Responsibility in turn requires freedom. Now the doctrine of judgment is ecclesiastic and scriptural. Thus the freedom of the rational creature is an inference from certain Scriptures which do not mention freedom at all. Still, in that respect, it has a Scriptural basis. When Origen delineates the nature of freedom, he draws upon non-Biblical sources.
Freedom is related to Scripture in two ways.
First , Scripture is allegorized to be consistent with it. Origen sees in the prophecies about Egypt, Tyre, Babylon, Israel, etc. Second , Scripture presents certain difficulties which the transcendental doctrine of freedom can explain. There is another aspect to Origen's doctrine of freedom. He gives a detailed picture of its internal structure.