The Commentaries of Origen and Jerome on St. Paul’s Epistle to the Ephesians (Heine's translation), p. 91, on Ephesians 1:7.
Origen doesn't present this as a "theory" so much as the meaning of the word redemption according to him.
‘Redemption’ [or] deliverance has to do with prisoners and those who have come under the power of enemies. And we had come under the power of enemies, namely ‘the ruler of this world’ and the evil powers under him and for this reason were in need of redemption and of him who purchased us, that he might receive us back who were alienated from him. The Saviour, therefore, ‘gave’ his own blood as the ‘ransom’ for us, wherefore ‘we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of trespasses.’
Origen doesn't present this as a "theory" so much as the meaning of the word redemption according to him.
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