Testimonia

{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c006\">3. Now we term world everything which is above the\r\nheavens, or in the heavens, or upon the earth, or in those\r\nplaces which are called the lower regions, or all places whatever\r\nthat anywhere exist, together with their inhabitants.\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_129\">129</span>This whole, then, is called world. In which world certain\r\nbeings are said to be super-celestial, <i>i.e.</i> placed in happier\r\nabodes, and clothed with heavenly and resplendent bodies;\r\nand among these many distinctions are shown to exist, the\r\napostle, <i>e.g.</i>, saying, “That one is the glory of the sun, another\r\nthe glory of the moon, another the glory of the stars;\r\nfor one star differeth from another star in glory.”<a id=\"r306\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f306\"><sup>[306]</sup></a> Certain\r\nbeings are called earthly, and among them, <i>i.e.</i> among men,\r\nthere is no small difference; for some of them are Barbarians,\r\nothers Greeks; and of the Barbarians some are savage and\r\nfierce, and others of a milder disposition. And certain of\r\nthem live under laws that have been thoroughly approved;\r\nothers, again, under laws of a more common or severe kind;<a id=\"r307\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f307\"><sup>[307]</sup></a>\r\nwhile some, again, possess customs of an inhuman and savage\r\ncharacter, rather than laws. And certain of them, from the\r\nhour of their birth, are reduced to humiliation and subjection,\r\nand brought up as slaves, being placed under the\r\ndominion either of masters, or princes, or tyrants. Others,\r\nagain, are brought up in a manner more consonant with freedom\r\nand reason: some with sound bodies, some with bodies\r\ndiseased from their early years; some defective in vision,\r\nothers in hearing and speech; some born in that condition,\r\nothers deprived of the use of their senses immediately after\r\nbirth, or at least undergoing such misfortune on reaching\r\nmanhood. And why should I repeat and enumerate all the\r\nhorrors of human misery, from which some have been free,\r\nand in which others have been involved, when each one can\r\nweigh and consider them for himself? There are also certain\r\ninvisible powers to which earthly things have been entrusted\r\nfor administration; and amongst them no small difference\r\nmust be believed to exist, as is also found to be the case\r\namong men. The Apostle Paul indeed intimates that there\r\nare certain lower powers,<a id=\"r308\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f308\"><sup>[308]</sup></a> and that among them, in like\r\nmanner, must undoubtedly be sought a ground of diversity.\r\nRegarding dumb animals, and birds, and those creatures\r\nwhich live in the waters, it seems superfluous to inquire;\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_130\">130</span>since it is certain that these ought to be regarded not as of\r\nprimary, but of subordinate rank.</p>","headings":["The Writings of Origen, Vol. 1 of 2","ORIGEN DE PRINCIPIIS.","BOOK II.","CHAPTER IX. ON THE WORLD AND THE MOVEMENTS OF RATIONAL CREATURES, WHETHER GOOD OR BAD; AND ON THE CAUSES OF THEM."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70561-paragraph-173"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"aca1af2079fe23c6ec046323dbc4ffe690e6de2e1f927a9595fee0292bbd1fc6","edition_title":"The writings of Origen, Vol. 1 (of 2)","edition_translators":["Frederick Crombie"],"edition_year":1869,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg70561-f308","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 1869 English translation; translator died 1889. Electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"f308","source_ebook":70561,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f308\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r308\">308</a>.  </span><span lang=\"la\">Inferna.</span></p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"de125e213d16053354f22b34a1c8d477ac23f201e660e4f4841b2ed7e05bb367","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70561/pg70561-images.html#f308","text_sha256":"e891850729858e55676b7a073b91abdaf66b97aacccc1a205732de9fb1d9fe4c","verified":false,"work_id":null}

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