Testimonia

{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c006\">Moreover, if any one would wish to become acquainted with\r\nthe artifices of those sorcerers, through which they desire to\r\nlead men away by their teaching (as if they possessed the knowledge\r\nof certain secret rites), but are not at all successful in so\r\ndoing, let him listen to the instruction which they receive after\r\npassing through what is termed the “fence of wickedness,”<a id=\"r1189\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1189\"><sup>[1189]</sup></a>—gates\r\nwhich are subjected to the world of ruling spirits.<a id=\"r1190\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1190\"><sup>[1190]</sup></a> [The\r\nfollowing, then, is the manner in which they proceed]: “I\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_370\">370</span>salute the one-formed<a id=\"r1191\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1191\"><sup>[1191]</sup></a> king, the bond of blindness, complete<a id=\"r1192\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1192\"><sup>[1192]</sup></a>\r\noblivion, the first power, preserved by the spirit of providence\r\nand by wisdom, from whom I am sent forth pure, being already\r\npart of the light of the son and of the father: grace be with me;\r\nyea, O father, let it be with me.” They say also that the beginnings\r\nof the Ogdoad<a id=\"r1193\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1193\"><sup>[1193]</sup></a> are derived from this. In the next place,\r\nthey are taught to say as follows, while passing through what\r\nthey call Ialdabaoth: “Thou, O first and seventh, who art born\r\nto command with confidence, thou, O Ialdabaoth, who art the\r\nrational ruler of a pure mind, and a perfect work to son and\r\nfather, bearing the symbol of life in the character of a type, and\r\nopening to the world the gate which thou didst close against\r\nthy kingdom, I pass again in freedom through thy realm. Let\r\ngrace be with me; yea, O father, let it be with me.” They\r\nsay, moreover, that the star Phænon<a id=\"r1194\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1194\"><sup>[1194]</sup></a> is in sympathy<a id=\"r1195\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1195\"><sup>[1195]</sup></a> with the\r\nlion-like ruler. They next imagine that he who has passed\r\nthrough Ialdabaoth and arrived at Iao ought thus to speak:\r\n“Thou, O second Iao, who shinest by night,<a id=\"r1196\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1196\"><sup>[1196]</sup></a> who art the ruler\r\nof the secret mysteries of son and father, first prince of death,\r\nand portion of the innocent, bearing now mine own beard as\r\nsymbol, I am ready to pass through thy realm, having strengthened\r\nhim who is born of thee by the living word. Grace be\r\nwith me; father, let it be with me.” They next come to Sabaoth,\r\nto whom they think the following should be addressed: “O\r\ngovernor of the fifth realm, powerful Sabaoth, defender of the\r\nlaw of thy creatures, who are liberated by thy grace through\r\nthe help of a more powerful Pentad,<a id=\"r1197\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1197\"><sup>[1197]</sup></a> admit me, seeing the\r\nfaultless symbol of their art, preserved by the stamp of an\r\nimage, a body liberated by a Pentad. Let grace be with me,\r\nO father, let grace be with me.” And after Sabaoth they\r\ncome to Astaphæus, to whom they believe the following prayer\r\nshould be offered: “O Astaphæus, ruler of the third gate,\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_371\">371</span>overseer of the first principle of water, look upon me as one of\r\nthine initiated,<a id=\"r1198\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1198\"><sup>[1198]</sup></a> admit me who am purified with the spirit of a\r\nvirgin, thou who seest the essence of the world. Let grace be\r\nwith me, O father, let grace be with me.” After him comes\r\nAloæus, who is to be thus addressed: “O Aloæus, governor\r\nof the second gate, let me pass, seeing I bring to thee the symbol\r\nof thy mother, a grace which is hidden by the powers of\r\nthe realms.<a id=\"r1199\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1199\"><sup>[1199]</sup></a> Let grace be with me, O father, let it be with\r\nme.” And last of all they name Horæus, and think that the\r\nfollowing prayer ought to be offered to him: “Thou who didst\r\nfearlessly overleap the rampart of fire, O Horæus, who didst\r\nobtain the government of the first gate, let me pass, seeing\r\nthou beholdest the symbol of thine own power, sculptured<a id=\"r1200\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1200\"><sup>[1200]</sup></a> on\r\nthe figure of the tree of life, and formed after this image, in\r\nthe likeness of innocence. Let grace be with me, O father,\r\nlet grace be with me.”</p>","headings":["The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 of 2","BOOK VI.","Chapter XXXI."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70693-paragraph-424"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"317c67b575e3d2a11a4be30dad1ec00f261edec64949103c0dcb2f47397e5bd1","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-f1200","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. 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