---
name: Origen of Alexandria
name_greek: Ὠριγένης ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς
eul_aid: uhs
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/origen-of-alexandria-uhs"
period: Late Antique
dialect: Christian Koine
affiliation: Christian
works_count: 25
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Origen of Alexandria

*Ὠριγένης ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς*

**eul_aid:** `uhs` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/origen-of-alexandria-uhs)

Origen of Alexandria, major Christian theologian of late antiquity. Works include theological texts. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Against Celsus](https://eulogikon.org/works/origen-alexandria-against-celsus-uhs-cs) — *Κατὰ Κέλσου* · `uhs-cs`
- [Commentaries-Genesis](https://eulogikon.org/works/origen-alexandria-genesis-commentary-uhs-bo) — *Ὑπομνήματα εἰς Γένεσιν* · `uhs-bo`
- [Commentaries-Romans](https://eulogikon.org/works/origen-alexandria-romans-uhs-bt) — *Ὑπομνήματα εἰς τὴν πρὸς Ῥωμαίους* · `uhs-bt`
- [Commentaries-Romans III.5–V.7](https://eulogikon.org/works/origen-alexandria-commentaries-romans-3-5-5-7-uhs-au) — *Ὑπομνήματα εἰς τὴν πρὸς Ῥωμαίους* · `uhs-au`
- [Commentaries-the Epistle to the Romans](https://eulogikon.org/works/origen-alexandria-commentaries-romans-uhs-ao) — *Ὑπομνήματα εἰς τὴν πρὸς Ῥωμαίους Ἐπιστολήν* · `uhs-ao`
- [Commentaries-the Epistle to the Romans I.1–XII.21](https://eulogikon.org/works/origen-alexandria-romans-commentary-uhs-ae) — *Ὑπομνήματα εἰς τὴν πρὸς Ῥωμαίους Ἐπιστολήν* · `uhs-ae`
- [Commentaries-the Gospel of John](https://eulogikon.org/works/origen-alexandria-gospel-john-uhs-av) — *Ὑπομνήματα εἰς τὸ Κατὰ Ἰωάννην Εὐαγγέλιον* · `uhs-av`
- [Commentaries-the Gospel of John](https://eulogikon.org/works/origen-alexandria-john-gospel-commentary-uhs-aw) — *Ὑπομνήματα εἰς τὸ Κατὰ Ἰωάννην Εὐαγγέλιον* · `uhs-aw`
- [Commentary-the Gospel of Matthew Books 10–11](https://eulogikon.org/works/origen-alexandria-matthew-10-11-uhs-ah) — *Ὑπόμνημα εἰς τὸ Κατὰ Ματθαῖον Εὐαγγέλιον Βιβλία* · `uhs-ah`
- [Commentary-the Gospel of Matthew Books 12–17](https://eulogikon.org/works/origen-alexandria-matthew-12-17-uhs-ai) — *Ὑπόμνημα εἰς τὸ Κατὰ Ματθαῖον Εὐαγγέλιον Βιβλία* · `uhs-ai`
- [Dialogue with Heraclides](https://eulogikon.org/works/origen-alexandria-heraclides-uhs-bk) — *Διάλογος πρὸς Ἡρακλείδην* · `uhs-bk`
- [Fragments from Commentaries-the Gospel of Matthew](https://eulogikon.org/works/origen-alexandria-matthew-fragments-uhs-ag) — *Ἀποσπάσματα ἐκ Ὑπομνημάτων εἰς τὸ Κατὰ Ματθαῖον* · `uhs-ag`
- [Fragments-Principles](https://eulogikon.org/works/origen-alexandria-principles-uhs-bp) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Ἀρχῶν* · `uhs-bp`
- [Fragments-the Gospel of Matthew](https://eulogikon.org/works/origen-alexandria-gospel-matthew-uhs-ax) — *Ἀποσπάσματα εἰς τὸ Κατὰ Ματθαῖον* · `uhs-ax`
- [Letter to Africanus](https://eulogikon.org/works/origen-alexandria-letter-africanus-uhs-ck) — *Πρὸς Ἀφρικανόν* · `uhs-ck`
- [Letter to Gregory the Wonderworker](https://eulogikon.org/works/origen-alexandria-letter-gregory-uhs-ay) — *Πρὸς Γρηγόριον τὸν Θαυματουργόν* · `uhs-ay`
- [On Prayer](https://eulogikon.org/works/origen-alexandria-prayer-uhs-db) — *Περὶ προσευχῆς* · `uhs-db`
- [On Principles](https://eulogikon.org/works/origen-alexandria-principles-uhs-cz) — *Περὶ Ἀρχῶν* · `uhs-cz`
- [On the Resurrection, Two Books, Fragments](https://eulogikon.org/works/origen-alexandria-resurrection-fragments-uhs-ap) — *Περὶ Ἀναστάσεως* · `uhs-ap`
- [On the Song of Songs, Two Books Written in Youth](https://eulogikon.org/works/origen-alexandria-song-of-songs-uhs-aj) — *Περὶ Ἄσματος Ἀσμάτων* · `uhs-aj`
- [Origen's Philocalia, Chapters 23, 25–27](https://eulogikon.org/works/origen-alexandria-philocalia-23-25-27-uhs-aq) — *Φιλοκαλία ἢ Ἐπιλογὴ ἐκ τῶν Ἀρίστων Ὀριγένους* · `uhs-aq`
- [Other Fragments-Principles](https://eulogikon.org/works/origen-alexandria-other-fragments-uhs-be) — *Ἄλλα Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Ἀρχῶν* · `uhs-be`
- [Philocalia](https://eulogikon.org/works/origen-alexandria-philocalia-uhs-da) — *Φιλοκαλία* · `uhs-da`
- [Scholia-Song of Songs](https://eulogikon.org/works/origen-alexandria-scholia-song-of-songs-uhs-bn) — *Σχόλια εἰς Ἄσμα Ἀσμάτων* · `uhs-bn`
- [Ten Books-the Song of Songs](https://eulogikon.org/works/origen-alexandria-song-of-songs-uhs-bd) — *Δέκα Βιβλία περὶ Ἄσματος Ἀσμάτων* · `uhs-bd`

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