Testimonia

{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c006\">Jesus, accordingly, in turning away the minds of His disciples,\r\nnot merely from giving heed to sorcerers in general,\r\nand those who profess in any other manner to work miracles—for\r\nHis disciples did not need to be so warned—but from such\r\nas gave themselves out as the Christ of God, and who tried by\r\ncertain apparent<a id=\"r137\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f137\"><sup>[137]</sup></a> miracles to gain over to them the disciples of\r\nJesus, said in a certain passage: “Then, if any man shall say\r\nunto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. For\r\nthere shall arise false Christs and false prophets, and shall show\r\ngreat signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible,\r\nthey shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told you\r\nbefore. Wherefore, if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is\r\nin the desert, go not forth; behold, he is in the secret chambers,\r\nbelieve it not. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_51\">51</span>shineth even to the west, so also shall the coming of the Son\r\nof man be.”<a id=\"r138\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f138\"><sup>[138]</sup></a> And in another passage: “Many will say unto\r\nme in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not eaten and drunk in\r\nThy name, and by Thy name have cast out demons, and done\r\nmany wonderful works? And then will I say unto them, Depart\r\nfrom me, because ye are workers of iniquity.”<a id=\"r139\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f139\"><sup>[139]</sup></a> But\r\nCelsus, wishing to assimilate the miracles of Jesus to the works\r\nof human sorcery, says in express terms as follows: “O\r\nlight and truth! he distinctly declares, with his own voice, as\r\nye yourselves have recorded, that there will come to you even\r\nothers, employing miracles of a similar kind, who are wicked\r\nmen, and sorcerers; and he calls him who makes use of such\r\ndevices, one Satan. So that Jesus himself does not deny that\r\nthese works at least are not at all divine, but are the acts of\r\nwicked men; and being compelled by the force of truth, he at\r\nthe same time not only laid open the doings of others, but convicted\r\nhimself of the same acts. Is it not, then, a miserable\r\ninference, to conclude from the same works that the one is God\r\nand the others sorcerers? Why ought the others, because of\r\nthese acts, to be accounted wicked rather than this man, seeing\r\nthey have him as their witness against himself? For he has\r\nhimself acknowledged that these are not the works of a divine\r\nnature, but the inventions of certain deceivers, and of thoroughly\r\nwicked men.” Observe, now, whether Celsus is not clearly\r\nconvicted of slandering the gospel by such statements, since\r\nwhat Jesus says regarding those who are to work signs and\r\nwonders is different from what this Jew of Celsus alleges it to\r\nbe. For if Jesus had simply told His disciples to be on their\r\nguard against those who professed to work miracles, without\r\ndeclaring what they would give themselves out to be, then\r\nperhaps there would have been some ground for his suspicion.\r\nBut since those against whom Jesus would have us to be on our\r\nguard give themselves out as the Christ—which is not a claim\r\nput forth by sorcerers—and since he says that even some who\r\nlead wicked lives will perform miracles in the name of Jesus,\r\nand expel demons out of men, sorcery in the case of these\r\nindividuals, or any suspicion of such, is rather, if we may so\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_52\">52</span>speak, altogether banished, and the divinity of Christ established,\r\nas well as the divine mission<a id=\"r140\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f140\"><sup>[140]</sup></a> of His disciples; seeing that it is\r\npossible that one who makes use of His name, and who is\r\nwrought upon by some power, in some way unknown, to make\r\nthe pretence that he is the Christ, should seem to perform\r\nmiracles like those of Jesus, while others through His name\r\nshould do works resembling those of His genuine disciples.</p>","headings":["The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 of 2","BOOK II.","Chapter XLIX."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70693-paragraph-93"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"a4cd47b685271ddf28e23c29bb20e79cfad866812d39bcc67167455fc2bfcdb2","edition_title":"The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 (of 2)","edition_translators":["Frederick Crombie","W. 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