Although the Philocalia was originally compiled in the 4th century by Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzus, the authenticity of chapter 24 is suspect and the identification of Origen as the author of De recta is not accepted today, although the author is commonly called Pseudo-Origen.
[1] Internal evidence suggests that the work was composed in two stages, or possibly that there was a first and a second edition.
[3] De recta in Deum fide is divided into five books covering a series of three disputations.
[3] De recta was translated into Latin by Rufinus of Aquileia in the 4th century.
[1] Although it has been little studied,[2] it is an important witness to the diversity of opinion among heretics and to the texts of the Marcionites.