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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

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 Miller, Edward

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 Burgon, John William

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 controversies, first, 483, 486-493; second, 541 ff.

From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Ayer, Joseph Cullen