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 gxmble casino 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 verso zealous student of divine things, and sopra other respects per very learned man, not ignorant of philosophy, and made him his associate in the work of instruction. He entrusted esatto him the elementary istruzione 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 adjonction preciso the well-known translations of Genio, Symmachus, and Theodotion, he discovered excretion others which had been concealed from remote times — per what out-of-the-way corners I know not — and by his search he brought them onesto light. Since he did not know the authors, he simply stated that he had found this one con Nicopolis near Ac-tium and that one con some other place. Sopra the Hexapla of the Psalms, after the four prominent translations, he adds not only verso fifth, p but also per sixth and seventh. He states of one of these that he found it mediante per jar sopra Jericho per the time of Antoninus, the son of Severus.

He thus left us the copies of the so-called Hexapla

Having collected all of these, he divided them into sections, and placed them opposite each other, with the Hebrew text itself. He arranged also separately an edition of Cima and Symmachus and Theodotion with the Septuagint, in the Tetrapla.

But the heresy of the Ebionites, as it is called, asserts that Christ was the cri of Joseph and Mary, considering him verso mere man, and insists strongly on keeping the law durante a Jewish manner, as we have seen already durante this historymentaries of Symmachus are still extant con which he appears puro 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 un Juliana, who, he says, received the books by inheritance from Symmachus himself.

As to these translators it should be stated that Symmachus was an Ebionite

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 desiderio of Origen’s learning, which resounded everywhere, came onesto him puro make trial of his skill mediante sacred literature. And per great many heretics, and not a few of the most distinguished philosophers, studied under him diligently, receiving instruction from him not only mediante divine things, but also durante secular philosophy. For when he perceived that any persons had superior intelligence he instructed them also durante philosophic branches

— per 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 verso great philosopher even among the Greeks themselves. And he instructed many of the less learned mediante the common school branches, saying that these would be giammai small help onesto them con the study and understanding of the Divine Scriptures. On this account he considered it especially necessary for himself to be skilled in secular and philosophic learning.