Testimonia

{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c006\">These comprise <span lang=\"grc\">Σχόλια</span>, brief notes on Scripture, of which\r\nonly fragments remain: <span lang=\"grc\">Τόμοι</span>, Commentaries, lengthened expositions,\r\nof which we possess considerable portions, including\r\nthose on Matthew, John, and Epistle to the Romans; and\r\nabout 200 Homilies, upon the principal books of the Old and\r\nNew Testaments, a full list of which may be seen in Migne’s\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_xxxiv\">xxxiv</span>edition. In these works his peculiar system of interpretation\r\nfound ample scope for exercise; and although he carried out his\r\nprinciple of allegorizing many things, which in their historical\r\nand literal signification offended his exegetical sense, he nevertheless\r\nmaintains that “the passages which hold good in their\r\nhistorical acceptation are much more numerous than those\r\nwhich contain a purely spiritual meaning;”<a id=\"r30\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f30\"><sup>[30]</sup></a> and the student\r\nwill find much that is striking and suggestive in his remarks\r\nupon the various passages which he brings under review. For\r\nan account of his method of interpreting Scripture, and the\r\ngrounds on which he based it, the reader may consult the fourth\r\nbook of the treatise <i>On the Principles</i>.</p>","headings":["The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 of 2","LIFE OF ORIGEN.","EXEGETICAL WORKS."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70693-paragraph-33"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"58dcf7c134d352e2e0b0b2dffc8dee4eaffe54d3993b07c57aa71e2e7c4b7b24","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-f30","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":"f30","source_ebook":70693,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f30\">\n<p class=\"c007\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r30\">30</a>.  </span>Origen’s Works, <abbr title=\"volume\">vol.</abbr> <abbr title=\"one\">i.</abbr> <abbr title=\"pages\">pp.</abbr> 323-4 (Ante-Nicene Library).</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"76ed9a9fd752c1d5095189e38fe3dcbbea0fd23d6be719db17360e4da14552fa","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70693/pg70693-images.html#f30","text_sha256":"b13f027f71694cdf095e7631a71416748714c2275e77e9cd7cbad99cc5c824ab","verified":false,"work_id":null}

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