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The writings of Origen, Vol. 1 (of 2)

FRAGMENT FROM THE FIRST BOOK OF THE DE PRINCIPIIS. Translated by Jerome in his Epistle to Avitus.

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“It is an evidence of great negligence and sloth, that each one should fall down to such (a pitch of degradation), and be so emptied, as that, in coming to evil, he may be fastened to the gross body of irrational beasts of burden.”

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The writings of Origen, Vol. 1 (of 2), Project Gutenberg eBook #70561

CHAPTER VIII. ON THE ANGELS. ANOTHER FRAGMENT FROM THE SAME. Translated in the same Epistle to Avitus.