Philocalia

About this work

Author

Origen

Attribution

authentic · An anthology of passages from Origen's works (including On First Principles, Against Celsus, and the Commentaries), compiled by tradition by Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nazianzus (ca. 358–359). The compilers' selection and headings are not Origen's; many passages overlap with works published elsewhere on this site.

Standing

Not honoured as a saint or in a church calendar by the Catholic, Orthodox, or Protestant traditions. Deposed by Demetrius of Alexandria (ca. 231) but kept as teacher by the churches of Caesarea and Jerusalem; condemned only long after his death.

Date

excerpts 3rd cent.; compiled 4th cent. (approximate) · The excerpts are Origen's (third century); the compilation is traditionally ascribed to Basil and Gregory of Nazianzus, about 358–359.

Written at

Unknown (disputed)

Language

Greek

Genre

other

Reference system

chapter.section (Robinson's chapters 1–27 and their sections; section 0 of a chapter is the compilers' heading, which names the source work)

SBL abbreviation

Philoc.Not yet checked

Text from

J. Armitage Robinson, ed., The Philocalia of Origen (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1893) (Printed edition in the public domain; digital text CC BY-SA 4.0)

Critical editions

Marguerite Harl, Origène: Philocalie 1–20, SC 302 (Paris: Cerf, 1983); Éric Junod, Origène: Philocalie 21–27, SC 226 (Paris: Cerf, 1976) (cited, not reproduced)

CTS URN

urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2042.tlg019