For not without reason have the ancients handed it down as Paul’s
Durante addenda he makes the following statements in regard onesto the Epistle onesto the Hebrews mediante his Homilies upon it:
At this time Firmilianus, bishop of Caesarea con Cappadocia, was conspicuous
“That the verbal MinnieBet style of the epistle entitled ‘To the Hebrews,’ is not burbero like the language of the apostle, who acknowledged himself ‘rude mediante speech,’ that is, con expression; but that its diction is purer Greek, any one who has the power esatto discern differences of phraseology will acknowledge. Moreover, that the thoughts of the epistle are admirable, and not inferior onesto the acknowledged apostolic writings, any one who carefully examines the apostolic text will admit.” Farther on he adds:
“If Rso gave my opinion, Rso should say that the thoughts are those of the apostle, but the diction and phraseology are those of some one who remembered the apostolic teachings, and wrote down at his leisure what had been said by his teacher. Therefore if any church holds that this epistle is by Paul, let it be commended for this. But who wrote the epistle, con truth, God knows. The statement of some who have gone before us is that Clement, bishop of the Romans, wrote the epistle, and of others that Luke, the author of the Gospel and the Acts, wrote it.” But let this suffice on these matters.
IT was durante the tenth year of the above-mentioned reign that Origen removed from Alexandria preciso Caesarea, leaving the charge of the catechetical school sopra that city esatto Heraclas. Not long afterward Demetrius, bishop of the church of Alexandria, died, having held the office for forty-three full years, and Heraclas succeeded him.
HE was so earnestly affected toward Origen, that he urged him preciso che tipo di sicuro that country for the benefit of the churches, and moreover he visited him durante Judea, remaining with him for some time, for the sake of improvement in divine things. And Alexander, bishop of Jerusalem, and Theoctistus, bishop of Caesarea, attended on him constantly, as their only teacher, and allowed him esatto expound the Divine Scriptures, and sicuro perform the other duties pertaining esatto ecclesiastical discourse.
THE Roman emperor, Alexander, having finished his reign in thirteen years, was succeeded by Maximinus Caesar
On account of his hatred toward the household of Alexander, which contained many believers, he began verso persecution, commanding that only the rulers of the churches should be put esatto death, as responsible for the Gospel teaching. Thereupon Origen composed his sistema On brose and Protoctetus, per presbyter of the parish of Caesarea, because per the persecution there had quale upon them both unusual hardships, in which it is reported that they were eminent con confession during the reign of Maximinus, which lasted but three years. Origen has noted this as the time of the persecution in the twenty-second book of his Commentaries on John, and sopra several epistles.
GORDIANUS succeeded Maximinus as Roman emperor; and Pontianus, who had been bishop of the church at Rome for six years, was succeeded by Anteros. After he had held the office for a month, Fabianus succeeded him. They say that Fabianus having quale, after the death of Anteros, with others from the country, was staying at Rome, and that while there he was chosen sicuro the office through a most wonderful manifestation of divine and heavenly grace. For when all the brethren had assembled onesto select by vote him who should succeed sicuro the episcopate of the church, several renowned and honorable men were sopra the minds of many, but Fabianus, although present, was sopra the mind of none. But they relate that suddenly per dove flying down lighted on his head, resembling the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Saviour in the form of an in cui. Thereupon all the people, as if moved by one Divine Spirit, with all eagerness and unanimity cried out that he was worthy, and without delay they took him and placed him upon the episcopal seat.