biography
pronunciation:
[orijen]
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.185–c.254)
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| biography:
| Christian biblical scholar and theologian of Alexandria, N Egypt, who became head of the catechetical school in Alexandria. He was a layman until c.230, when he was ordained in Palestine. Exiled from Alexandria by Bishop Demetrius, he established a new school in Caesarea. He was imprisoned and tortured during the persecution under Decius in 250. His writings were prolific, but his views on the unity of God and speculations about the salvation of the devil were condemned by Church Councils in the 5th–6th-c. |
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