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Commentary on Matthew, Book 13

Origen’s third-century comment on John the Baptist and Elijah, where he rejects transmigration of souls as foreign to the church.

Author: Origen of Alexandria
Tradition: Early Christian writing
Accessed: 2026-10-06

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Origen, Commentary on Matthew 13.1.

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Reincarnation was removed from the BibleNo manuscript or council record shows reincarnation removed from the Bible. Christians rejected it openly before Constantine, and old manuscripts read like ours.