Origenism

American  

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

noun

1. the doctrines attributed to Christian theologian Origen.

---

Example Sentences

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)

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

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 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

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 Kingsley, Charles