Methodius

“ Methodius is known chiefly as the antagonist of Origen; although, as has been pointed out, he was himself influenced in no small degree by the method of Origen, as may be seen by his tendency to allegorical interpretations of Holy Scripture. The only complete work of this writer which has come down to us is his Banquet of the Ten Virgins, a dialogue of considerable power and grace, in praise of the virginal life. His antagonism to Origen, however, comes out less in this than in his works On the Resurrection, and On Things Created. ”

“ Jerome, disertissimus martyr, [6] who elsewhere speaks of him as one who nitidi compositique sermonis libros confecit, [7] cannot be altogether unworthy the attention of the nineteenth century.
Footnotes ↑ [In Dr. Schaff’s History (vol. ii. p. 809) is just such a notice and outline as would be appropriate here.] ”