And yet, interestingly enough Thomas, if one simply types in
Origen and
reincarnation into Google, one gets back
43,100 hits. All because someone
misquoted him in a
fluff piece of
poor scholarship?
Or could it be ... that in fact, Origen was
the last great bastion of the original Teachings of
Our Lord Jesus Christ ... before he was latterly made to say
all sorts of things which would seem to contradict the doctrine of Rebirth?
No no, to be fair, we know that
Origen himself, in his own day, was forced to speak in blinds, symbol, and allegory ... for he had the entire growing condemnation of the
Church coming down to bear against him, such that:
If, among his wise words, we find that the teachings on Reincarnation are
not convenient ... I wouldn't get too excited just because
Origen himself hestitates to "speak against the Church of God, and the tradition of the Apostles." MANY were quite aware, in his day - and later - of the
consequences for so doing ... and they, as he, seem to have met with such consequences, regardless of any cautions taken.
When does condemnation (or ridicule ... if not persecution, even
crucifixion) for speaking Truth cease? When is the latter
ever popular?
![Frown :( :(](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
[But, in answer to my own question, when
43,100 hits on Google come back, I can only smile - because perhaps people DO finally want to know ...
![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
]
~andrew