[livius]

Interesting. Origen was a little extreme (he was the one who castrated himself in a very literal reading of the passage in Matthew about being a eunuch for the Kingdom of Heaven) but his thought was in general very sound. One of the problems was that Origen did not take a lot of care about his followers, and people often either misinterpreted or even tampered with the actual texts of his homilies.

He was a brilliant theologian, famed for his work against the heresies circulating at that time and also for his ascetical practice and holiness of life. But perhaps he was a little too removed from the real world of dispute and deceit.

[plain talk]

Thanks for the info. “Little extreme”? Anyone that castrates himself is indeed quite extreme. :-)