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Origen
[ awr-i-jen, -juhn, or- ]
noun
- Origenes Admantius, a.d. 185?–254?, Alexandrian writer, Christian theologian, and teacher.
Origen
/ ˈɒrɪˌdʒɛn /
noun
- Origen?185?254MEhyptianRELIGION: theologian ?185–?254 ad , Christian theologian, born in Alexandria. His writings include Hexapla, a synopsis of the Old Testament, Contra Celsum, a defence of Christianity, and De principiis, a statement of Christian theology
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- Ori·geni·an adjective noun
- Ori·gen·ism noun
- Ori·gen·ist noun
- Ori·gen·istic adjective
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Example Sentences
Origen, Ambrose, and Augustine unite in prohibiting the representation of the Deity by any material object.
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Ambrosius assists the labors of Origen by paying clerks to copy for him.
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Origen and Augustine, the two greatest men which Christianity has produced, would agree with Greg in this.
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Origen tells us that Æsculapius discovered means of cure through dreams, probably brought about by artificial means.
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The most remarkable and interesting relic of antiquity which I saw at Soor, was the remains of the church of Origen.
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