In his commentary on John 2:22 — «After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed in the scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken» —
Origen cites the words spoken to Thomas in chapter 20: «Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe.»
He
cites the commentary by Henri de Lubac on the statement by the third - century
Origen, «For myself, I desire to be truly ecclesiastic.»