Origen
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...Jerusalem. His interpretation of the Scriptures in preaching and lecturing won him wide...with the Christianity of creed and Scripture so as to prove the Christian view of...His threefold plan of interpreting Scripture (literal, ethical, and allegorical...His somewhat recondite blending of pagan philosophy with Christian theology led...