"But just as there are many ways of apprehending Christ, who although he is wisdom, does not exert or possess the power of wisdom in all men, but only in those who apply themselves to wisdom in him; nor, although he is called physician , does he act as such towards all men, but only towards those who have realized their feeble and sick condition and fly to his compassion in the hope of obtaining health; so, too, I think, is it the case with the Holy Spirit, in whom is every manner of gift. For to some is granted by the Spirit the word of wisdom, to others the word of knowledge , to others faith; and thus to each individual man who is able to receive him the same Spirit becomes and is apprehended as the very thing of which he, who has been deemed worthy to partake of him, stands in need (cf. 1 Cor.12:8-9)."
P. 147, Book II Chapter VII, "The Holy Spirit," ON FIRST PRINCIPLES by Origen (2013)
Saturday, September 17, 2016
ON FIRST PRINCIPLES, EXCERPT....
"But just as there are many ways of apprehending Christ, who although he is wisdom, does not exert or possess the power of wisdom in all men, but only in those who apply themselves to wisdom in him; nor, although he is called physician , does he act as such towards all men, but only towards those who have realized their feeble and sick condition and fly to his compassion in the hope of obtaining health; so, too, I think, is it the case with the Holy Spirit, in whom is every manner of gift. For to some is granted by the Spirit the word of wisdom, to others the word of knowledge , to others faith; and thus to each individual man who is able to receive him the same Spirit becomes and is apprehended as the very thing of which he, who has been deemed worthy to partake of him, stands in need (cf. 1 Cor.12:8-9)."
P. 147, Book II Chapter VII, "The Holy Spirit," ON FIRST PRINCIPLES by Origen (2013)