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THE FATHERS
OF THE CHURCH
A N E W T R A N SL AT ION
VOLU M E 120
THE FATHERS
OF THE CHURCH
A N E W T R A N SL AT ION
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ST. PAMPHILUS
APOLOGY FOR ORIGEN
WITH THE LETTER OF RUFINUS
ON THE FALSIFICATION OF
THE BOOKS OF ORIGEN
Translated by
THOMAS P. SCHECK
THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA PRESS
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Pamphilus, Presbyter of Caesarea, 3rd/4th cent.
[Apologia pro Origene. English]
Apology for Origen / St. Pamphilus. With the letter of
Rufinus on the falsification of the books of Origen ;
translated by Thomas P. Scheck.
p. cm. — (The fathers of the church ; v. 120)
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and indexes.
ISBN 978-0-8132-0120-7 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Origen—Early works to 1800. I. Scheck, Thomas P.,
1964– II. Rufinus, of Aquileia, 345–410. De
adulteratione librorum Origenis. English. III. Title. IV. Series.
BR65.O68P3613 2010
270.1092--dc22
2009046095
This translation is dedicated to the sacred memory
of my silent teachers and Pamphilus’s intellectual
descendants: Erasmus of Rotterdam (d. 1536),
priest, and Henri de Lubac (d. 1991), Cardinal.
And to my Wiglaf and very dear friend,
Jay Martin of South Bend, Indiana.
CONTENTS
Acknowledgment
Abbreviations
Select Bibliography
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xi
xiii
Introduction
PAMPHILUS: APOLOGY
FOR ORIGEN 35
Preface of Rufinus
Apology for Origen
3
35
39
RUFINUS: ON THE
FALSIFIC ATION OF THE BOOKS
OF ORIGEN 123
INDICES
General Index
Index of Holy Scripture
Index of Origen’s Works
vii
141
144
148
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The opportunity to translate this work of Pamphilus was given
by Ralph McInerny, who awarded me a post-doctoral research
fellowship in the University of Notre Dame’s Jacques Maritain
Center. I am most grateful to him for those two years of research and teaching from 2004 to 2006.
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ABBREVIATIONS
Titles of Works, Journals, and Series Cited
ACW
CH
CWE
DCB
EEC
FC
FOTC
JTS
RHE
SC
SP
SPCK
WHTO Westminster Handbook to Origen
Ancient Christian Writers
Church History
Collected Works of Erasmus
A Dictionary of Christian Biography
Encyclopedia of the Early Church, 2 vols.
Fontes Christiani
Fathers of the Church
Journal of Theological Studies
Revue d’histoire ecclésiastique
Sources chrétiennes
Studia patristica
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
Sigla
< >Angle brackets indicating a word, phrase, or
sentence that is given special editorial consider
ation in the Amacker and Junod text, SC 464
[ ]
Square brackets indicating a word or phrase that
has been supplied by the present translator
Numerals enclosed by square brackets refer to numbered
citations from Origen’s writings that are listed by the editors of SC 464 and are also identified in footnotes both in
that edition and in the present volume.
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SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
Texts and Translations
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d’Aquilée: Sur la falsification des livres d’Origène. Vol. 1. Critical text,
translation, and notes by R. Amacker and É. Junod. SC 464. Paris:
Cerf, 2002.
Pamphilus and Eusebius of Caesarea. Apologie pour Origène. Suivi de Rufin
d’Aquilée: Sur la falsification des livres d’Origène. Vol. 2. Study, philological commentary, and index by R. Amacker and É. Junod. SC 465.
Paris: Cerf, 2002.
Pamphilus of Caesarea. Apologia pro Origene/Apologie für Origenes. Translated by G. Röwekamp. Fontes Christiani 80. Turnhout: Brepols,
2005.
Photius. The Library of Photius. Volume 1. Translations of Christian Literature. Series I: Greek Texts. Translated by J. H. Freese. London:
SPCK, 1920.
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22.
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———. Medieval Exegesis: The Four Senses of Scripture. Vol. 2. Translated by
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———. “Damnosa haereditas: Pamphilus’ Apology and the Reputation of
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