Origen (c. 185–254 CE) was born into a Christian family in Alexandria, the Greek, Egyptian, and Jewish city at the edge of Egypt, circa 185 CE. As a young man he instructed catechumens in preparation for baptism. He made several journeys and was asked to mediate in controversies about the Christian faith. After a conflict with his bishop in Alexandria, he settled in Caesarea Maritima in Palestine, where he had been o…