Sabbath and Rest: Origen on the Spiritual Sabbath
Teaching on Sabbath and Rest from Origen: Origen on the Spiritual Sabbath
This is a spiritual discipline on spiritual Sabbath and interior rest, drawing on Hebrews 4:9-11, Matthew 11:28-30 and Psalm 37:7.
Origen (d. 254) interpreted the Sabbath primarily in spiritual terms. He wrote: "Leaving aside the Jewish observance of the Sabbath, let us see what kind of Sabbath observance is expected of the Christian. On the Sabbath day, nothing of the works of the world ought to be done. If therefore you cease from all secular works, and execute nothing worldly, but give yourselves up to spiritual exercises, you are keeping the Sabbath."…
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