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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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
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 John William Burgon
The sceptical character of the Vatican and Sinaitic MSS. affords a strong proof of the alliance between them and the Origenistic school.
From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by John William Burgon
And doctrinal predilections, as in the case of those who belonged to the Origenistic school, were the source of lapsing into expressions which were not the verba ipsissima of Holy Writ.
From The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Edward Miller
These MSS. bear traces of the Origenistic school, as I shall afterwards shew76.
From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by John William Burgon
