The Emperor of Byzantium, Justinian I, convened Constantinople II in 553 CE. In this paper, I reconstruct Origen’s reception in prior Church councils to explain how this led to the condemnation of Origen at Constantinople II. Through examining the political and ecclesial environment of sixth-century Christendom, notably Palestine, I conclude that Origen’s condemnation was unwarranted because the doctrines the councilmen implicitly sought to condemn in Canon 11 of the conciliar documents were not doctrines that Origen himself taught. I then turn to fifth-century local councils that condemned Origen by name. I conclude that both Constantinople II and the earlier local councils did not denounce the theology of Origen himself. Rather, they condemned doctrines that stemmed from a variety of figures, some contemporary and others from centuries after Origen, who were all to some extent inspired by Origen. Due to this perceived condemnation at Constantinople II, Origen’s name was banished from polite Christian history, and his reputation was forever tarnished. I argue this is an ecclesial travesty and close the paper by discussing the attempts to restore Origen's image in recent historiography.