[El Cid]

Origen? Not meaning to be mean, but I'd be leery about taking theological advice from someone who cut off his own nards...
I know he was a prolific writer, and probably some of his stuff was pretty good. But I also understood that he tended to turn everything in Scripture into a metaphor, and consequently he promoted some strange ideas that had no Scriptural basis (like cutting one's nards off ... which he did latter admit was a bad idea... ).

[GJones2]

> ...he promoted some strange ideas that had no Scriptural basis (like cutting one’s nards off ... which he did latter admit was a bad idea... ).

Not that I’m recommending it, but there’s Mark 9:47, “And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire” — different part, small basic idea. The preceding verses mention the hand and foot.