Page 55 - Countering Trinitarian Arguments With Historical Reference

contains further, the exposition from Mt. 22:34 to 27:66. In Eusebius days, earlier MSS and Origen’s volumes on Matthew were at his hands, as we will read.”
“The Hibbert Journal notes that Origen quotes Matt.28:19 three times---ending the quote abruptly at "nations" each time and "that in itself suggests that his text has been censored, and the words which followed, 'In my Name,' struck out." (Conybeare)”
"And Jesus Himself, in raising the minds of His disciples to higher thoughts of the Son of God, says: "Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of you." And of the same nature is His promise to His disciples: "Lo, I am with you alway, even to the end of the world."
Origen against Celsus, Book II, Chap. IX
“...for the apostles of Jesus to accomplish the task enjoined upon them by their Master,
when He said, "Go and teach all nations."
Origen against Celsus, Book II, Chap. XXX.
“Jesus, however, performed all that He promised to do, and by which He conferred benefits upon his adherents. And we, continually seeing fulfilled all that was predicted by Him before it happened, viz., that this Gospel of His should be preached throughout the whole world, and that His disciples should go among all nations and announce His doctrine; and, moreover, that they should be brought before governors and kings on no other account than because of His teaching; we are lost in wonder at Him, and have our faith in Him daily confirmed.”
Origen against Celsus, Book II, Chap. XLII.
1... “that they might gather together out of every race and every nation a multitude of devout believers in Himself.” Matthew 28:19 quoted as Jesus talking about converts out of every race to “Himself.” Not to a Trinity His Name of course is Jesus.”
Origen De Principiis -- Book II. Chap. VI.--On The Incarnation Of Christ.
“Origen was an “early trinitarian”. In Rufinus’ latin version of De Principiis, the only version that we have now, it is mentioned the word trinity at least 19 times, but not even once is there a mention of Mt. 28:19 as a proof for such trinity, nor in the section called “Summary (Of Doctrine) Regarding The Father, The Son, And The Holy Spirit, And The Other Topics Discussed In The Preceding Pages.” By the other side, all the times that he mentions “to teach every nation”, in relation to the last words of Christ before his ascension, he quotes them as in the need to be done in the name of Jesus Christ (“in Him”), but never in his writings mentions any trinitarian formula associated with Matthew. Origen’s work was harshly persecuted by the Theophilus popes, as you will see below (enough strange is to notice that only in “De Principiis” is the most notable
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