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- Briefly describe Origen’s boyhood and youth. What led him to become a scholar?
- Who were the student martyrs, and what was their connection to Origen?
- Briefly describe the geography of Alexandria and the city’s importance to the Empire.
- What miracle did Narcissus perform, and what happened to Narcissus in his later years?
- Describe the Docetist heresy.
- Describe the Ebionite heresy.
- What topics did Origen teach, and which did he consider most important?
- What are the Tetrapla and Hexapla?
- For what do we remember Caracalla principally?
- At the end of his life, Origen lived in what city? Why significant?
- Briefly describe the breadth of Origen’s commentary on scripture.
- How did Fabian become bishop of Rome?
- Describe the heresy of Beryllus. And the heresy of the Helkasaites.
- The main Alexandrian persecutions reported by Dionysius occurred under which emperor? How long did these persecutions last before the emperor’s edict?
- What happened to Metras, Quinta, Apollonia, and Serapion? Be specific.
- Describe the heresy of Novatianus. Ultimately what happened to him?
- Why does the editor think Philip the Arab might have been the first Christian emperor? If not Philip, then who?
- Who were the lapsi and the libellatici?