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20 quotes by Origen

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The power of choosing good and evil is within the reach of all.

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For if the mystery concealed of old is made manifest to the Apostles through the prophetic writings, and if the prophets, being wise men, understood... →

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When Jesus then is with the multitudes, He is not in His house, for the multitudes are outside of the house, and it is an act which springs from His... →

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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... →

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Now the true soldiers of Christ must always be prepared to do battle for the truth, and must never, so far as lies with them, allow false convictions... →

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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... →

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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... →

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Now our whole activity is devoted to God, and our whole life, since we are bent on progress in divine things.

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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.

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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... →

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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... →

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When a house is being built which is to be made as strong as possible, the building takes place in fine weather and in calm, so that nothing may... →

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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... →

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