Origen on the exoteric/esoteric

"If you also come to the books written after the time of Jesus you will find that the crowds of believers hear the parables outside, as they were worthy only of exoteric teaching. But the disciples privately learnt the explanation of the parables." (Con. Cel. III,46)

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