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Which council may have anathematized Origen or his teachings?

  • Second Council of Constantinople

  • First Council of Nicaea

  • Council of Ephesus

  • Council of Chalcedon

Answer

The Second Council of Constantinople in 553 may have anathematized Origen, or it may have only condemned certain heretical teachings which claimed to be derived from Origen. His teachings on the pre-existence of souls were ultimately rejected by the Church.
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