Origen
noun
Origenes Admantius, a.d. 185?–254?, Alexandrian writer, Christian theologian, and teacher.
Origenistic
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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 Joseph Cullen Ayer
Origenistic controversies, first, 483, 486-493; second, 541 ff.
From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Joseph Cullen Ayer
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 T. W. (Thomas William) Allies
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 Joseph Cullen Ayer
This is the most important work of Jerome in the controversy known as the Origenistic controversy.
From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Joseph Cullen Ayer
