Every soul... comes into the world strengthened by the victories or weakened by the defeats of its' previous life. Its' place in this world as a vessel appointed to honor or dishonor, is determined by its' previous merits or demerits. Its' work in this world determines its' place in the world which is to follow this.

Origen

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Although Christ was God, he took flesh; and having been made man,... by Origen

Although Christ was God, he took flesh; and having been made man, he remained what he was, God.

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You yourself are even another little world and have within you the sun and the moon and also the stars.

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What good does it do me if Christ was born in Bethlehem once if he is not born again in my heart through faith?

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The physical voice we use in prayer need not be great nor startling; even should we not lift up any great cry or shout, God will yet hear us.

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Now the true soldiers of Christ must always be prepared to do battle for the truth, and must never, so far as lies with them, allow false convictions to creep in.

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The human heart is no small thing, for it can embrace so much. by Origen

The human heart is no small thing, for it can embrace so much.

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Those who believe the Author of Nature to be also the Author of Scripture must expect to find in Scripture the same sorts of difficulties that they find in Nature.

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Where there is division, there is sin. by Origen

Where there is division, there is sin.

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What each man honours before all else, what before all things he admires and loves, this for him is God.

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For whatever be the knowledge which by Origen

For whatever be the knowledge which

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What man of sense will agree with the statement that the first, second and third days, in which the evening and morning were named, were without sun, moon and stars? What man is found such an idiot as to suppose that God planted trees in Paradise, in Eden, Like a Husbandman?

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It is in our power to stretch out our arms and, by doing good in our actions, to seize life and set it in our soul.

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Conscience is the chamber of justice. by Origen

Conscience is the chamber of justice.

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The Word of God is like a lamp to guide us. by Origen

The Word of God is like a lamp to guide us.

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When a house is being built which is to be made as strong as possible, the building takes place in fine weather and in calm, so that nothing may hinder the structure from acquiring the needed solidity.

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The discussion of prayer is so great that it requires the Father to reveal it, His firstborn Word to teach it, and the Spirit to enable us to think and speak rightly of so great a subject.

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When anyone prays, the angels that minister to God and watch over mankind gather round about him and join with him in prayer.

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Seeing there are many who think they hold the opinions of Christ, and yet some of these think differently from their predecessors, yet as the teaching of the Church, transmitted in orderly succession from the apostles, and remaining in the Churches to the present day, is still preserved, that alone is to be accepted as truth which differs in no respect from ecclesiastical and apostolica tradition.

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Free will is the power of choosing good and evil. by Origen

Free will is the power of choosing good and evil.

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But God, who is the beginning of all things, is not to be regarded as a composite being, lest perchance there should be found to exist elements prior to the beginning itself, out of which everything is composed, whatever that be which is called composite.

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