Origen: Treatise on the Passover and Dialogue of Origen with Heraclides and His Fellow Bishops on the Father, the Son, and the Soul
Overview
The Treatise on the Passover was written around AD 245. Its central insight is that the Passover is not a figure or type of the passion of Christ, but a figure of Christ himself. The Dialogue with Heraclides was written between AD 244 and 249. It is the record of an unknown meeting—probably a synod—of bishops called to discuss matters of belief and worship. Both pieces come from the last decade of Origen’s ministry, when he was at the height of his powers.
Top Highlights
“He is indeed interested in the letter of the biblical text or, as in this case, the ‘history’ of the Exodus, but primarily because it is a key to the spiritual meaning which lies beneath or behind it. The center of this spiritual meaning is Christ. But this Christ is not primarily the historical Christ or the historical event of Christ’s life; it is the now living mystical Christ, it is the Christ-event as it is now taking place in the lives of the Christian faithful.” (Page 10)
“The task of the Christian exegete, then, is to move from the ‘letter’ in order to plumb the mystery of Christ speaking to the soul.” (Page 10)
“both Origen and Didymus were among those condemned as heretical at the Council of Constantinople in 553” (Page 1)
“He thus ascends to the Father. For what purpose? To recover His deposit.” (Pages 63–64)
“and, by reason of our incorporation into Christ, of our own still ongoing passing over with Christ to the Father.” (Page 7)
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