Origenes, called also Adamantius, (borne at Alerandria in Aegypt) was sonne of one Leonides the marty a man of moste excellent dottrine and vertue from his childehoode: who being on sleepe his father came into his chamber, and taking away the clothes, sofflie kissed the breaste of the infant, as a temple, hauing within it the holy ghost, and gaue thankes to God, that he had giuen him such a sonne, When his father was martired, Origen being but a yong childe, and yet desicous of Martyrdome tanne among other that were ledde to be slaine, and by all meanes profered himself to die with them. But his mother (who loued him most entirely) perceining the matter, did first lamentably sntreate him to withdraw him, but his desire of Martyrdome was the more increased thereby. Wherefore in the night when he was in his bedde she stale away his clothes, so that in the moxning when he wouldhaue gone forth, he might not come by them: wherefore he was consirayned to tarrie at home. Of the whiche deceyte of his mother, he complayned to his father in prison, deftring him to persist tõstantly in his good purpose. After the death of his father, be gaue himselfe con-tinually to the studie of holie scripture, which he had tasted before by his fathers instructions. And yet, before he was twentie yeares old, he excelled all men of his time, as well in philosophie as all other sciences. At the age of eighteene yeares he expounded Gentle Authours openlie, wherein he so enterlaced the holie scripture, that hee conuerted mauys great learned men to the faith of Christ. Dis liuing was so straite and vertuous, that he drewe many vnto him, and was among al men had in a wonderful reuerence. He neues ceased in all persecutions to comforte and confirme men in imbrating of martyr dome, and did continually ceade openly, and also write innumerable bookes in the expounding of holie scriptures. He wÊt into diuerse countrys to preach, and for his greate fame Mammea the mother of the noble Emperour Alerander Seuerus, sent for him to Rome, and hearde him, and (as some suppose) was by him conuerted. He obserued al the precepts of the Gospell most straitelye, in cominuall fastings and watchings, hauing but one garment, going alwayes barefoote, counselling all his hearers to renounce all that they had, and to giue it in almesse. Also be gelded himselfe, not only to be the more chaste, but also. (bicause in the time of persecution, be taughte the worde of God, as well priuilie as openlie to men and women) to let the Paynims to speake dishonestie of him, and those that repayred to his sermons and lessons: whiche althoughe hee did secretely, yet God would not haue it hid, so that it came to the eares of Oemetrius the Bishop of Alecandria, who firste wondered at the stomacke and vertue of the man, praysing the feruentnesse of his faith, saide vnto him: Dow sticke to thy doctrine and preaching, since thou haste left to thine aduersaries none occaston of suspition. But afterward the same Oemetrius stirred with enuie, laide it in reproche against him openly, finding nothing else wherewith to difprayse him. He that will knowe re of Origen, let hym read the sict booke De hystoria Ecclesiastica, and saint Hiecome De scripto eccle. He was after % incarnatió of Christ 204. yeares.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Ōrĭgĕnes, is, m., = *)wrige/nhs, Origen, a famous Greek Christian writer of the early part of the third century, A.D., Hier. Ep. 100; Aug. Civ. Dei, 21, 17.—Hence, Ōrĭgĕnistes, ae, m., a follower of Origen, Hier. Ep. 84, 3; id. ib. 3 in Rufin. 18.