Origenistic
- a word derived from Origen.
Example Sentences
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The Origenistic controversy arose in Palestine, where the learned monks were nicknamed Origenists by the more ignorant.
From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Ayer, Joseph Cullen
Origenistic doctrines came from the blending of philosophy with Christianity in the schools of Alexandria where Origen was the most eminent of the teachers engaged247.
From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Burgon, John William
Theodore Askidas and Domitian, by submitting to the imperial edict and the condemnation of Origen, kept their places and secured afresh their influence, which the monks of Palestine, who were not Origenistic, felt severely.
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)
His passion for orthodoxy was taken advantage of by Theophilus of Antioch to cause trouble for Chrysostom and others; see Origenistic controversy, § 87.
From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Ayer, Joseph Cullen
No controversies of the ancient Church are less attractive than the Origenistic, in which so much personal rancor, selfish ambition, mean intrigue, and so little profound thought were involved.
From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Ayer, Joseph Cullen
