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the holy scriptures of God, they practice geometry, as if being of the earth and speaking of the earth and ignoring the one who comes from above. Euclid, at any rate, is laboriously studied in geometry by some of them, and Aristotle and Theophrastus are admired; for Galen is perhaps even worshipped by some. 5.28.15 And those who misuse the arts of the unbelievers for their heretical opinion and with godless craftiness corrupt the simple faith of the divine scriptures, why is it even necessary to say that they are not even near to the faith? For this reason they have fearlessly laid their hands on the divine scriptures, saying that they have corrected them. 5.28.16 And that I say this not falsely accusing them, whoever wishes can learn. For if anyone should wish to collect the copies of each of them and examine them against one another, he would find them widely disagreeing, at any rate the copies of Asclepiades will be inconsistent with those of Theodotus, 5.28.17 and it is possible to procure many of them because their disciples have ambitiously copied out what were, as they call them, corrected by each of them, that is, corrupted; and again, the copies of Hermophilus do not agree with these. For the copies of Apolloniades are not even consistent with themselves; for it is possible to compare what was prepared by them earlier with what was later perverted again and to find them widely discordant. 5.28.18 And how great an audacity this sin is, it is likely that not even they are ignorant. For either they do not believe that the divine scriptures were spoken by the Holy Spirit, and are unbelievers; or they consider themselves to be wiser than the Holy Spirit, and what else are they but possessed by demons? For they cannot deny that the audacity is their own, when they are written in their own hand, and they did not receive such scriptures from those by whom they were taught, and they are not able to show copies from which they transcribed them. 5.28.19 And some of them did not even deign to corrupt them, but simply denying both the Law and the prophets, under the pretext of grace have slipped down into the lowest pit of destruction through a lawless and godless teaching». And let these things have been related in this manner. 6.pin.t The contents of the sixth book of the Ecclesiastical History 6.pin.1 A Concerning the persecution under Severus. B Concerning the training of Origen from childhood. C How when he was very young he preached the word of Christ. D How many who were catechized by him became martyrs. E Concerning Potamiaena. Concerning Clement of Alexandria. Z Concerning Judas the writer. H Concerning the daring deed of Origen. TH Concerning the wonders in connection with Narcissus. I Concerning the bishops in Jerusalem. IA Concerning Alexander. IB Concerning Serapion and his extant treatises. IG Concerning the writings of Clement. ID How many Scriptures he mentioned. IE Concerning Heraclas. I How Origen devoted himself to the divine Scriptures. IZ Concerning Symmachus the translator. IH Concerning Ambrose. ITH What is related concerning Origen. K How many treatises of that time are extant. KA How many bishops were distinguished at this time. KB How many works of Hippolytus have come down to us. KG Concerning the diligence of Origen and how he was honored with the presbyterate of the church. KD What he interpreted in Alexandria. KE How he mentioned the canonical Scriptures. K How the bishops regarded him. KZ How Heraclas succeeded to the episcopate of the Alexandrians.KH Concerning the persecution under Maximinus. KTH Concerning Fabianus, how he was miraculously appointed bishop of the Romans by God. L How many were pupils of Origen. LA Concerning Africanus. LB What Origen interpreted in Caesarea of Palestine. LG Concerning the error of Beryllus. LD The events under Philip. LE How Dionysius succeeded Heraclas in the episcopate. L What other things Origen labored on. LZ Concerning the division of the Arabians. LH Concerning the heresy of the Elkesaites. LTH Concerning the events under Decius. M Concerning the events that befell Dionysius. MA Concerning those who were martyred in Alexandria itself. MB Concerning the other persons whom Dionysius relates. MG Concerning Novatus, what sort of man he was in character,

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ἁγίας τοῦ θεοῦ γραφάς, γεωμετρίαν ἐπιτηδεύουσιν, ὡς ἂν ἐκ τῆς γῆς ὄντες καὶ ἐκ τῆς γῆς λαλοῦντες καὶ τὸν ἄνωθεν ἐρχόμενον ἀγνοοῦντες. Εὐκλείδης γοῦν παρά τισιν αὐτῶν φιλοπόνως γεωμετρεῖται, Ἀριστοτέλης δὲ καὶ Θεόφραστος θαυμάζονται· Γαληνὸς γὰρ ἴσως ὑπό τινων καὶ προσκυνεῖται. 5.28.15 οἱ δὲ ταῖς τῶν ἀπίστων τέχναις εἰς τὴν τῆς αἱρέσεως αὐτῶν γνώμην ἀποχρώμενοι καὶ τῇ τῶν ἀθέων πανουργίᾳ τὴν ἁπλῆν τῶν θείων γραφῶν πίστιν καπηλεύοντες, ὅτι μηδὲ ἐγγὺς πίστεως ὑπάρχουσιν, τί δεῖ καὶ λέγειν; διὰ τοῦτο ταῖς θείαις γραφαῖς ἀφόβως ἐπέβαλον τὰς χεῖρας, λέγοντες αὐτὰς διωρθωκέναι. 5.28.16 καὶ ὅτι τοῦτο μὴ καταψευδόμενος αὐτῶν λέγω, ὁ βουλόμενος δύναται μαθεῖν. εἰ γάρ τις θελήσει συγκομίσας αὐτῶν ἑκάστου τὰ ἀντίγραφα ἐξετάζειν πρὸς ἄλληλα, κατὰ πολὺ ἂν εὕροι διαφωνοῦντα, ἀσύμφωνα γοῦν ἔσται τὰ Ἀσκληπιάδου τοῖς Θεοδότου, 5.28.17 πολλῶν δὲ ἔστιν εὐπορῆσαι διὰ τὸ φιλοτίμως ἐκγεγράφθαι τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτῶν τὰ ὑφ' ἑκάστου αὐτῶν, ὡς αὐτοὶ καλοῦσιν, κατωρθωμένα, τοῦτ' ἐστὶν ἠφανισμένα· πάλιν δὲ τούτοις τὰ Ἑρμοφίλου οὐ συνᾴδει. τὰ γὰρ Ἀπολλωνιάδου οὐδὲ αὐτὰ ἑαυτοῖς ἐστιν σύμφωνα· ἔνεστιν γὰρ συγκρῖναι τὰ πρότερον ὑπ' αὐτῶν κατασκευασθέντα τοῖς ὕστερον πάλιν ἐπιδιαστραφεῖσιν καὶ εὑρεῖν κατὰ πολὺ ἀπᾴδοντα. 5.28.18 ὅσης δὲ τόλμης ἐστὶ τοῦτο τὸ ἁμάρτημα, εἰκὸς μηδὲ ἐκείνους ἀγνοεῖν. ἢ γὰρ οὐ πιστεύουσιν ἁγίῳ πνεύματι λελέχθαι τὰς θείας γραφάς, καί εἰσιν ἄπιστοι· ἢ ἑαυτοὺς ἡγοῦνται σοφωτέρους τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος ὑπάρχειν, καὶ τί ἕτερον ἢ δαιμονῶσιν; οὐδὲ γὰρ ἀρνήσασθαι δύνανται ἑαυτῶν εἶναι τὸ τόλμημα, ὁπόταν καὶ τῇ αὐτῶν χειρὶ ᾖ γεγραμμένα, καὶ παρ' ὧν κατηχήθησαν, μὴ τοιαύτας παρέλαβον τὰς γραφάς, καὶ δεῖξαι ἀντίγραφα ὅθεν αὐτὰ μετεγράψαντο, μὴ ἔχωσιν. 5.28.19 ἔνιοι δ' αὐτῶν οὐδὲ παραχαράσσειν ἠξίωσαν αὐτάς, ἀλλ' ἁπλῶς ἀρνησάμενοι τόν τε νόμον καὶ τοὺς προφήτας, ἀνόμου καὶ ἀθέου διδασκαλίας προφάσει χάριτος εἰς ἔσχατον ἀπωλείας ὄλεθρον κατωλίσθησαν». καὶ ταῦτα μὲν τοῦτον ἱστορήσθω τὸν τρόπον. 6.pin.t Τάδε καὶ ἡ περιέχει βίβλος τῆς Ἐκκλησιαστικῆς ἱστορίασ 6.pin.1 Α Περὶ τοῦ κατὰ Σευῆρον διωγμοῦ. Β Περὶ τῆς Ὠριγένους ἐκ παιδὸς ἀσκήσεως. Γ Ὡς κομιδῇ νέος ὢν τὸν Χριστοῦ λόγον ἐπρέσβευεν. ∆ Ὅσοι δι' αὐτοῦ κατηχηθέντες προήχθησαν μάρτυρες. Ε Περὶ Ποταμιαίνης. Περὶ Κλήμεντος τοῦ Ἀλεξανδρέως. Ζ Περὶ Ἰούδα συγγραφέως. Η Περὶ τοῦ τολμηθέντος Ὠριγένει. Θ Περὶ τῶν κατὰ Νάρκισσον παραδόξων. Ι Περὶ τῶν ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις ἐπισκόπων. ΙΑ Περὶ Ἀλεξάνδρου. ΙΒ Περὶ Σεραπίωνος καὶ τῶν φερομένων αὐτοῦ λόγων. ΙΓ Περὶ τῶν Κλήμεντος συγγραμμάτων. Ι∆ Ὁπόσων ἐμνημόνευσε γραφῶν. ΙΕ Περὶ Ἡρακλᾶ. Ι Ὅπως Ὠριγένης περὶ τὰς θείας γραφὰς ἐσπουδάκει. ΙΖ Περὶ Συμμάχου τοῦ ἑρμηνέως. ΙΗ Περὶ Ἀμβροσίου. ΙΘ Ὅσα περὶ Ὠριγένους μνημονεύεται. Κ Ὅσοι τῶν τηνικάδε φέρονται λόγοι. ΚΑ Ὅσοι κατὰ τούσδε ἐπίσκοποι ἐγνωρίζοντο. ΚΒ Ὅσα τῶν Ἱππολύτου εἰς ἡμᾶς ἦλθεν. ΚΓ Περὶ τῆς Ὠριγένους σπουδῆς καὶ ὡς τοῦ ἐκκλησιαστικοῦ πρεσβείου ἠξιώθη. Κ∆ Τίνα ἐπὶ τῆς Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐξηγήσατο. ΚΕ Ὅπως τῶν ἐνδιαθήκων γραφῶν ἐμνημόνευσεν. Κ Ὅπως αὐτὸν ἑώρων οἱ ἐπίσκοποι. ΚΖ Ὡς Ἡρακλᾶς τὴν Ἀλεξανδρέων ἐπισκοπὴν διεδέξατο.ΚΗ Περὶ τοῦ κατὰ Μαξιμῖνον διωγμοῦ. ΚΘ Περὶ Φαβιανοῦ ὡς Ῥωμαίων ἐπίσκοπος ἐκ θεοῦ παραδόξως ἀνεδείχθη. Λ Ὅσοι γεγόνασιν Ὠριγένους φοιτηταί. ΛΑ Περὶ Ἀφρικανοῦ. ΛΒ Τίνα Ὠριγένης ἐν Καισαρείᾳ τῆς Παλαιστίνης ἐξηγήσατο. ΛΓ Περὶ τῆς Βηρύλλου παρατροπῆς. Λ∆ Τὰ κατὰ Φίλιππον. ΛΕ Ὡς ∆ιονύσιος Ἡρακλᾶ τὴν ἐπισκοπὴν διεδέξατο. Λ Ὅσα ἄλλα ἐσπούδαστο τῷ Ὠριγένει. ΛΖ Περὶ τῆς τῶν Ἀράβων διαστάσεως. ΛΗ Περὶ τῆς Ἑλκεσαιτῶν αἱρέσεως. ΛΘ Περὶ τῶν κατὰ ∆έκιον. Μ Περὶ τῶν ∆ιονυσίῳ συμβάντων. ΜΑ Περὶ τῶν ἐπ' αὐτῆς Ἀλεξανδρείας μαρτυρησάντων. ΜΒ Περὶ ὧν ἄλλων ὁ ∆ιονύσιος ἱστορεῖ. ΜΓ Περὶ Νοουάτου, οἷός τις ἦν τὸν τρόπον,