Testimonia

{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c006\">He next returns to the subject of the Seven ruling Demons,<a id=\"r1187\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1187\"><sup>[1187]</sup></a>\r\nwhose names are not found among Christians, but who, I think,\r\nare accepted by the Ophites. We found, indeed, that in the\r\nDiagram, which on their account we procured a sight of, the\r\nsame order was laid down as that which Celsus has given.\r\nCelsus says that “the goat was shaped like a lion,” not mentioning\r\nthe name given him by those who are truly the most\r\nimpious of individuals; whereas <i>we</i> discovered that He who is\r\nhonoured in Holy Scripture as the angel of the Creator is called\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_369\">369</span>by this accursed Diagram Michael the Lion-like. Again,\r\nCelsus says that the “second in order is a bull;” whereas the\r\nDiagram which we possessed made him to be Suriel, the bull-like.\r\nFurther, Celsus termed the third “an amphibious sort\r\nof animal, and one that hissed frightfully;” while the Diagram\r\ndescribed the third as Raphael, the serpent-like. Moreover,\r\nCelsus asserted that the “fourth had the form of an eagle;”\r\nthe Diagram representing him as Gabriel, the eagle-like. Again,\r\nthe “fifth,” according to Celsus, “had the countenance of a\r\nbear;” and this, according to the Diagram, was Thauthabaoth,<a id=\"r1188\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1188\"><sup>[1188]</sup></a>\r\nthe bear-like. Celsus continues his account, that the “sixth\r\nwas described as having the face of a dog;” and him the\r\nDiagram called Erataoth. The “seventh,” he adds, “had the\r\ncountenance of an ass, and was named Thaphabaoth or Onoel;”\r\nwhereas we discovered that in the Diagram he is called Onoel,\r\nor Thartharaoth, being somewhat asinine in appearance. We\r\nhave thought it proper to be exact in stating these matters, that\r\nwe might not appear to be ignorant of those things which Celsus\r\nprofessed to know, but that we Christians, knowing them\r\nbetter than he, may demonstrate that these are not the words\r\nof Christians, but of those who are altogether alienated from\r\nsalvation, and who neither acknowledge Jesus as Saviour, nor\r\nGod, nor teacher, nor Son of God.</p>","headings":["The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 of 2","BOOK VI.","Chapter XXX."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70693-paragraph-423"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"531f67c6d0233fb2f9ae369369e20a1f3aeae3ebe7a55b0c816f28660a6870cd","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-f1187","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":"f1187","source_ebook":70693,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1187\">\n<p class=\"c007\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1187\">1187</a>.  </span><abbr class=\"spell\">Cf.</abbr> Spencer’s note, as quoted in Benedictine <abbr title=\"edition\">ed.</abbr></p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"76ed9a9fd752c1d5095189e38fe3dcbbea0fd23d6be719db17360e4da14552fa","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70693/pg70693-images.html#f1187","text_sha256":"d9d4598a0a79fdc092677e044b6b1f74687705d3c84e21363a2b8df435d9a275","verified":false,"work_id":null}

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