Councils of the Impious and the Law

Μακάριος ἀνὴρ ὅς οὐκ ἐπορεύθη ἐν βουλῇ ἀσεβῶν, κ. τ. ἑ  Βουλὴ ἀσεβῶν ἐστι λογισμὸς ἐμπαθὴς αἰσθητοῖς πράγμασι τὸν νοῦν προσδεσμῶν. Οὐκ εἶπε δὲ, «ἄνθρωπος,» ἀλλ' «ἀνὴρ,» ὅτι πρὸς ἀγῶνας καὶ πάλας καὶ μάχας τὰς ὑπὲρ ἀρετῆς καλεῖ· καὶ βούλε ται καὶ τὰς γυναῖκας ἀῤῥενώπους καὶ ἀνδρείας εἶναι. Μακαριότης δὲ, ψυχῆς ἀπάθεια μετὰ γνώσεως τῶν ὄντων ἀληθοῦς. Καθέδρα λοιμῶν ἐστι λογικῆς ψυχῆς ἕξις χειρίστη, καθ' ἣν καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους διδάσκει· καὶ νομικοὶ, οἳ καὶ κληθεῖεν ἂν ἀσεβεῖς καὶ λοιμοὶ, καὶ ἁμαρτωλοί. Ὠριγεν, Εἰς Ψαλμους, Ψαλμος Α'

Blessed the male who does not go into the council of the impious, etc 1 The council of the impious is agitated thought taking to sensible deeds for the binding of a mind. It does not say, ' 'Blessed the man,' but  'Blessed the male' because to battles and struggles and fights one is called to take up virtue, and he wishes both women and men to be strong in this. And blessed the soul inured to suffering with the knowledge of the truth. The seat of pestilence is of him who possessing a degenerate soul teaches others, and those who by use of the law call others to be impious, pestilential and sinners. Origen, On the Psalms, Psalm 1 1 Ps 1.1