The Complexity of Origen

Romelli: It's not so universally unambiguous. And I think that's part of the problem that should instill in us the same reverential fear and awe that the fathers had when approaching this question, as we can see from the pitch of the contemporary discussion. But it gets complex, like how do the fathers even talk about eternal punishment? You know, she looks at John Chrysostom, for example, and tries to say that he believed universalism, but preached damnation in order to threaten the more simple people in his congregation.