Interpretation and reception
On First Principles (De Principiis)
Origen
Discusses final subjection and restoration to unity, explicitly presenting difficult conclusions as investigation rather than fixed definition. Translation and transmission must be examined before reconstructing Origen's exact wording.
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Edition and location
Translated by Frederick Crombie. From Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. 4. Edited by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, and A. Cleveland Coxe. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1885.) Revised for New Advent by Kevin Knight.
Book I, chapter 6, sections 1–2