{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c006\">And to regard these myths in a figurative sense, and consider\r\nMinerva as representing prudence, let any one show what were\r\nthe actual facts of her history, upon which this allegory is\r\nbased. For, supposing honour was given to Minerva as having\r\nbeen a woman of ancient times, by those who instituted mysteries\r\nand ceremonies for their followers, and who wished her\r\nname to be celebrated as that of a goddess, much more are we\r\nforbidden to pay divine honours to Minerva, if we are not permitted\r\nto worship so glorious an object as the sun, although we\r\nmay celebrate its glory. Celsus, indeed, says that “we seem\r\nto do the greater honour to the great God when we sing hymns\r\nin honour of the sun and Minerva;” but we know it to be the\r\nopposite of that. For we sing hymns to the Most High alone,\r\nand His Only-begotten, who is the Word and God; and we praise\r\nGod and His Only-begotten, as do also the sun, the moon, the\r\nstars, and all the host of heaven. For these all form a divine\r\nchorus, and unite with the just among men in celebrating the\r\npraises of the Most High God and His Only-begotten. We\r\nhave already said that we must not swear by a human king, or\r\nby what is called “the fortune of the king.” It is therefore\r\nunnecessary for us again to refute these statements: “If you\r\nare commanded to swear by a human king, there is nothing\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_551\">551</span>wrong in that. For to him has been given whatever there is\r\nupon earth; and whatever you receive in this life, you receive\r\nfrom him.” We deny, however, that all things which are on\r\nthe earth have been given to the king, or that whatever we\r\nreceive in this life we receive from him. For whatever we\r\nreceive rightly and honourably we receive from God, and by\r\nHis providence, as ripe fruits, and “corn which strengtheneth\r\nman’s heart, and the pleasant vine, and wine which rejoiceth\r\nthe heart of man.”<a id=\"r1671\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1671\"><sup>[1671]</sup></a> And moreover, the fruit of the olive-tree,\r\nto make his face to shine, we have from the providence of God.</p>","headings":["The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 of 2","BOOK VIII.","Chapter LXVII."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70693-paragraph-615"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"932348b7b03e85591da2519d23d1b17413c6cb779090ff580c3c1506958241de","edition_title":"The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 (of 2)","edition_translators":["Frederick Crombie","W. H. Cairns"],"edition_year":1872,"explicit_reference_candidates":[{"book":"PSA","chapter":104,"kind":"unreviewed","source_notation":"Ps. civ. 15","verse":15,"verse_end":15}],"headings":[],"id":"pg70693-f1671","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":"f1671","source_ebook":70693,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1671\">\n<p class=\"c007\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1671\">1671</a>. </span><abbr title=\"Psalms\">Ps.</abbr> <abbr title=\"a hundred and four\">civ.</abbr> 15.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"76ed9a9fd752c1d5095189e38fe3dcbbea0fd23d6be719db17360e4da14552fa","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70693/pg70693-images.html#f1671","text_sha256":"981233acd06bdb04c586faeb51713060e6ef71164663177f0a2b4c23a7585cb3","verified":false,"work_id":null}