Testimonia

{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c006\">I do not know what led Celsus, when saying, “But what\r\nthings were spoken or not spoken in the land of Judea, according\r\nto the custom of the country,” to use the words “or not\r\nspoken,” as though implying that he was incredulous, and\r\nthat he suspected that those things which were written were\r\nnever spoken. In fact, he is unacquainted with these times;\r\nand he does not know that those prophets who foretold the coming\r\nof Christ, predicted a multitude of other events many years\r\nbeforehand. He adds, with the view of casting a slight upon\r\nthe ancient prophets, that “they prophesied in the same way\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_432\">432</span>as we find them still doing among the inhabitants of Phœnicia\r\nand Palestine.” But he does not tell us whether he refers to\r\npersons who are of different principles from those of the Jews\r\nand Christians, or to persons whose prophecies are of the same\r\ncharacter as those of the Jewish prophets. However it be, his\r\nstatement is false, taken in either way. For never have any\r\nof those who have not embraced our faith done anything approaching\r\nto what was done by the ancient prophets; and in\r\nmore recent times, since the coming of Christ, no prophets\r\nhave arisen among the Jews, who have confessedly been abandoned\r\nby the Holy Spirit on account of their impiety towards\r\nGod, and towards Him of whom their prophets spoke. Moreover,\r\nthe Holy Spirit gave signs of His presence at the beginning\r\nof Christ’s ministry, and after His ascension He gave\r\nstill more; but since that time these signs have diminished,\r\nalthough there are still traces of His presence in a few who\r\nhave had their souls purified by the gospel, and their actions\r\nregulated by its influence. “For the holy spirit of discipline\r\nwill flee deceit, and remove from thoughts that are without\r\nunderstanding.”<a id=\"r1427\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1427\"><sup>[1427]</sup></a></p>","headings":["The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 of 2","BOOK VII.","Chapter VIII."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70693-paragraph-485"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"f345184cdfb1aba8e3fe751a1cd577b0961c25180555cbdfc799e89f03259263","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-f1427","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":"f1427","source_ebook":70693,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1427\">\n<p class=\"c007\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1427\">1427</a>.  </span><abbr title=\"Wisdom of Solomon\">Wisd. of Sol.</abbr> <abbr title=\"one\">i.</abbr> 5.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"76ed9a9fd752c1d5095189e38fe3dcbbea0fd23d6be719db17360e4da14552fa","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70693/pg70693-images.html#f1427","text_sha256":"05d858dc439f3f3ecac476b4ccc88c88239c748982065a0fa6e29fe52887682a","verified":false,"work_id":null}

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