22 April. Remembering Origen, c. A.D. 185-253
22 April. Remembering Origen, c. A.D. 185-253. Graves, Dan. “Origen.” Christianity.com. Jun 2007. http://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1-300/origen-11629622.html . Accessed 22 Apr 2015. Have you ever known a teenager who loved Christ so much that he was eager to die for him? A man so brilliant that he kept seven secretaries busy recording his torrent of thought? Somone so eager to walk close to the Lord that he fasted every Wednesday and Friday? Origen was such a person, a saintly man of rare brilliance, an author of thousands of works. Born in Alexandria, Egypt about 185, Origen was reared in a Christian home. His father, Leonides, sent him to the best teachers in town and had his son memorize Scripture every day. When Leonides went to prison for his faith about 202, Origen encouraged him not to deny Christ. He planned to surrender himself to the authorities so that he could join his father in prison, but his mother hid his clothes. Leonides was ma...