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23 Nov 2021

Universalism Denounced

Πρόσχωμεν πάντες, ἐπὶ πλείω δε οἱ πεπτωκότες, μὴ νοῆσαι ἐν καρδὶᾳ τὴν τοῦ Ὠριγένους τοῦ ἀθέου νόσον· τὴν γὰρ Θεοῦ φιλανθρωπίαν, ἡ μιαρὰ προβαλλομένη, εὐπαράδεκτος ἐν τοῖς φιληδόνως γίνεται.

Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης τῆς Κλίμακος, ἡ Κλίμαξ, Λογος Ε'


Source: Migne PG 88.780d
Let us be wary of all men, and above all those who have fallen, lest we are made sick to the heart by the disease of the godless Origen. For God's love of man, foully used, is eagely received by the lovers of pleasure.

Saint John Climacus, The Ladder, from Step 5

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