This is not a topic for today’s Evangelical Church to preach upon. But the discussion Dr. Dilday presents is worth reading. He is translating this old work from Latin.
Whatever the case may be, the Church expressed deep disapproval of this opinion of Origen; indeed, the Orthodox violently shuddered at it, with AUGUSTINE warning,
The more I read of these the easier it is to comprehend. The Origen/AUGUSTINE discussion particularly so.
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