Testimonia

{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c006\">He next proceeds to say, that “a common nature pervades\r\nall the previously mentioned bodies, and one which goes and\r\nreturns the same amid recurring changes.”<a id=\"r727\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f727\"><sup>[727]</sup></a> In answer to this,\r\nit is evident from what has been already said, that not only\r\ndoes a common nature pervade those bodies which have been\r\npreviously enumerated, but the heavenly bodies as well. And\r\nif this is the case, it is clear also that, according to Celsus\r\n(although I do not know whether it is according to truth), it is\r\none nature which goes and returns the same through all bodies\r\namid recurring changes. It is evident also that this is the case\r\nin the opinion of those who hold that the world is to perish;\r\nwhile those also who hold the opposite view will endeavour to\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_227\">227</span>show, without the assumption of a fifth substance,<a id=\"r728\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f728\"><sup>[728]</sup></a> that in their\r\njudgment too it is one nature “which goes and returns the\r\nsame through all bodies amid recurring changes.” And thus,\r\neven that which is perishable remains in order to undergo a\r\nchange;<a id=\"r729\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f729\"><sup>[729]</sup></a> for the matter which underlies [all things], while its\r\nproperties perish, still abides, according to the opinion of those\r\nwho hold it to be uncreated. If, however, it can be shown by\r\nany arguments not to be uncreated, but to have been created\r\nfor certain purposes, it is clear that it will not have the same\r\nnature of permanency which it would possess on the hypothesis\r\nof being uncreated. But it is not our object at present, in\r\nanswering the charges of Celsus, to discuss these questions of\r\nnatural philosophy.</p>","headings":["The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 of 2","BOOK IV.","Chapter LX."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70693-paragraph-281"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"01401d989cafa045a845ccc4c7837470331c2e8c467ef12e9628b6690d594096","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-f728","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":"f728","source_ebook":70693,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f728\">\n<p class=\"c007\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r728\">728</a>.  </span><span lang=\"grc\">σῶμα.</span></p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"76ed9a9fd752c1d5095189e38fe3dcbbea0fd23d6be719db17360e4da14552fa","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70693/pg70693-images.html#f728","text_sha256":"6fe22bc1428e3d42477a6e73e7fc21099f9cd2acd307f5df09c740bb5775bea7","verified":false,"work_id":null}

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