Baptism And Damnation

Οὗ τὸ πτύο ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ. Μὴ νομίσητε ὅτι ἐὰν βαπτισθῆτε ὑπ' ἐκείνου, εἶτα ἁμαρτάνητε, συγχωρήσαι ὑμῖν. Ἀλλὰ καὶ πτύον ἔχει, τουτέστι, κρίσιν καὶ ἐξέτασιν. Καὶ διακαθαριεῖ τὴν ἀλωά αὐτοῦ. Τουτέστι, τὴν Ἐκκλησίαν, ἤτις πολλοὺς μὲν ἔχει βεβαπτισμένους, ὥσπερ ἐν τῇ ἄλωνι πᾶν τὸ γεώργιον· ἀλλ' ἐν τούτοις, οἱ μέν εἰσιν ἄχυρα, ὁσοι κοῦφοί εἰσι καὶ τοῖς μνεύμασι τῆς πονηρίας κινούμενοι· οἱ δὲ, σῖτος, ὅσοι καὶ ἑτέρος ὠφελοῦσι, καὶ τρέφουσι διὰ διδασκαλίας καὶ πράξεως. Καὶ συνάξει τὸν σῖτον εἰς τὴν ἀποθήκην αὐτοῦ· τὸ δὲ ἄχυρον κατακαύσει πυρὶ ἀσβάστῳ. Ἄσβεστόν ἐστι τὸ πῦρ ἐκεῖνο· ὥστε φλυαρεῖ ὁ Ὠριγένης, λέγων ὅτι ἔσται τέλος τῆς κολάσεως. Θεοφύλακτος Αχρίδος, Ἑρμηνεία Εἰς Τὸ Κατὰ Ματθαιον, Κεφαλὴ Γ' Source: Migne PG 123.165a-c

He who has the winnowing fan in His hand... 1 Do not think that if you are baptised by him and then you sin that He will gather you up. But He has the winnowing fan, that is, judgement and interrogation. And He will cleanse His floor... That is, the Church, which has many who are baptised, and as on every threshing floor in the country, there are some who are chaff, who being light are stirred up by spirits of wickedness, and some are wheat, who are of benefit to others, whom they feed with teaching and conduct. And He will gather the wheat into His barn, but the chaff He will burn with unquenchable fire. The fire is unquenchable, which reveals Origen as a babbler, who says that there shall be an end to punishment. 2 Theophylact of Ochrid, Commentary On The Gospel Of Saint Matthew, Chapter 3 1 Mt 3.12 2 cf De Principiis 2.10.5