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The Church History of Eusebius
Chapter XXVII.--How the Bishops regarded Origen.
He was so earnestly affected toward Origen, that he urged him to come to that country for the benefit of the churches, and moreover he visited him in Judea, remaining with him for some time, for the sake of improvement in divine things. And Alexander, 1 bishop of Jerusalem, and Theoctistus, 2 bishop of Caesarea, attended on him constantly, 3 as their only teacher, and allowed 4 him to expound the Divine Scriptures, and to perform the other duties pertaining to ecclesiastical discourse. 5
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On Alexander, bishop of Jerusalem, see chap. 8, note 6. ↩
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On Theoctistus, bishop of Caesarea in Palestine, see chap. 19, note 27. ↩
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A number of mss., followed by Heinichen and some others, insert at this point hos ?pos eipein ("so to speak"). ↩
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The presbyter derived his authority to preach and teach only from the bishop, and hence these bishops extended to Origen, whom they had ordained a presbyter, full liberty to preach and teach within their dioceses. ↩
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ta loipa tou ekklesiastikou logou. ↩
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Kirchengeschichte (BKV)
27. Kap. Besuch der Bischöfe bei Origenes.
In hohem Ansehen stand damals Firmilian, Bischof von Cäsarea in Kappadozien. Für Origenes war er so begeistert, daß er ihn das eine Mal in seine Gegend zum Nutzen der Gemeinden rief, ein andermal persönlich nach Judäa reiste und einige Zeit bei ihm zur besseren theologischen Ausbildung verbrachte. Auch Bischof Alexander von Jerusalem und Bischof Theoktist von Cäsarea schlossen sich ständig ihm als ihrem einzigen Lehrer an und gestatteten ihm, die göttlichen Schriften zu erklären und auch der übrigen Ämter des kirchlichen Unterrichtes zu walten.