Talk:Origen the Pagan

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Origen the Pagan and Origen are probably the same person, according to John Anthony McGuckin, who points out that it is unlikely that two philosophers with the same name, same areas of interest, same teacher, and same place of birth would be teaching in the same part of the Near East at the same time. Furthermore, Porphyry does not directly state whether Origen the Pagan is a pagan or a Christian at all; scholars have just assumed he must have been pagan because Porphyry does not speak negatively of him like he does elsewhere with Origen the Christian. All of this makes the key distinction between the two rather ambiguous at best. --Katolophyromai (talk) 18:59, 28 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]