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Origen of Alexandria (185–254), one of the most prolific authors of antiquity and arguably the most important and influential pre-Nicene Christian theologian, was a man of deep learning and holiness of life. Regrettably, many of his works are no longer extant, in part due to the condemnation of his ideas by the Fifth Ecumenical Council in 553. The condemnation, however, took little account of his...

had acquired instruction in all melodies and rhythms, that from all these things he created sounds on his harp with which he could even soothe a very disturbed king who was harassed by an evil spirit?30 This is why I do not think that any man of right sense would deny that in the knowledge of all these things, all wisdom is from God. Now indeed, I do not think this can be doubted concerning the knowledge of medicine. For if there is any knowledge from God, which knowledge will more likely be from
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