On some of the early Christians, [[Origen]] writes of the [[Ebionites]] ''(Ebionai)'',
On some of the early Christians, [[Origen]] writes of the [[Ebionites]] ''(Ebionai)'',
{{cquote|Here he has not observed that the Jewish converts have not deserted the law of their fathers, inasmuch as they live according to its prescriptions, receiving their very name from the poverty of the law, according to the literal acceptation of the word; for Ebion signifies “poor” among the Jews, and ''those Jews who have received Jesus as Christ are called by the name of Ebionites''.<ref name=origen-book2-chapter1>{{cite web|url=http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf04.vi.ix.ii.i.html|title=Writings of Origen: Book 2, Chapter 1}}</ref>}}
{{cquote|Here he has not observed that the Jewish converts have not deserted the law of their fathers, inasmuch as they live according to its prescriptions, receiving their very name from the poverty of the law, according to the literal acceptation of the word; for Ebion signifies “poor” among the Jews, and ''those Jews who have received Jesus as Christ are called by the name of Ebionites''.<ref name=origen-book2-chapter1>{{cite web|url=http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf04.vi.ix.ii.i.html|title=Writings of Origen: Book 2, Chapter 1}}</ref>}}
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While [[Origen]] may have been writing of the early denomination, early Christian practices make it apparent that the concept of making a [[profit]] had could not be consolidated with, and had nothing to do with, true Christianity.
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While [[Origen]] may have been writing of the early denomination, early Christian practices make it apparent that the concept of making a [[profit]] could not be consolidated with, and had nothing to do with, true Christianity.