Origen of Alexandria

Teacher and biblical scholar of Alexandria and Caesarea.

c. AD 185–253 Greek East The third century 40 works Wikipedia

Fully prepared texts

Side by side with the original Greek where we have it, an older public-domain English translation, and a modern English version.

Fragments on the Gospel of John GreekModern English 137 chapters
Fragments on the Gospel of Luke GreekModern English 153 chapters
On the Witch of Endor (Homily on 1 Samuel 28) GreekModern English 10 chapters
Scholia on the Gospel of Matthew GreekModern English 12 chapters
Scholia on the Gospel of Luke GreekModern English 20 chapters
Fragments of the Homilies on Job GreekModern English 46 chapters
Selected Notes on the Pentateuch, Joshua, Samuel, Job and Ezekiel GreekModern English 216 chapters
Fragments on Lamentations GreekModern English 119 chapters
Scholia on the Song of Songs GreekModern English 9 chapters
Fragments on Jeremiah GreekModern English 73 chapters
Homilies on Jeremiah GreekModern English 20 chapters

More writings in English

English translations (older public-domain ones, and a few modern ones shared under open licences), divided into chapters and short sections, with a download for each. A modern English version and the original-language text are planned for the works that matter most.

A Letter from Origen to Africanus Older English 29 min read
Against Celsus (part 1 of 2) Older English 11.2 h read
Against Celsus (part 2 of 2) Older English 6.8 h read
Commentary on John Older English 7.0 h read
Commentary on Matthew Older English 6.5 h read
Commentary on Romans (part 1 of 2) Older English 10.4 h read
Commentary on Romans (part 2 of 2) Older English 6.8 h read
Commentary on the Song of Songs Older English 5.8 h read
De Principiis Older English 9.6 h read
Dialogue with Heraclides Older English 34 min read
Homilies on 1 Samuel Older English 79 min read
Homilies on the Song of Songs Older English 58 min read
On Prayer Older English 2.8 h read
Philocalia Older English 7.2 h read
Shorter writings Older English 13 min read
Letter of Origen to Gregory Older English 6 min read

Original-language texts

The Latin and Greek texts as edited and digitised by the Open Greek and Latin project (CC BY-SA 4.0): one column, with the standard references, and plain-text and TEI XML downloads for scholars. They have been corrected from print by machine and may still contain errors.

Epistula ad Africanum (Greek) Greek 22 min read
Exhortatio ad martyrium (Greek) Greek 56 min read
Expositio in Proverbia (fragmenta e catenis) (Greek) Greek 80 min read
Commentarium In Evangelium Matthaei (Lib. 10-11) (Greek) Greek 1.7 h read
De oratione (Greek) Greek 2.1 h read
Homiliae In Lucam (Greek) Greek 3.9 h read
Commentarii in evangelium Joannis (lib. 19, 20, 28, 32) (Greek) Greek 4.5 h read
Philocalia (Greek) Greek 4.8 h read
Commentarium In Evangelium Matthaei (Lib. 12-17) (Greek) Greek 6.9 h read
Commentarii In Evangelium Joannis (Greek, part 1 of 2) Greek 7.2 h read
Commentarii In Evangelium Joannis (Greek, part 2 of 2) Greek 4.6 h read
Contra Celsum (Greek, part 1 of 2) Greek 6.6 h read
Contra Celsum (Greek, part 2 of 2) Greek 5.9 h read

Most translations are the older ones in the public domain (mostly the nineteenth-century Ante-Nicene, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers); a few are modern translations shared under an open licence, with the translators credited on the work’s page. Square brackets and any Greek or Latin words are as the source prints them.