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Origen of Alexandria (/ˈɒrɪdʒən/; Greek: Ὠριγένης, Ōrigénēs), or Origen Adamantius (Ὠριγένης Ἀδαμάντιος, Ōrigénēs Adamántios; c. 184 – c. 253), was a Hellenistic scholar, ascetic, and early Christian theologian who was born and spent the first half of his career in Alexandria. He was a prolific writer who wrote roughly 2,000 treatises in multiple branches of theology, including textual criticism, biblical exegesis and hermeneutics, philosophical theology, preaching, and spirituality. He was one of the most influential figures in early Christian theology, apologetics, and asceticism. He has been described as "the greatest genius the early church ever produced".

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We are obliged, therefore, to say that whoever speaks that which is foreign to religion is using many words, while he who speaks the words of truth, even should he go over the whole field and omit nothing, is always speaking the one word.

Fields, Obliged, Omit, Should, Speak, Using

What good does it do me if Christ was born in Bethlehem once if he is not born again in my heart through faith?

Born, Faith, Good, Heart, Inspiration

The honor that we pay to the Son of God, as well as that which we render to God the Father, consists of an upright course of life. This is plainly taught us by the passage, "You that boast of the Law, through breaking the Law dishonor God. ". . . For if he who transgresses the law dishonors God by his transgression,. . . it is evident that he who keeps the law honors God. So the worshipper of God is he whose life is regulated by the principles and teachings of the Divine Word

Course, Dishonors, Father, Principles, Son, Teaching

That which is called God's wrath, and anger, is a means of discipline.

Anger, Discipline, Mean, Wrath

Those who believe the Author of Nature to be also the Author of Scripture must expect to find in Scripture the same sorts of difficulties that they find in Nature.

Author, Believe, Difficulty, Expect, Same, Scripture

This also is a part of the Church's teaching, that the world was made and took its beginning at a certain time, and is to be destroyed on account of its wickedness.

Certain, Church, Teaching, Took, Wickedness, World

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

According, Baptism, Grace, Soul

The Church received from the apostles the tradition of giving baptism even to infants. The apostles, to whom were committed the secrets of the divine sacraments, knew there are in everyone innate strains of [original] sin, which must be washed away through water and the Spirit

Apostles, Baptism, Giving, Original, Sacraments, Water

But God, who is the beginning of all things, is not to be regarded as a composite being, lest perchance there should be found to exist elements prior to the beginning itself, out of which everything is composed, whatever that be which is called composite.

Elements, Found, God, Lest, Should

The physical voice we use in prayer need not be great nor startling; even should we not lift up any great cry or shout, God will yet hear us.

Lift, Needs, Prayer, Shout, Startling, Voice

You yourself are even another little world and have within you the sun and the moon and also the stars.

Moon, Stars, Sun, World

The human heart is no small thing, for it can embrace so much.

Embrace, Heart, Human, Humans, Small

If all things were made through Him, clearly so must the splendid revelations have been which were made to the fathers and prophets, and became to them the symbols of the sacred mysteries of religion.

Father, Fathers, Mysteries, Mystery, Religion, Sacred

God puts Christ's enemies as a footstool beneath His feet, for their salvation as well as their destruction.

Christ, Destruction, Enemies, Enemy, Feet, Footstool

You cannot demand military service of Christians any more than you can of priests. We do not go forth as soldiers with the Emperor even if he demands this.

Christian, Military, Soldier, Demands, Forth, Demand

Where there is division, there is sin.

Division, Sin

Every soul. . . comes into the world strengthened by the victories or weakened by the defeats of its' previous life. Its' place in this world as a vessel appointed to honor or dishonor, is determined by its' previous merits or demerits. Its' work in this world determines its' place in the world which is to follow this.

Follow, Honor, Karma, Place, Soul, Strengthened

This also is a part of the teaching of the Church, that there are certain angels of God, and certain good influences, which are His servants in accomplishing the salvation of men.

Angel, Angels, Good, Men, Salvation, Teaching

But the Wisdom of God, which is His only-begotten Son, being in all respects incapable of change or alteration, and every good quality in Him being essential, and such as cannot be changed and converted, His glory is therefore declared to be pure and sincere.

Wisdom, Son, Quality, Alteration, Declared

This opinion, however, is held by most, that the devil was an angel, and that, having become an apostate, he induced as many of the angels as possible to fall away with himself, and these up to the present time are called his angels.

Angel, Apostate, Devil, Fall, Induced, Possible

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