Testimonia

{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c006\">But when the souls of those who die for the Christian faith\r\ndepart from the body with great glory, they destroy the power\r\nof the demons, and frustrate their designs against men. Wherefore\r\nI imagine, that as the demons have learnt from experience\r\nthat they are defeated and overpowered by the martyrs for the\r\ntruth, they are afraid to have recourse again to violence. And\r\nthus, until they forget the defeats they have sustained, it is\r\nprobable that the world will be at peace with the Christians.\r\nBut when they recover their power, and, with eyes blinded by\r\nsin, wish again to take their revenge on Christians, and persecute\r\nthem, then again they will be defeated, and then again the souls\r\nof the godly, who lay down their lives for the cause of godliness,\r\nshall utterly destroy the army of the wicked one. And as the\r\ndemons perceive that those who meet death victoriously for the\r\nsake of religion destroy their authority, while those who give\r\nway under their sufferings, and deny the faith, come under\r\ntheir power, I imagine that at times they feel a deep interest\r\nin Christians when on their trial, and keenly strive to gain\r\nthem over to their side, feeling as they do that their confession\r\nis torture to them, and their denial is a relief and encouragement\r\nto them. And traces of the same feeling may be seen in\r\nthe demeanour of the judges; for they are greatly distressed at\r\nseeing those who bear outrage and torture with patience, but\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_529\">529</span>are greatly elated when a Christian gives way under it. Yet\r\nit is from no feeling of humanity that this arises. They see\r\nwell, that, while “the tongues” of those who are overpowered\r\nby the tortures “may take the oath, the mind has not sworn.”<a id=\"r1649\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1649\"><sup>[1649]</sup></a>\r\nAnd this may serve as an answer to the remark of Celsus:\r\n“But they severely punish one who reviles them, so that he\r\nmust either flee and hide himself, or be taken and perish.” If\r\na Christian ever flees away, it is not from fear, but in obedience\r\nto the command of his Master, that so he may preserve himself,\r\nand employ his strength for the benefit of others.</p>","headings":["The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 of 2","BOOK VIII.","Chapter XLIV."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70693-paragraph-591"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"54266855c3abc8cb0dd42df53ca51e5f8f8698d3b0f8c7200758c44b395d1c63","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-f1649","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":"f1649","source_ebook":70693,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1649\">\n<p class=\"c007\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1649\">1649</a>.  </span>Euripides, Hippolytus.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"76ed9a9fd752c1d5095189e38fe3dcbbea0fd23d6be719db17360e4da14552fa","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70693/pg70693-images.html#f1649","text_sha256":"0d4a6be0623738031b9910fad70bb1dcb24e4b89209857fc4fc1da861988e14c","verified":false,"work_id":null}

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