{"product_id":"apology-for-origen-pamphilus-9780813201207","title":"Apology for Origen: With the Letter of Rufinus on the Falsification of the Books of Origen","description":"\u003cp\u003ePresented here for the first time in English translation (from Rufinus's Latin version) is the \u003ci\u003eApology for Origen\u003c\/i\u003e, the sole surviving work of St. Pamphilus of Caesarea (d. 310 AD), who was one of the most celebrated priest-martyrs of the ancient Church. Written from prison with the collaboration of Eusebius (later to become the bishop of Caesarea), the Apology attempts to refute accusations made against Origen, defending his views with passages quoted from his own works. Pamphilus aims to show Origen's fidelity to the apostolic proclamation, citing excerpts that demonstrate Origen's orthodoxy and his vehement repudiation of heresy. He then takes up a series of specific accusations raised against Origen's doctrine, quoting passages from Origen's writings that confute charges raised against his Christology. Some excerpts demonstrate that Origen did not deny the history of the biblical narratives; others clarify Origen's doctrine of souls and aspects of his eschatology. Pamphilus was beheaded on February 16, 310, under the emperor Maximinus Daia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 397 AD, at the urgent invitation of his friend Macarius, Rufinus of Aquileia translated Pamphilus's \u003ci\u003eApology\u003c\/i\u003e into Latin, the first of his extensive translations of Origen's writings. Rufinus probably did not suspect the incomparable importance of his undertaking, but by translating Origen he saved from impending ruin some of the most precious monuments of Christian antiquity, destined to form Latin minds for many years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso presented in this volume is a new English translation of Rufinus's work, \u003ci\u003eOn the Falsification of the Books of Origen\u003c\/i\u003e in which Rufinus sets forth arguments for his theory that Origen's writings had suffered interpolations by heretics. Rufinus demonstrates that literary frauds and forgeries carried out by heretics were widespread and affected many writers. He may have been misled by his intense respect for Origen's genius, and he certainly exaggerated when he claimed that all the doctrinal errors to be met with in Origen's works were due to interpolations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eABOUT THE TRANSLATOR: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas P. Scheck is assistant professor of classics and theology at Ave Maria University. He is the translator of several works of the Church Fathers: Origen's \u003ci\u003eCommentary on the Epistle to the Romans, Homilies on Numbers, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHomilies on Ezekiel, \u003c\/i\u003e St. Jerome's \u003ci\u003eCommentary on Matthew, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCommentaries on Galatians, Titus, and Philemon.\u003c\/i\u003e His research interests include the reception of the Church Fathers in the West and the theology of Erasmus of Rotterdam.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pamphilus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813201209\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813201207\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catholic University of America Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/23\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 149\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.47h x 6.16w x 0.72d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pamphilus","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43990390735103,"sku":"9780813201207","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ba330a2a-11b6-4e67-b615-ba671ed86302.jpg?v=1683304405","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/apology-for-origen-pamphilus-9780813201207","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}