{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c012\">is considered to be a god when speaking, and making himself\r\nheard through the Pythian priestess; so, according to our view,\r\nit was the Logos God, and Son of the God of all things, who\r\nspake in Jesus these words, “I am the way, and the truth,\r\nand the life;” and these, “I am the door;” and these, “I am\r\nthe living bread that came down from heaven;” and other\r\nexpressions similar to these. We therefore charge the Jews\r\nwith not acknowledging Him to be God, to whom testimony\r\nwas borne in many passages by the prophets, to the effect that\r\nHe was a mighty power, and a God next to<a id=\"r60\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f60\"><sup>[60]</sup></a> the God and\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_12\">12</span>Father of all things. For we assert that it was to Him the\r\nFather gave the command, when in the Mosaic account of the\r\ncreation He uttered the words, “Let there be light,” and\r\n“Let there be a firmament,” and gave the injunctions with\r\nregard to those other creative acts which were performed; and\r\nthat to Him also were addressed the words, “Let us make\r\nman in our own image and likeness;” and that the Logos,\r\nwhen commanded, obeyed all the Father’s will. And we make\r\nthese statements not from our own conjectures, but because we\r\nbelieve the prophecies circulated among the Jews, in which it\r\nis said of God, and of the works of creation, in express words,\r\nas follows: “He spake, and they were made; He commanded,\r\nand they were created.”<a id=\"r61\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f61\"><sup>[61]</sup></a> Now if God gave the command, and\r\nthe creatures were formed, who, according to the view of the\r\nspirit of prophecy, could he be that was able to carry out such\r\ncommands of the Father, save Him who, so to speak, is the\r\nliving Logos and the Truth? And that the Gospels do not\r\nconsider him who in Jesus said these words, “I am the way,\r\nand the truth, and the life,” to have been of so circumscribed\r\na nature,<a id=\"r62\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f62\"><sup>[62]</sup></a> as to have an existence nowhere out of the soul and\r\nbody of Jesus, is evident both from many considerations, and\r\nfrom a few instances of the following kind which we shall\r\nquote. John the Baptist, when predicting that the Son of God\r\nwas to appear immediately, not in that body and soul, but as\r\nmanifesting Himself everywhere, says regarding Him: “There\r\nstands in the midst of you One whom ye know not, who cometh\r\nafter me.”<a id=\"r63\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f63\"><sup>[63]</sup></a> For if he had thought that the Son of God was\r\nonly there, where was the visible body of Jesus, how could he\r\nhave said, “There stands in the midst of you One whom ye\r\nknow not?” And Jesus Himself, in raising the minds of His\r\ndisciples to higher thoughts of the Son of God, says: “Where\r\ntwo or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in\r\nthe midst of you.”<a id=\"r64\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f64\"><sup>[64]</sup></a> And of the same nature is His promise to\r\nHis disciples: “Lo, I am with you alway, even to the end\r\nof the world.”<a id=\"r65\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f65\"><sup>[65]</sup></a> And we quote these passages, making no distinction\r\nbetween the Son of God and Jesus. For the soul and\r\nbody of Jesus formed, after the οἰκονομία, one being with the\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_13\">13</span>Logos of God. Now if, according to Paul’s teaching, “he\r\nthat is joined unto the Lord is one spirit,”<a id=\"r66\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f66\"><sup>[66]</sup></a> every one who\r\nunderstands what being joined to the Lord is, and who has been\r\nactually joined to Him, is one spirit with the Lord; how should\r\nnot that being be one in a far greater and more divine degree,\r\nwhich was once united with the Logos of God?<a id=\"r67\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f67\"><sup>[67]</sup></a> He, indeed,\r\nmanifested Himself among the Jews as the power of God, by\r\nthe miracles which He performed, which Celsus suspected were\r\naccomplished by sorcery, but which by the Jews of that time\r\nwere attributed, I know not why, to Beelzebub, in the words:\r\n“He casteth out devils through Beelzebub, the prince of the\r\ndevils.”<a id=\"r68\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f68\"><sup>[68]</sup></a> But these our Saviour convicted of uttering the\r\ngreatest absurdities, from the fact that the kingdom of evil was\r\nnot yet come to an end. And this will be evident to all intelligent\r\nreaders of the Gospel narrative, which it is not now the\r\ntime to explain.</p>","headings":["The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 of 2","BOOK II.","Chapter IX."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70693-paragraph-49"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"adf002bdb03c0a96dac8dac9ddeac9c58587d91693d31c9f286ff7fd0e7c39bc","edition_title":"The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 (of 2)","edition_translators":["Frederick Crombie","W. H. 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