De Principiis
Origen of Alexandria
Book 1 · Chapter 4
About this work
Origen’s systematic exploration of God, Christ, spiritual beings, creation, Scripture, freedom, and restoration, preserved largely through a Latin translation whose handling of the Greek original remains debated.
- Author
- Origen of Alexandria
- Date
- c. AD 220–230
- Origin
- Alexandria
- Genre
- Theological Treatise
The title follows common modern usage; the surviving Latin translation complicates reconstruction of Origen’s exact wording.
Chapter IV.—On Defection, or Falling Away.
Section 1
1. To exhibit the nature of defection or