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Origen

An Exhortation to Martyrdom, Prayer, First Principles: Book IV, Prologue to the Commentary on the Song of Songs, Homily XXVII on Numbers

By Origen

First written 3rd century

About this book

Greer’s translations of Origen’s principal spiritual writings, including his treatise on prayer, his account of the senses of scripture, and the prologue to his commentary on the Song of Songs, the founding text of Christian bridal mysticism.

The edition

Title
Origen: An Exhortation to Martyrdom, Prayer, First Principles: Book IV, Prologue to the Commentary on the Song of Songs, Homily XXVII on Numbers
Translated by
Rowan A. Greer
Publisher
Paulist Press, New York
Year
1979
Edition
The Classics of Western Spirituality

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Period

Late Antiquity200 CE to 700 CE

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