3-2:1
Ὅτι ὁ Ὠριγένης ὃν Κένταυρον καλεῖ, ἔλεγε συναΐδιον εἶναι τῷ μόνῳ σοφῷ καὶ ἀπροσδεεῖ θεῷ τὸ πᾶν. ἔφασκε γάρ, Εἰ οὐκ δημιουργὸς ἄνευ δημιουργημάτων ἢ ποιητὴς ἄνευ ποιημάτων, οὐδὲ παντοκράτωρ ἄνευ τῶν κρατουμένων τὸν γὰρ δημιουργὸν διὰ τὰ δημιουργήματα ἀνάγκη καὶ τὸν ποιητὴν διὰ τὰ ποιήματα καὶ τὸν παντοκράτορα διὰ τὰ κρατούμενα λέγεσθαι), ἀνάγκη ἐξ ἀρχῆς αὐτὰ ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ γεγενῆσθαι, καὶ μὴ εἶναι χρόνον ὅτε οὐκ ἠν ταῦτα. εἰ γὰρ ἦν χρόνος ὅτε οὐκ ἦν τὰ ποιήματα, ἐπεὶ τῶν ποιημάτων μὴ ὄντων οὐδὲ ποιητής ἐστιν, ὅρα οἷον ἀσεβὲς ἀκολουθεῖ
論到俄利根——他稱之為「人馬怪」——曾說宇宙是與那獨一全智、自足之神同永的。因為他主張說：「既然沒有受造之物便沒有匠人，沒有所造之物便沒有造作者，沒有被治理之物便沒有全能者（因為匠人必須因受造之物而得稱，造作者因所造之物而得稱，全能者因被治理之物而得稱），那麼這些物必是從起初就被神造成的，並且斷沒有一個時候是這些物不存在的。因為若曾有一個時候是所造之物不存在的，既然所造之物若不存在便也沒有造作者，你就看，這引出何等不敬虔的結論。」
That Origen, whom he calls 'the Centaur,' said that the universe is coeternal with the only wise and self-sufficient God. For he asserted: 'Since there is no craftsman without things crafted, nor maker without things made, nor almighty without things ruled (for the craftsman must be so called on account of the things crafted, the maker on account of the things made, and the almighty on account of the things ruled), it is necessary that these have been brought into being by God from the beginning, and that there was no time when these did not exist. For if there was a time when the things made did not exist, then, since with the things made not existing there is no maker either, observe what an impious consequence follows.'
3-2:2
ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀλλοιοῦσθαι καὶ μεταβάλλειν τὸν ἄτρεπτον καὶ ἀναλλοίωτον συμβήσεται θεόν. εἰ γὰρ ὕστερον πεποίηκε τὸ πᾶν, πᾶν, δῆλον ἀπὸ τοῦ μὴ ποιεῖν εἰς τὸ ποιεῖν μετέβαλε. τοῦτο δὲ ἄτοπον μετὰ τῶν προειρημένων. οὐκ ἄρα δυνατὸν λέγειν, μὴ εἶναι ἄναρχον καὶ συναΐδιον τῶ θεῶ τὸ πᾶν
但這樣也必引出：那不轉移、不改變的神，竟也變動、改易了。因為祂若是後來才造這宇宙，顯然祂便從不造變為造了。但這與前面所說的一同看來乃是荒謬的。因此，不可能說這宇宙不是無始的、不是與神同永的。〔此處乃米索丟斯反駁俄利根之論。〕
But it will also follow that the unturning and unchangeable God is altered and changes. For if He made the universe later, it is plain that He changed from not making to making. But this is absurd, along with the things said before. Therefore it is not possible to say that the universe is not without beginning and coeternal with God.