Testimonia

{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c006\">We, therefore, do not maintain that the body which has\r\nundergone corruption resumes its original nature, any more\r\nthan the grain of wheat which has decayed returns to its former\r\ncondition. But we do maintain, that as above the grain of wheat\r\nthere arises a stalk, so a certain power<a id=\"r927\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f927\"><sup>[927]</sup></a> is implanted in the\r\nbody, which is not destroyed, and from which the body is raised\r\nup in incorruption. The philosophers of the Porch, however,\r\nin consequence of the opinions which they hold regarding the\r\nunchangeableness of things after a certain cycle, assert that the\r\nbody, after undergoing complete corruption, will return to its\r\noriginal condition, and will again assume that first nature from\r\nwhich it passed into a state of dissolution, establishing these\r\npoints, as they think, by irresistible arguments.<a id=\"r928\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f928\"><sup>[928]</sup></a> We, however,\r\ndo not betake ourselves to a most absurd refuge, saying that\r\nwith God <i>all</i> things are possible; for we know how to understand\r\nthis word “all” as not referring either to things that are\r\n“non-existent” or that are inconceivable. But we maintain,\r\nat the same time, that God cannot do what is disgraceful, since\r\nthen He would be capable of ceasing to be God; for if He do\r\nanything that is disgraceful, He is not God. Since, however,\r\nhe lays it down as a principle, that “God does not desire what\r\nis contrary to nature,” we have to make a distinction, and say\r\nthat if any one asserts that wickedness is contrary to nature,\r\nwhile we maintain that “God does not desire what is contrary\r\nto nature,”—either what springs from wickedness or from an\r\nirrational principle,—yet, if such things happen according to\r\nthe word and will of God, we must at once necessarily hold that\r\nthey are not contrary to nature. Therefore things which are\r\ndone by God, although they may be, or may <i>appear</i> to some to\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_292\">292</span>be incredible, are not contrary to nature. And if we must press\r\nthe force of words,<a id=\"r929\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f929\"><sup>[929]</sup></a> we would say that, in comparison with what is\r\ngenerally understood as “nature,” there <i>are</i> certain things which\r\nare <i>beyond</i> its power, which God could at any time do; as, <i>e.g.</i>, in\r\nraising man above the level of human nature, and causing him\r\nto pass into a better and more divine condition, and preserving\r\nhim in the same, so long as he who is the object of His care\r\nshows by his actions that he desires [the continuance of His help].</p>","headings":["The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 of 2","BOOK V.","Chapter XXIII."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70693-paragraph-350"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"42be6ef25b31298196a41af740e76a88708a4f17b86c79922dc3d5bec7fb8175","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-f928","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":"f928","source_ebook":70693,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f928\">\n<p class=\"c007\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r928\">928</a>.  </span><span lang=\"grc\">διαλεκτικαῖς ἀνάγκαις.</span></p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"76ed9a9fd752c1d5095189e38fe3dcbbea0fd23d6be719db17360e4da14552fa","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70693/pg70693-images.html#f928","text_sha256":"7fdc5ffbece166d9543f691799c4eb637696ff7a6a7a3f24ab872bdb72003537","verified":false,"work_id":null}

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