Origen of Alexandria
3rd century · AD 253 · Early Fathers (before Nicaea) · 2,917 passages
The most prolific early commentator on Scripture. He read the text on several levels — literal, moral, and spiritual — and shaped how later fathers preached.
Background on Origen of Alexandria
In his own words on 2 John
- 2 John 1:12
Because of the incapacity of his hearers, John did not think it right to entrust the solutions of secrets of this kind to paper and ink.
SERMONS ON EXODUS 4.2
Quoted verbatim from public-domain English translations of the fathers — Aquinas's Catena Aurea, the Ante-Nicene and Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers, and related editions. Each quotation links to its source.