Free will is the power of choosing good and evil. Origen More Quotes by Origen More Quotes From Origen Although Christ was God, he took flesh; and having been made man, he remained what he was, God. Origen christian men jesus You yourself are even another little world and have within you the sun and the moon and also the stars. Origen stars moon world What good does it do me if Christ was born in Bethlehem once if he is not born again in my heart through faith? Origen inspiration faith heart The physical voice we use in prayer need not be great nor startling; even should we not lift up any great cry or shout, God will yet hear us. Origen voice prayer needs Now the true soldiers of Christ must always be prepared to do battle for the truth, and must never, so far as lies with them, allow false convictions to creep in. Origen battle soldier lying The human heart is no small thing, for it can embrace so much. Origen embrace humans heart Those who believe the Author of Nature to be also the Author of Scripture must expect to find in Scripture the same sorts of difficulties that they find in Nature. Origen difficulty scripture believe Where there is division, there is sin. Origen division sin What each man honours before all else, what before all things he admires and loves, this for him is God. Origen admire and-love honor For whatever be the knowledge which Origen perception reflection believe What man of sense will agree with the statement that the first, second and third days, in which the evening and morning were named, were without sun, moon and stars? What man is found such an idiot as to suppose that God planted trees in Paradise, in Eden, Like a Husbandman? Origen stars morning men It is in our power to stretch out our arms and, by doing good in our actions, to seize life and set it in our soul. Origen our-actions arms soul Conscience is the chamber of justice. Origen fairness ethics justice Every soul... comes into the world strengthened by the victories or weakened by the defeats of its' previous life. Its' place in this world as a vessel appointed to honor or dishonor, is determined by its' previous merits or demerits. Its' work in this world determines its' place in the world which is to follow this. Origen karma soul honor The Word of God is like a lamp to guide us. Origen word-of-god lamps guides When a house is being built which is to be made as strong as possible, the building takes place in fine weather and in calm, so that nothing may hinder the structure from acquiring the needed solidity. Origen strong house weather The discussion of prayer is so great that it requires the Father to reveal it, His firstborn Word to teach it, and the Spirit to enable us to think and speak rightly of so great a subject. Origen prayer father thinking When anyone prays, the angels that minister to God and watch over mankind gather round about him and join with him in prayer. Origen angel prayer watches Seeing there are many who think they hold the opinions of Christ, and yet some of these think differently from their predecessors, yet as the teaching of the Church, transmitted in orderly succession from the apostles, and remaining in the Churches to the present day, is still preserved, that alone is to be accepted as truth which differs in no respect from ecclesiastical and apostolica tradition. Origen church teaching thinking But God, who is the beginning of all things, is not to be regarded as a composite being, lest perchance there should be found to exist elements prior to the beginning itself, out of which everything is composed, whatever that be which is called composite. Origen elements should found
