Origen
noun
Origenes Admantius, a.d. 185?–254?, Alexandrian writer, Christian theologian, and teacher.
Origenist
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a word derived from
Origen.
Example Sentences
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He wrote a treatise against the Origenist monks, which Montfaucon has published in his Bibl.
From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Alban Butler
An Origenist who maintains that all rational creatures become happy in the end will be still easier to satisfy.
From Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil by E.M. Huggard
Palladius, the author of the history of monasticism, known as the Historia Lausiaca, was an Origenist, pupil of Evagrius Ponticus, and later bishop in Asia Minor.
From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Joseph Cullen Ayer
He is an Origenist, and believes in the conversion of the devil.
From Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke by Edmund Burke
He is an Origenist, and believes in the conversion of the Devil.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
