Origen resumes his work when the Persecutions end,
and dies in Tyre.
His influence on subsequent generations.
Origen is the enigma of ecclesiastical history. He was
a genius in every sense of the word: a prolific writer, a great
teacher, an ardent doer. His admirers and devoted followers
were innumerable, and yet he did not escape having strong
adversaries who tried to malign him. His name stirred the
most enthusiastic devotion and the most passionate
antagonism. Such a singular destiny could only heighten the
attraction of this singularly interesting fixture of Ancient
Christianity.
When we consider the life of Origen, we find that he
was not only a great man from his childhood, as his most
outspoken adversary declares,^3 but he was also a man of