{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c006\">Now, that miraculous appearances have sometimes been\r\nwitnessed by human beings, is related by the Greeks; and not\r\nonly by those of them who might be suspected of composing\r\nfabulous narratives, but also by those who have given every\r\nevidence of being genuine philosophers, and of having related\r\nwith perfect truth what had happened to them. Accounts of\r\nthis kind we have read in the writings of Chrysippus of Soli,\r\nand also some things of the same kind relating to Pythagoras;\r\nas well as in some of the more recent writers who lived a very\r\nshort time ago, as in the treatise of Plutarch of Chæronea “on\r\nthe Soul,” and in the second book of the work of Numenius\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_327\">327</span>the Pythagorean on the “Incorruptibility of the Soul.” Now,\r\nwhen such accounts are related by the Greeks, and especially\r\nby the philosophers among them, they are not to be received\r\nwith mockery and ridicule, nor to be regarded as fictions and\r\nfables; but when those who are devoted to the God of all\r\nthings, and who endure all kinds of injury, even to death itself,\r\nrather than allow a falsehood to escape their lips regarding God,\r\nannounce the appearances of angels which they have themselves\r\nwitnessed, they are to be deemed unworthy of belief, and their\r\nwords are not to be regarded as true! Now it is opposed to\r\nsound reason to judge in this way whether individuals are\r\nspeaking truth or falsehood. For those who act honestly, only\r\nafter a long and careful examination into the details of a subject,\r\nslowly and cautiously express their opinion of the veracity or\r\nfalsehood of this or that person with regard to the marvels\r\nwhich they may relate; since it is the case that neither do all men\r\nshow themselves worthy of belief, nor do all make it distinctly\r\nevident that they are relating to men only fictions and fables.\r\nMoreover, regarding the resurrection of Jesus from the dead,\r\nwe have this remark to make, that it is not at all wonderful\r\nif, on such an occasion, either one or two angels should have\r\nappeared to announce that Jesus had risen from the dead, and\r\nto provide for the safety of those who believed in such an event\r\nto the advantage of their souls. Nor does it appear to me at\r\nall unreasonable, that those who believe in the resurrection of\r\nJesus, and who manifest, as a fruit of their faith not to be\r\nlightly esteemed, their possession of a virtuous<a id=\"r1010\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1010\"><sup>[1010]</sup></a> life, and their\r\nwithdrawal from the flood of evils, should not be unattended by\r\nangels who lend their help in accomplishing their conversion to\r\nGod.</p>","headings":["The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 of 2","BOOK V.","Chapter LVII."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70693-paragraph-385"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"8fa1c8c784987aec1217e6132b42e688d0703dc32a80628e40226cc6738167ab","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-f1010","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":"f1010","source_ebook":70693,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1010\">\n<p class=\"c007\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1010\">1010</a>. </span><span lang=\"grc\">τὸν ἐῤῥωμένον βίον.</span></p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"76ed9a9fd752c1d5095189e38fe3dcbbea0fd23d6be719db17360e4da14552fa","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70693/pg70693-images.html#f1010","text_sha256":"2a34ac19ecf87823302b984a0cd3386b3cc6a037ac537924e0cfcc7f6d6527fb","verified":false,"work_id":null}