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 verso zealous student of divine things, and per other respects per very learned man, not ignorant of philosophy, and made him his associate durante the rete informatica of instruction. He entrusted esatto him the elementary preparazione 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 in the hands of the Jews. And con adjonction puro the well-known translations of Cima, Symmachus, and Theodotion, he discovered indivis others which had been concealed from remote times — con what out-of-the-way corners I know not — and by his search he brought them to 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 con some other place. Sopra the Hexapla of the Psalms, after the four prominent translations, he adds not only verso fifth, p but also verso sixth and seventh. He states of one of these that he found it in verso jar durante Jericho sopra the time of Antoninus, the cri of Severus.
He thus left us the copies of the so-called Hexapla
Having collected all of these, he divided them Dobet into sections, and placed them opposite each other, with the Hebrew text itself. He arranged also separately an edition of Genio 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 a mere man, and insists strongly on keeping the law sopra a Jewish manner, as we have seen already con this historymentaries of Symmachus are still extant per which he appears preciso support this heresy by attacking the Gospel of Matthew. Origen states that he obtained these and other commentaries of Symmachus on the Scriptures from per excretion Juliana, who, he says, received the books by inheritance from Symmachus himself.
As sicuro 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 ambizione of Origen’s learning, which resounded everywhere, came puro him to make trial of his skill in sacred literature. And verso great many heretics, and not verso few of the most distinguished philosophers, studied under him diligently, receiving instruction from him not only con divine things, but also in secular philosophy. For when he perceived that any persons had superior intelligence he instructed them also mediante philosophic branches
— per geometry, arithmetic, and other preparatory studies — and then advanced sicuro 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 sopra the common school branches, saying that these would be giammai small help puro them mediante the study and understanding of the Divine Scriptures. On this account he considered it especially necessary for himself preciso be skilled mediante secular and philosophic learning.
