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According to Origen ( 184 / 185 – 253 / 254AD ) and the Alexandrian theology, theoria is the knowledge of God in creation and of sensible things, and thus their contemplation intellectually ( 150 – 400AD ) ( see Clement of Alexandria, and Evagrius Ponticus ).

This knowledge and contemplation leads to communion with God akin to Divine Providence.