So it is in the race of our life, with our salvation; we ourselves have to expend labor and be diligent and zealous; but it is from God that salvation is to be hoped for.
Again, I am appreciative of your observations on this site. I especially esteem Origen's Biblical commentaries. For instance, after his murder of St. John the Baptist, Herod thought the Lord Jesus to be, perhaps, John risen from the dead. Why? Origen says that the two men looked very much like each other, since they were closely related on their mothers' side as cousins. You can see this resemblance in the Byzantine iconic depictions of the Forerunner. As a pioneer in theology, Origen apologizes to his readers for any errors in his speculations. As an Orthodox priest and friend (Memory Eternal!) once told me, that did not stop the Fathers of the Fifth Ecumenical Council from condemning his writings, As Fr. Pavel stated, but they had to wait until he was dead for five hundred years. As for Clement, he is one of the first church fathers in the East to view Christianity through a philosophical lens, just as St. Justin Martyr had done in the West.
Again, I am appreciative of your observations on this site. I especially esteem Origen's Biblical commentaries. For instance, after his murder of St. John the Baptist, Herod thought the Lord Jesus to be, perhaps, John risen from the dead. Why? Origen says that the two men looked very much like each other, since they were closely related on their mothers' side as cousins. You can see this resemblance in the Byzantine iconic depictions of the Forerunner. As a pioneer in theology, Origen apologizes to his readers for any errors in his speculations. As an Orthodox priest and friend (Memory Eternal!) once told me, that did not stop the Fathers of the Fifth Ecumenical Council from condemning his writings, As Fr. Pavel stated, but they had to wait until he was dead for five hundred years. As for Clement, he is one of the first church fathers in the East to view Christianity through a philosophical lens, just as St. Justin Martyr had done in the West.
Thank you, William.