Testimonia

{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c006\">I do not know, indeed, how he could conjoin things that do\r\nnot admit of union, and which cannot exist together at the\r\nsame time in human nature, in saying, as he did, that “the\r\nabove treatise deserved to be treated both with pity and hatred.”\r\nFor every one will admit that he who is the object of pity is\r\nnot at the same moment an object of hatred, and that he who\r\nis the object of hatred is not at the same time a subject of pity.\r\nCelsus, moreover, says that it was not his purpose to refute such\r\nstatements, because he thinks that their absurdity is evident to\r\nall, and that, even before offering any logical refutation, they\r\nwill appear to be bad, and to merit both pity and hatred. But\r\nwe invite him who peruses this reply of ours to the charges of\r\nCelsus to have patience, and to listen to our sacred writings\r\nthemselves, and, as far as possible, to form an opinion from\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_220\">220</span>their <i>contents</i> of the purpose of the writers, and of their\r\nconsciences and disposition of mind; for he will discover that\r\nthey are men who strenuously contend for what they uphold, and\r\nthat some of them show that the history which they narrate\r\nis one which they have both seen and experienced,<a id=\"r707\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f707\"><sup>[707]</sup></a> which was\r\nmiraculous, and worthy of being recorded for the advantage of\r\ntheir future hearers. Will any one indeed venture to say that\r\nit is not the source and fountain of all blessing<a id=\"r708\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f708\"><sup>[708]</sup></a> [to men] to\r\nbelieve in the God of all things, and to perform all our actions\r\nwith the view of pleasing Him in everything whatever, and\r\nnot to entertain even a thought unpleasing to Him, seeing that\r\nnot only our words and deeds, but our very thoughts, will\r\nbe the subject of future judgment? And what other arguments\r\nwould more effectually lead human nature to adopt a\r\nvirtuous life, than the belief or opinion that the supreme God\r\nbeholds all things, not only what is said and done, but even\r\nwhat is thought by us? And let any one who likes compare\r\nany other system which at the same time converts and\r\nameliorates, not merely one or two individuals, but, as far as\r\nin it lies, countless numbers, that by the comparison of both\r\nmethods he may form a correct idea of the arguments which\r\ndispose to a virtuous life.</p>","headings":["The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 of 2","BOOK IV.","Chapter LIII."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70693-paragraph-274"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"581dbe34910b25ab5135f047a8e0e7315cb2d48022e23281e8eadc2876bca638","edition_title":"The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 (of 2)","edition_translators":["Frederick Crombie","W. H. Cairns"],"edition_year":1872,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg70693-f708","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Project Gutenberg metadata: Public domain in the USA. Existing 1872 English edition; listed translators died 1889 and 1872. Electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"f708","source_ebook":70693,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f708\">\n<p class=\"c007\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r708\">708</a>.  </span><span lang=\"grc\">ὠφελείας.</span></p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"76ed9a9fd752c1d5095189e38fe3dcbbea0fd23d6be719db17360e4da14552fa","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70693/pg70693-images.html#f708","text_sha256":"cd8da924ba74ef2d5176283fecf790732272b1efd0b0dde1ab6a7da49763d52e","verified":false,"work_id":null}

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