Origen
Origen
Origen, or Origen Adamantius, was a scholar, ascetic, and early Christian theologian who was born and spent the first half of his career in Alexandria. He was a prolific writer in multiple branches of theology, including textual criticism, biblical exegesis and hermeneutics, philosophical theology, preaching, and spirituality written in Greek. He was anathematised at the Second Council of Constantinople. He was one of the most influential figures in early Christian asceticism...
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prayer father thinking
The discussion of prayer is so great that it requires the Father to reveal it, His firstborn Word to teach it, and the Spirit to enable us to think and speak rightly of so great a subject.
teaching thinking church
Seeing there are many who think they hold the opinions of Christ, and yet some of these think differently from their predecessors, yet as the teaching of the Church, transmitted in orderly succession from the apostles, and remaining in the Churches to the present day, is still preserved, that alone is to be accepted as truth which differs in no respect from ecclesiastical and apostolica tradition.
according american-journalist degree god incapable might notion suggest
Having refuted, then, as well as we could, every notion which might suggest that we were to think of God as in any degree corporeal, we go on to say that, according to strict truth, God is incomprehensible, and incapable of being measured.
american-journalist dead means near though
To him who, though by no means near the end, is yet advancing, He is the way; to him who has put off all that is dead He is the life.
agree american-journalist barbarians deliver easily preaching
But Paul, in his preaching of the Gospel, is a debtor to deliver the word not to Barbarians only, but also to Greeks, and not only to the unwise, who would easily agree with him, but also to the wise.
activity american-journalist bent devoted divine since
Now our whole activity is devoted to God, and our whole life, since we are bent on progress in divine things.
choosing good power reach within
The power of choosing good and evil is within the reach of all.
american-journalist believe degrees either far knowledge necessity obtain perceive perception whatever
For whatever be the knowledge which we are able to obtain of God, either by perception or reflection, we must of necessity believe that He is by many degrees far better than what we perceive Him to be.
soul baptism grace
Every soul that is born into flesh is soiled by the filth of wickedness and sin. . . . In the Church, baptism is given for the remission of sins, and, according to the usage of the Church, baptism is given even to infants. If there were nothing in infants which required the remission of sins and nothing in them pertinent to forgiveness, the grace of baptism would seem superfluous
lamps guides word-of-god
The Word of God is like a lamp to guide us.
eye light mind
As the eye naturally seeks the light and vision, and our body naturally desires food and drink, so our mind is possessed with a becoming and natural desire to become acquainted with the truth of God and the causes of things.
believe sage mouths
We must believe what is good and true about the prophets, that they were sages, that they did understand what proceeded from their mouths, and that they bore prudence on their lips.
feet enemy christ
God puts Christ's enemies as a footstool beneath His feet, for their salvation as well as their destruction.
soul victory world
The soul has neither beginning nor end [They] come into this world strengthened by the victories or weakened by the defeats of their previous lives