# The Westminster Handbook to Origen  ## Metadata - Author: [[John Anthony McGuckin]] - Full Title: The Westminster Handbook to Origen - Category: #books ## Highlights - One could not know in advance which audience would be most likely to accept the gospel, because of the hope engendered by God's overpowering love or because of the fear stimulated by God's threat of hell coupled with God'sdemand for ethical living. Most audiences of hearers or readers include both groups; knowing this, Origen the pastoral preacher probably kept his view of salvation economically "open" for a greater effectiveness. ([Location 1185](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0058RBINI&location=1185)) - Note: Universal salvation and reicarnation - what to do with, the "tent" (skene) that was the body; that is, how to relate the challenges of embodiment to otherworldly visions and aspirations. ([Location 1254](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0058RBINI&location=1254)) - Note: Good body for liberation thru surrender peaks - Universal participation in the Logos is enriched by the special coming of Christ to the saints, who may thereby be said to be the only truly Logos-filled people (Iogikoi) (PArc)i 1.3.7). ([Location 1302](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0058RBINI&location=1302)) - Christ is visualized as the "lion of the tribe of Judah" (HomNum 3.16.8; 3.17.5; 3.18.4), ([Location 1496](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0058RBINI&location=1496))