As one scholar noted, this allowed Origen “the means of reading into the Bible whatever non - biblical ideas were congenial to his own theological system, while professing (and no doubt sincerely imagining himself) to be a particularly enthusiastic and faithful interpreter of the thought of the Bible. ”
क्योंकि उसका मानना था कि बाइबल की हर आयत का भले ही कोई शाब्दिक अर्थ न हो, मगर एक आध्यात्मिक अर्थ ज़रूर होता है ।