And ironically (responding to a part near the top), Orthodox Christians turned on Origen and Clement of Alexandria after deciding they were also heretics! So much for "team Christian"... Modern Christianity is defined by layers of purity tests, where new absurdities are used to 'other' new people, and previous saints lose their sainthood solely because they weren't as antagonistic as their successors.
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Oh I did not know that. They were supposed to be one of the originals pro orthodoxy so the church to turn on them that’s just… a cruel joke.
In Origen's case, they used his wording to justify attacks on his supporters - Origen's supposed crime was saying that there was ever a time that Jesus didn't exist, but it's more complicated and I'm honestly a little confused about what was being said and what the issue was. But that was the big crime, which was used to vilify Origen's other teachings, which included reincarnation. In, iirc, year 545 Justinian (totally winging it, this could be so off) decreed that belief in reincarnation was a crime, and had his army murder Christians who believed in reincarnation.