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Does the Coptic Church consider Origen a saint? Was he ever restored after having been excommunicated?

The Coptic Church does not consider Origen a saint but a 'great teacher'. He was not restored into the Coptic Church because of some of his teachings concerning the pre-existence and fall of souls and the eventual restoration of all souls including Satan to a state of dynamic perfection in proximity to the Godhead.