I don't think he's an Arian.Origen
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Why do people call him a heretic? I don't think he's an Arian.
I don't think he's an Arian.-
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He denied the perfect union between Christ's natures and said that Christ was subordinate to the Father. (Encyclopedia Britannica)
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It's interesting that Athanasius was an admirer of Origen (Source: Philip Schaff)
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Origen wasn't wrong about everything, just one really super important thing. Hence a heretic and not a Saint.
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"It's particularly ignorant to assume malicious or ignorant intentions behind an opinion with which one disagrees." ~Connie
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I think his allegorical interpretation caused him trouble.
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I don't think so, that was pretty standard, nothing controversial about that.
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"It's particularly ignorant to assume malicious or ignorant intentions behind an opinion with which one disagrees." ~Connie
"It's particularly ignorant to assume malicious or ignorant intentions behind an opinion with which one disagrees." ~Connie