Orthodox blog

Lukaris said:

I tend to view Origen as a tragic figure in that he was noble and had the courage of a martyr ( he was tortured by pagans). His spiritual teachings seem most peculiar though. For ex:


Origen taught that, before the creation of the material universe, God had created the souls of all the intelligent beings. These souls, at first fully devoted to God, fell away from him and were given physical bodies

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