Abstract
The article analyzes the quotations from Origen's «On First Principles» cited in the Letter to Avitus by St. Jerome of Stridon and the Epistle to Menas by Emperor Justinian the Great. The conclusions of previous studies concerning the study of the problem of the reliability of the Latin translations of Origen's «On First Principles» by Rufinus and St. Jerome are summarized. The author of the article offers a number of clarifications regarding the assessment of the reliability of Latin translations of the treatise. An attempt is made to compare the quotations from the two anti-Origenist sources with the text of the first book of the Latin translation of Rufinus of Aquileia. A hypothetical reconstruction of the original text is proposed for some places in the first book of the treatise. The sequence of the material presented in the Latin translation of Rufinus is compared with the order of the Letter to Avitus by St. Jerome of Stridon. On the basis of this comparison, as well as the content of the Epistle to Mina by Justinian the Great, an attempt is made to clarify the author's structure of the first book of the work. Based on the sequence of material presented in the texts of St. Jerome and Justinian, an attempt is made to clarify the authorial structure of the work.
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