Commentary on the Gospel of John
Origen's massive commentary on the Fourth Gospel, containing his famous characterization of Scripture as an intelligible world constituted by four elements.
Preface and Praise of Sacred Scripture
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Chapter II: On the Object and Breadth of Sacred Scripture
— Commentary on chapter 1 of John cited: Scripture as an intelligible world of four elements
"Origen, commenting on chapter 1 of St. John, says: Divine Scripture is an intelligible world, constituted by its four parts, as by four elements"