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Origen was the most important theologian and biblical scholar of the early Greek church. His greatest work is the Hexapla, which is a synopsis of six versions of the Old Testament. Origen was born of pagan parents, according to the Neoplatonist philosopher Porphyry, but of Christian parents,

hymn Summary

Hymn, (from Greek hymnos, “song of praise”), strictly, a song used in Christian worship, usually sung by the congregation and characteristically having a metrical, strophic (stanzaic), nonbiblical text. Similar songs, also generally termed hymns, exist in all civilizations; examples survive, for

rosary Summary

Rosary, (from Latin rosarium, “rose garden”), religious exercise in which prayers are recited and counted on a string of beads or a knotted cord. By extension, the beads or cord may also be called a rosary. The practice is widespread, occurring in virtually every major religious tradition in the

St. Ignatius of Loyola Summary

St. Ignatius of Loyola ; canonized March 12, 1622; feast day July 31) was a Spanish theologian and mystic who became one of the most influential figures in the Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation in the 16th century. In 1534 he formed a religious brotherhood in Paris known as the Society of Jesus