[Origen] did, at least in his early writings after his
conversion to Christianity, believe in a heretical doctrine of the Trinity.
However, the extent to which his doctrine is heretical is debated. He may have
put the Father ontologically above the Son, the Son ontologically above the
Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit ontologically above all creation but ontologically
below the former two. He may have gone further than this and believed that only
the Father as the Primary Person of the Trinity has domain over all things; the
Son has dominion over all rational beings, and the Holy Spirit has dominion
over the saints. This is a hierarchical view of the Trinity that is sorely
against Nicene dogmatics, which uniformly asserts the consubstantiality and
co-eternality of the Persons of the Trinity. (Hunter Coates, Grace Abounds: A Holistic
Case for Universal Salvation [Eugene, Oreg.: Resource Publications, 2024], 220)
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