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On First Principles (De Principiis)
Origen of Alexandria · Christianity · c. 220 CE
Translated by Frederick Crombie (1869)
25 chapters
Origen's foundational systematic Christian theology — the first sustained attempt by any Christian thinker to articulate the doctrine of God, the soul, and the cosmos as a coherent metaphysical whole.
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Contents
- 1Book I, Chapter I
- 2Book I, Chapter II
- 3Book I, Chapter III
- 4Book I, Chapter IV
- 5Book I, Chapter VI
- 6Book I, Chapter VII
- 7Book I, Chapter VIII
- 8Book II, Chapter I
- 9Book II, Chapter I
- 10Book II, Chapter III
- 11Book II, Chapter IV
- 12Book II, Chapter V
- 13Book II, Chapter VI
- 14Book II, Chapter VII
- 15Book II, Chapter VIII
- 16Book II, Chapter IX
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