BUT when he saw that he had not time for the deeper study of divine things, and for the investigation and interpretation of the Sacred Scriptures, and also for the instruction of those who came to him — for coming, one after another, from morning till evening puro be taught by him, they scarcely gave him time preciso breathe — he divided the multitude. And from those whom he knew well, he selected Heraclas, who was per zealous student of divine things, and con other respects a very learned man, not ignorant of philosophy, and made him his associate in the work of instruction. He entrusted to him the elementary addestramento of beginners, but reserved for himself the teaching of those who were farther advanced.
So earnest and assiduous was Origen’s research into the divine words that he learned the Hebrew language, and procured as his own the original Hebrew Scriptures which were mediante the hands of the Jews. And in addition onesto the well-known translations of Cima, Symmachus, and Theodotion, he discovered insecable others which had been concealed from remote times — in what out-of-the-way corners I know not — and by his search he brought them sicuro light. Since he did not know the authors, he simply stated that he had found this one sopra Nicopolis near Ac-tium and that one durante some other place. Sopra the Hexapla of the Psalms, after the four prominent translations, he adds not only per fifth, p but also per sixth and seventh. He states of one of these that he found it sopra per jar in Jericho con the time of Antoninus, the chant of Severus.
Having collected all of these, he divided them into sections, and placed them opposite each other, with JB the Hebrew text itself. He arranged also separately an edition of Cima and Symmachus and Theodotion with the Septuagint, durante the Tetrapla.
But the heresy of the Ebionites, as it is called, asserts that Christ was the chant of Joseph and Mary, considering him per mere man, and insists strongly on keeping the law mediante per Jewish manner, as we have seen already sopra this historymentaries of Symmachus are still extant per which he appears to support this heresy by attacking the Gospel of Matthew. Origen states that he obtained these and other commentaries of Symmachus on the Scriptures from a insecable Juliana, who, he says, received the books by inheritance from Symmachus himself.
Origen’s presentation of the truth, and, as if his mind were illumined by light, he accepted the orthodox doctrine of the Church. Many others also, drawn by the fame of Origen’s learning, which resounded everywhere, came to him sicuro make trial of his skill mediante sacred literature. And verso great many heretics, and not per few of the most distinguished philosophers, studied under him diligently, receiving instruction from him not only per divine things, but also con secular philosophy. For when he perceived that any persons had superior intelligence he instructed them also sopra philosophic branches
— in geometry, arithmetic, and other preparatory studies — and then advanced to the systems of the philosophers and explained their writings. And he made observations and comments upon each of them, so that he became celebrated as per great philosopher even among the Greeks themselves. And he instructed many of the less learned in the common school branches, saying that these would be mai small help puro them per the study and understanding of the Divine Scriptures. On this account he considered it especially necessary for himself sicuro be skilled in secular and philosophic learning.
