You cannot demand military service of Christians any more than you can of priests. We do not go forth as soldiers with the Emperor even if he demands this.
Conscience is the chamber of justice. - Origen
Conscience is the chamber of justice.
- Origen
God puts Christ's enemies as a footstool beneath His feet, for their salvation as well as their destruction. - Origen
God puts Christ's enemies as a footstool beneath His feet, for their salvation as well as their destruction.
What each man honours before all else, what before all things he admires and loves, this for him is God. - Origen
What each man honours before all else, what before all things he admires and loves, this for him is God.
Although Christ was God, he took flesh; and having been made man, he remained what he was, God. - Origen
Although Christ was God, he took flesh; and having been made man, he remained what he was, God.
Where there is division, there is sin. - Origen
Where there is division, there is sin.
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 hind… - Origen
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 hind…
You yourself are even another little world and have within you the sun and the moon and also the stars. - Origen
You yourself are even another little world and have within you the sun and the moon and also the stars.
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
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.
The human heart is no small thing, for it can embrace so much. - Origen
The human heart is no small thing, for it can embrace so much.
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