Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV so also is it the case here, that "many are called, but few chosen."[583] Tertullian De Fuga in Persecutione "And therefore many are called, but few chosen."[60] Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XII to shame in regard to these things because of the great majority of those of the church who are thought to believe, it must be said to him not only "Many are called, but few chosen; "[85]