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Origen

Commentary on the Gospel of John - Book I

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Contents

How Christians are the Spiritual Israel.

The 144,000 Sealed in the Apocalypse are Converts to Christ from the Gentile World.

In the Spiritual Israel the High-Priests are Those Who Devote Themselves to the Study of Scripture.

The Study of the Gospels is the First Fruits Offered by These Priests of Christianity.

All Scripture is Gospel; But the Gospels are Distinguished Above Other Scriptures.

The Fourfold Gospel. John's the First Fruits of the Four. Qualifications Necessary for Interpreting It.

What Good Things are Announced in the Gospels.

How the Gospels Cause the Other Books of Scripture Also to Be Gospel.

The Somatic and the Spiritual Gospel.

How Jesus Himself is the Gospel.

Jesus is All Good Things; Hence the Gospel is Manifold.

The Gospel Contains the Ill Deeds Also Which Were Done to Jesus.

The Angels Also are Evangelists.

The Old Testament, Typified by John, is the Beginning of the Gospel.

The Gospel is in the Old Testament, and Indeed in the Whole Universe. Prayer for Aid to Understand the Mystical Sense of the Work in Hand.

Meaning of “Beginning.” (1) in Space.

(2) in Time. The Beginning of Creation.

(3) of Substance.

(4) of Type and Copy.

(5) of Elements and What is Formed from Them.

(6) of Design and Execution.

The Word Was in the Beginning, I.e., in Wisdom, Which Contained All Things in Idea, Before They Existed. Christ's Character as Wisdom is Prior to His Other Characters.

The Title “Word” Is to Be Interpreted by the Same Method as the Other Titles of Christ. The Word of God is Not a Mere Attribute of God, But a Separate Person. What is Meant When He is Called the Word.

Christ as Light; How He, and How His Disciples are the Light of the World.

Christ as the Resurrection.

Christ as the Way.

Christ as the Truth.

Christ as Life.

Christ as the Door and as the Shepherd.

Christ as Anointed (Christ) and as King.

Christ as Teacher and Master.

Christ as Son.

Christ the True Vine, and as Bread.

Christ as the First and the Last; He is Also What Lies Between These.

Christ as the Living and the Dead.

Christ as a Sword.

Christ as a Servant, as the Lamb of God, and as the Man Whom John Did Not Know.

Christ as Paraclete, as Propitiation, and as the Power of God.

Christ as Wisdom and Sanctification and Redemption.

Christ as Righteousness; As the Demiurge, the Agent of the Good God, and as High-Priest.

Christ as the Rod, the Flower, the Stone.

Of the Various Ways in Which Christ is the Logos.

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