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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...

And so it is shown that in everything we do, our soul gives birth and generates sons, namely, its thoughts and the works that it does. And if what it does is in accordance with law and in accordance with the Word of God, it gives birth to the Spirit of salvation, and for that reason “it will be saved through the generation of sons.”33 And its sons will be like those of whom the prophet says: “Your sons are like young olive plants around your table.”34 But if what it does is contrary to law and is
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