Thus the English canon of 1571 directs preachers "to take heed that they do not teach anything in their sermons as though they would have it completely held and believed by the people, save what is agreeable to the doctrine of the Old and New Testaments, and what the Catholic Fathers and ancient Bishops have gathered from that doctrine."
The subjects are scenes from the Old and New Testaments, and the Last Judgment, with Heaven and Hell.
His special work was the exposition of the Old and New Testaments in the light of his great Oriental learning and according to his characteristic principle of "natural explanation."
It was Origen who created the dogmatic of the church and laid the foundations of the scientific criticism of the Old and New Testaments.
The exegetical labours of Origen extend over the whole of the Old and New Testaments.
