A) What were some of Origen’s major contributions to the study of the Bible?

B) What was the purpose of Origen’s masterwork, “On First Principles” (illustrate this purpose with reference to the Preface to that work). C) What were some of Origen’s ideas about the divinity and humanity of Christ? (give specific illustrations from the texts made available in class)? How did the idea of the “pre-existence” of souls figure into Origen’s account of the person of Christ?