Origenism
Americannoun
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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 Ayer, Joseph Cullen
In the East the leading theologians of the fourth century were educated under the influence of Origenism; among these were Basil of Cæsarea, Gregory of Nyssa, and Gregory of Nazianzus.
From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Ayer, Joseph Cullen
Ephrem, patriarch of Antioch about 540, condemned Origenism in a synod.
From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I by Allies, T. W. (Thomas William)
This sanction gave something of an universal condemnation of Origenism; but, since no general council confirmed it, it cannot be asserted that Origen lies under anathema as a heretic.
From The Church and the Barbarians Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 461 to A.D. 1003 by Hutton, William Holden
Ephraem, patriarch of Antioch, in a synodal letter thereupon condemned Origenism.
From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Ayer, Joseph Cullen
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