Origen,
Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. IV, Origen…
(1885)
“ But it is probable that what is written by Paul in the first Epistle to the Corinthians, [1] as being addressed to Greeks who prided themselves greatly on their Grecian wisdom, has moved some to believe that it was not the object of the Gospel to win wise men. Now, let him who is of this opinion understand that the Gospel, as censuring wicked men, says of them that they are wise not in things which relate to the understanding, and which are unseen and eternal ”
