Sentence:  It is clear that the <WSD>"origin</WSD>" of the truth would be an admirable criterion of this sort, if only the various <WSD>origins</WSD> could be discriminated from one another from this point of view, and the history of dogmatic opinion shows that <WSD>origin</WSD> has always been a favorite test. <WSD>Origin</WSD> in immediate intuition; <WSD>origin</WSD> in pontifical authority; origin in supernatural revelation, as by vision, hearing, or unaccountable impression; <WSD>origin</WSD> in direct possession by a higher spirit, expressing itself in prophecy and warning; <WSD>origin</WSD> in automatic utterance generally,—these <WSD>origins</WSD> have been stock warrants for the truth of one opinion after another which we find represented in religious history. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The source of a river, information, goods, etc.