Where there are sins, there is multiplicity, there are divisions, there are sects, there are quarrels. But where there is virtue, there is concord, there is unity, by which all believers were of one heart and one soul.

Related Bible passage: ACT.4.32

Topics: Church & Congregation, Guilt & Forgiveness

Origen

Origenes war ein frühchristlicher Gelehrter, Theologe und Presbyter des 3. Jahrhunderts, der vor allem in Alexandria und Caesarea wirkte. Er begründete die christliche Theologie als Wissenschaft und prägte die mehrfache Schriftauslegung, geriet jedoch wegen spekulativer Lehren wie der Präexistenz der Seelen und der Allversöhnung in anhaltende Kontroversen. Für heutige Bibelleser markiert sein Werk den Beginn der systematischen Auslegungstradition und der textkritischen Beschäftigung mit den biblischen Schriften.

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