Sfânta Scriptură în preocuparea lui Origen
Origen’s preoccupation with the Holy Scripture

Summary/Abstract: Origen was the first Christian writer and we know for a fact that he was born Christian. He was the most important Greek Christian interpreter and the first who proved the need of Hebrew knowledge in the study of theology. Origen was a leading personality during his life time even for his enemies. He was the founder of the Christian theology, master of the nations promoted by the Apostle of the nations, who used philosophy to discover Elina on Christ. He was an apologist (proving that Christianity is not inferior to philosophy). Origen was the first person who studied the Scripture in a systematic way, and the first Christian who managed to fascinate the intellectual elite of his time, and yet he was a heretic after death. Origen was the first biblist. In all his researches Origen used the texts of the Scripture in an authentic and ingenious way that bears no comparison. The Bible was the field for his fight against Christianity (as it is nowadays as well), and Origen fought with the sword of faith and the shield of tradition leading the church from the first line. There were times of war and the army of the church was in its beginnings and was not very well organized. Yet, having Origen to lead it, the Church won. Origen realized that the strength of the Church can be achieved by defending, explaining and enhancing the Bible, the most important source of Christian faith. The Bible is a Divine-human work, and the interpreter must use both his spiritual and intellectual qualities. The interpretation of the Scripture was for Origen the highest and most difficult mission of mankind because this way the human being is in direct communication with divinity. The accomplishment of the Bible message is the fruit. The result of reading, understanding and interpreting the Scripture is the last stage, the highest achievable level. Origen’s philosophy was ”ortopraxia”. Those who defy Christianity often dispraise the Bible and don’t acknowledge its revelation, unity and authority. If Bible collapsed, many Christians would loose their minds and choose the wrong way, as the Bible is the core of Orthodoxy, the main authority and the indispensable reference point that grounds the doctrine.

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