆσθαι πολλάκις καὶ ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ τόπῳ. ιʹ. Περὶ τῶν ἐν τῇ θείᾳ γραφῇ δοκούντων ἔχειν τι λίθου προσκόμματος καὶ πέτρας σκανδάλου. ιαʹ. Ὅτι χρὴ πάσης τῆς θεοπνεύστου γραφῆς τὸ τρόφιμον διώκειν, καὶ τὰ ὑπὸ τῶν αἱρετικῶν ταρασσόμενα ῥητὰ δυσφήμοις ἐπαπορήσεσι μὴ ἀποτρέπεσθαι μηδὲ ὑπερηφανεῖν, ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτῶν μεταλαμβάνειν τῆς ἐν ἀπιστίᾳ ταραχῆς ἐκτός. ιβʹ. Πρὸς τὸ μὴ ἐκκακεῖν ἐν τῇ ἀναγνώσει τῆς θείας γραφῆς τὸν μὴ συνιέντα τὸ σκοτεινὸν τῶν ἐν αὐτῇ αἰνιγμάτων καὶ παραβολῶν. ιγʹ. Πότε καὶ τίσι τὰ ἀπὸ φιλοσοφίας μαθήματα χρήσιμα εἰς τὴν τῶν ἱερῶν γραφῶν διήγησιν, μετὰ γραφικῆς μαρτυρίας. ιδʹ. Ὅτι τοῖς θέλουσι μὴ σφάλλεσθαι περὶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἐν τῷ νοεῖν τὰς θείας γραφὰς ἀναγκαιότατά ἐστι τὰ ἁρμόζοντα εἰς τὴν χρῆσιν εἰδέναι λογικὰ, ὧν ἄνευ ἀκριβείας σημαινομένων οὐ δύναται ὃν δεῖ τρόπον παρίστασθαι. ιεʹ. Πρὸς τοὺς Ἑλλήνων φιλοσόφους τὸ εὐτελὲς τῆς τῶν θείων γραφῶν φράσεως διασύροντας, καὶ τὰ ἐν χριστιανισμῷ καλὰ βέλτιον παρ' Ἕλλησιν εἰρῆσθαι φάσκοντας: καὶ προσέτι δυσειδὲς τὸ τοῦ κυρίου σῶμα λέγοντας: καὶ τίς ὁ λόγος τῶν διαφόρων τοῦ λόγου μορφῶν. ιϚʹ. Περὶ τῶν διαβαλλόντων τὸν χριστιανισμὸν διὰ τὰς ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ αἱρέσεις. ιζʹ. Πρὸς τοὺς λέγοντας τῶν φιλοσόφων μηδὲν διαφέρειν τῷ παρ' Ἕλλησι φερομένῳ ὀνόματι τὸν ἐπὶ πᾶσι θεὸν καλεῖν Δία: ἢ τῷ δεῖνα, φέρε εἰπεῖν, παρ' Ἰνδοῖς: ἢ τῷ δεῖνα παρ' Αἰγυπτίοις. ιηʹ. Πρὸς τοὺς Ἑλλήνων φιλοσόφους πάντα ἐπαγγελλομένους εἰδέναι, καὶ αἰτιωμένους τὸ ἀνεξέταστον τῆς τῶν πολλῶν ἐν χριστιανισμῷ πίστεως: καὶ ὡς προτιμώντων τῆς ἐν βίῳ σοφίας τὴν μωρίαν: καὶ ὅτι οὐδεὶς σοφὸς ἢ πεπαιδευμένος μεμαθήτευται τῷ Ἰησοῦ: ἀλλ' ἢ ναῦται καὶ τελῶναι πονηρότατοι ἠλιθίους καὶ ἀναισθήτους, ἀνδράποδά τε καὶ γύναια καὶ παιδάρια ὑπάγοντες τῷ κηρύγματι. ιθʹ. Ὅτι ἡ εἰς τὸν κύριον ἡμῶν πίστις, μηδὲν κοινὸν ἔχουσα πρὸς τὴν ἄλογον τῶν ἐθνῶν δεισιδαίμονα πίστιν, ἐπαινετή τέ ἐστι καὶ ταῖς ἀρχῆθεν κοιναῖς ἐννοίαις συναγορεύει: καὶ πρὸς τοὺς λέγοντας πῶς ἐκ θνητοῦ σώματος ὄντα τὸν Ἰησοῦν θεὸν νομίζομεν. κʹ. Πρὸς τοὺς λέγοντας μὴ διὰ τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἀλλὰ διὰ τὰ ἄλογα ζῶα γεγονέναι τὸν ἅπαντα κόσμον καὶ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους: ἐπεὶ ἀπονώτερον ἡμῶν τῶν ἀνθρώπων τὰ ἄλογα ζῆ: καὶ ὅτι σοφώτερα ἡμῶν ὄντα θεοφιλῆ τέ ἐστι καὶ ἔννοιαν ἔχει θεοῦ καὶ προγινώσκει τὰ μέλλοντα. ἐν οἷς καὶ κατὰ μετεμψυχώσεως, καὶ περὶ οἰωνιστικῆς καὶ τῆς κατ' αὐτὴν ἀπάτης. καʹ. Περὶ αὐτεξουσίου καὶ τῶν δοκούντων τοῦτο ἀναιρεῖν ῥητῶν γραφικῶν ἐπίλυσις καὶ ἑρμηνεία: ἅτινά ἐστι ταῦτα: αʹ. Εἰς τὸ Ἐσκλήρυνε Κύριος τὴν καρδίαν Φαραώ. βʹ. Εἰς τὸ Ἐξελῶ αὐτῶν τὰς λιθίνας καρδίας καὶ ἐμβαλῶ σαρκίνας, ὅπως ἐν τοῖς προστάγμασί μου πορεύωνται καὶ τὰ δικαιώματά μου φυλάσσωσιν. γʹ. Εἰς τὸ Ἵνα βλέποντες μὴ βλέπωσι καὶ ἀκούοντες ἀκού σωσι καὶ μὴ συνιῶσι, μήποτε ἐπιστρέψωσι καὶ ἀφεθῇ αὐτοῖς. δʹ. Εἰς τὸ Οὐ τοῦ θέλοντος οὐδὲ τοῦ τρέχοντος, ἀλλὰ τοῦ ἐλεοῦντος θεοῦ. εʹ. Εἰς τὸ Καὶ τὸ θέλειν καὶ τὸ ἐνεργεῖν ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστίν. Ϛʹ. Εἰς τὸ Ἄρ' οὖν ὃν θέλει ἐλεεῖ, ὃν δὲ θέλει σκληρύνει. κβʹ. Τίς ἡ τῶν ἐπὶ γῆς λογικῶν ἤτοι ἀνθρωπίνων ψυχῶν διασπορὰ ἐπικεκρυμμένως δηλουμένη ἐκ τῆς οἰκοδομῆς τοῦ πύργου καὶ τῆς κατ' αὐτὴν συγχύσεως τῶν γλωσσῶν. ἐν ᾧ καὶ περὶ πολλῶν κυρίων ἐπιτεταγμένων τοῖς διασπαρεῖσι κατὰ ἀναλογίαν τῆς καταστάσεως. κγʹ. Περὶ εἱμαρμένης, καὶ πῶς προγνώστου ὄντος τοῦ θεοῦ τῶν ὑφ' ἑκάστου πραττομένων τὸ ἐφ' ἡμῖν σώζεται. καὶ τίνα τρόπον οἱ ἀστέρες οὐκ εἰσὶ ποιητικοὶ τῶν ἐν ἀνθρώποις, σημαντικοὶ δὲ μόνον: καὶ ὅτι ἄνθρωποι τὴν περὶ τούτων γνῶσιν ἀκριβῶς ἔχειν οὐ δύνανται, ἀλλὰ δυνάμεσι θείαις τὰ σημεῖα ἔκκειται: καὶ τίς ἡ τούτων αἰτία. ἐν ᾧ καὶ Κλήμεντος ἐπισκόπου Ῥώμης ἐν τῷ πρὸς τὸν πατέρα ἐν Λαοδικείᾳ λόγῳ ἀναγκαιότατόν τι θεώρημα, ἐν οἷς δοκεῖ ἀληθεύειν ἡ ἀστρολογία. κδʹ. Ὅτι οὐκ ἀγένητος οὐδὲ κακῶν αἰτία ἡ ὕλη. κεʹ. Ὅτι ὁ ἐκ προγνώσεως ἀφορισμὸς οὐκ ἀναιρεῖ τὸ αὐτεξούσιον. κϚʹ. Περὶ ἀγαθῶν καὶ κακῶν, καὶ ὅτι ταῦτα ἐν προαιρετικοῖς καὶ ἐν ἀπροαιρέτῳ καὶ κατὰ τὴν τοῦ χριστοῦ διδασκαλίαν: ἀλλ' οὐχ ὡς Ἀριστοτέλης οἴεται. κζʹ. Εἰς τὸ Ἐσκλήρυνε Κύριος τὴν καρδίαν Φαραώ.