Eusibius Analysis

Eusibius records the learly life of Origen in glowing terms, describing his great piety and intellectual ability. He portrays a youth so zealous he longed for martydom (6:2). He goes on tto describe his vast accomplishments in learning and his devout and simple life style (6:3). He desribes the mysteries Origen unlocked and the secrets he found, even mastering the Hebrew language and compliing the massive Hexapla (6:18). Eusibius endorsement of Origen makes sense, considering his conection to him through pamphilia. The second century leader of one of the catechetical schools in Alexandria,Clement's view of philosophy seems to be well in accord with the viewpoint articulated by Justin Martyr. Philosophy is good, for by it God can lead people to the truth of Christianity. This is because some truth is aprehendable through it (1.1.C). Yet at the same time God is unknowable through knowledge. It therefore follows that God must only be known through faith which is divinely assisted (1.2). He attacks to Gnostic idea that sex is evil by pointing out that God was the one who created this form of reproduction. It was not God who caused man to fall, but man. It therefore follows that the serpent could not have tempted Eve and sexual generation was the result (1.5.A). For him sin can be seen as being the result of involuntary …show more content…
This fire of purification destroys the works of the flesh ad raises us to the level of the angles (1.9.A). Similarly God chastises sinners for the purpose of helping them. This is done so that they can avoid the final punishment and be saved. By inflicting pain upon them he brings them to salvation. God does not take vengeance, He justly corrects (1.9.B). On those who have been saved, then, there is a presence of God which descends on them. Like Moses whose face shown with the radiance of God, so these people bear the image of God and therefore perform good works