For other persons named Origen, see Origen (disambiguation). Origen, Christian church father Origen Christian Philosophy Ante-Nicene Fathers Full name Origen Born c. 185 Alexandria, Egypt[1] Died 254 Caesarea Maritima, Palestine[1] School/tradition Platonic Influenced by Bible, Plato, Clement of Alexandria, Hippolytus of Rome Influenced School of Alexandria Origen (Greek: ὨÏιγÎνης ÅŒrigénÄ“s, or Origen Adamantius, c. 185″“254[1]) [...]
Cyprian
Cyprian
Saint Cyprian (Thascius Caecilius Cyprianus)
Saint Cyprian
Born 3rd century, North Africa
Died September 14, 258, Carthage
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, and Lutheran Church
Feast September 16
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This page is about Cyprian, bishop of Carthage. For other Cyprians, see Cyprian (disambiguation).
Saint Cyprian (Thascius Caecilius Cyprianus) (died September 14, 258) was bishop of [...]
Jerome
Jerome
Saint Jerome
St. Jerome, by Lucas van Leyden
Doctor of the Church
Born ca. 342, Stridon, Dalmatia
Died 419, Bethlehem, Judea
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church, Lutheran Church
Eastern Orthodox Church (Blessed)
Beatified 1747 by Benedict XIV
Canonized 1767 by Clement XIII
Major shrine Basilica of Saint Mary Major, Rome
Feast September 30 (C, L), June 15 (O)
Attributes lion, cardinal clothes, cross, skull, books and [...]
Origen
Origen
Origen (Greek: ὨÏιγÎνης ÅŒrigénÄ“s, 185″“ca. 254) was an Early Christian scholar, theologian, and one of the most distinguished of the early fathers of the Christian Church. He is thought to have been born at Alexandria, and died at Caesarea Maritima.[1][2]
His writings are important as one of the first intellectual attempts to describe Christianity. He espoused [...]
Jerome
Jerome Saint Jerome St. Jerome, by Lucas van Leyden Doctor of the Church Born ca. 342, Stridon, Dalmatia Died 419, Bethlehem, Judea Venerated in Roman Catholic Church, Lutheran Church Eastern Orthodox Church (Blessed) Beatified 1747 by Benedict XIV Canonized 1767 by Clement XIII Major shrine Basilica of Saint Mary Major, Rome Feast September 30 (C, [...]
Origen
Origen Origen (Greek: ὨÏιγÎνης ÅŒrigénÄ“s, 185″“ca. 254) was an Early Christian scholar, theologian, and one of the most distinguished of the early fathers of the Christian Church. He is thought to have been born at Alexandria, and died at Caesarea Maritima.[1][2] His writings are important as one of the first intellectual attempts to describe Christianity. [...]
Unceasing Prayer in an Uncertain World – 900
Unceasing Prayer in an Uncertain World
As the peace and unity of Europe collapsed, the monastery of Cluny pointed a new way forward.
by Dennis Martin
from St. Benedict and the Rise of Western Monasticism
The late 800s and early 900s were not a good time for Western Europe. From Rome to the French Riviera and south to Sicily, [...]
The Venerable Bede
Scholars and Scientists
The Venerable Bede
Father of English history
“It has ever been my delight to learn or teach or write.”
At age 7, Bede was given to the monks of Wearmouth Abby as an oblate. He never left. “From that time, I have spent the whole of my life within that monastery, devoting all my pains to [...]
Unceasing Prayer in an Uncertain World – 900
Unceasing Prayer in an Uncertain World As the peace and unity of Europe collapsed, the monastery of Cluny pointed a new way forward. by Dennis Martin from St. Benedict and the Rise of Western Monasticism The late 800s and early 900s were not a good time for Western Europe. From Rome to the French Riviera [...]
The Venerable Bede
Scholars and Scientists The Venerable Bede Father of English history “It has ever been my delight to learn or teach or write.” At age 7, Bede was given to the monks of Wearmouth Abby as an oblate. He never left. “From that time, I have spent the whole of my life within that monastery, devoting [...]
Philippians 4:11
“I have learned, in whatever state I am, therewith to be content.” — Philippians 4:11 These words show us that contentment is not a natural propensity of man. “Ill weeds grow apace.” Covetousness, discontent, and murmuring are as natural to man as thorns are to the soil. We need not sow thistles and brambles; they [...]
Luther at the Imperial Diet of Worms (1521)
Luther at the Imperial Diet of Worms (1521)
Background
Luther, who through the church’s excommunication was practically declared a heretic, was invited to Worms by the Emperor who had been pressured by a few princes. Both the church and Emperor wanted Luther to recant his teachings while he was there. The princes who supported Luther hoped that [...]
What Luther Said – 1521
What Luther Said
When Martin Luther stood up for his ideas at the Diet of Worms, did he really say, “Here I stand”?
Elesha Coffman
As noted in the “This Week in Christian History” listings below, it was indeed this week, in 1521, when young Martin Luther was called before Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at the Diet [...]
