A Perfect Hatred

Τέλειον μῖσος ἐμίσουν αὐτοὺς, κ.τ.ἐ. Εἰ ὁ τέλειος μισήσας τὸ πονηρὸν, ἀπέχεται πάσης κακίας, ὁ μεταλαμβάνων τῆς οἱασδηποτοῦν κακίας αὐτῶν τελείως οὐ μεμίσηκε Ὠριγένης, Εἰς Ψαλμους, Ψαλμος ΡΛΗ' Source: Migne PG 12 1664

'With a perfect hatred I hated them... 1  If the hatred of wickedness is perfect, a man withdraws from all evil, and so inasmuch as he participates in wickedness he does not hate with a perfect hatred. Origen, Excerpta On the Psalms, from Psalm 138 1 Ps 138. 22