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Origenism

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[awr-i-juhn-i-zuhm] / ˈɔr ɪ dʒənˌɪ zəm /

noun

  1. the doctrines attributed to Christian theologian Origen.


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Universal redemption or salvation, especially when it included Satan himself, was never taken up by Church theologians to any extent, and was one of the positions condemned as Origenism.

From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Joseph Cullen Ayer

F. Stilting clears also the latter from the charge of Origenism, and answers the arguments produced by Baronius against him.

From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Alban Butler

Origenism, going beyond Origen, continued in force till it was condemned by the Fifth General Council in 553 a.d., and could hardly have wholly ended in that year.

From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by John William Burgon

She, who has such a delicate sense for orthodoxy, that she can scent out Novatianism or Origenism where no other mortal nose would suspect it.

From Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face by Charles Kingsley

In his closing years he came into conflict with Chrysostom, the patriarch of Constantinople, who had given temporary shelter to four Nitrian monks whom Theophilus had expelled on the charge of Origenism.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various

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