ON FIRST PRINCIPLES

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Table of Contents:
Foreword / John C. Cavadini — Introduction / Henri de Lubac — Translators Introduction / G. W. Butterworth — Preface of Rufinus — List of Abbreviations — Book I. Preface — I. The Father — II. Christ — III. The Holy Spirit — IV. Loss, or Falling Away — V. Rational Natures — VI. The End or Consummation — VII. Things Corporeal and Incorporeal — VIII. The Angels — Book II I. The World — II. The Perpetuity of Bodily Nature — III. The Beginning of the World and Its Causes — IV. That the God of the Law and the Prophets, and the Father of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Is One — V. The Just and the Good — VI. The Incarnation of Christ — VII. The Holy Spirit — VIII. The Soul — IX. The World, and the Movements of Rational Creatures Both Good and Evil, and the Causes of These Movements — X. The Resurrection and the Judgment — XI. The Promises — Book III. Preface of Rufinus — I. Free Will — II. The Opposing Powers — III. The Threefold Wisdom — IV. Whether the Statement Made by Some Is True, That Each Individual Has Two Souls — V. That the World Took Its Beginning in Time — VI. The Consummation of the World — Book IV I. The Divine Inspiration of the Scriptures — II. Many, Not Understanding the Scriptures Spiritually, and Interpreting Them Erroneously, Have Fallen into Heresies — III. Illustrations from the Scriptures of the Method in Which Scripture Should Be Understood — IV. Summary of Doctrine concerning the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and of the Other Matters Discussed in the Foregoing Chapters — Original Bibliography — Additional Bibliography by John C. Cavadini — Notes — Index of Names and Subjects — Index of Scriptural Quotations and Allusions.

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‘On First Principles’ is the most important surviving text written by Origen, a third century Church father. It is the first attempt in history to compose a complete Christian theology. Writing in a time when fundamental doctrines had not yet been fully articulated by the Church, Origen contributed to the very formation of Christianity.