{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p>Now I pass over other things in silence, glorifying the Lord.\r\nBut I affirm that gnostic souls, that surpass in the grandeur of\r\ncontemplation the mode of life of each of the holy ranks, among whom\r\nthe blessed abodes of the gods are allotted by<span class=\"pagenum\" id=\"Page_415\">[415]</span> distribution, reckoned\r\nholy among the holy, transferred entire from among the entire, reaching\r\nplaces better than the better places, embracing the divine vision not\r\nin mirrors or by means of mirrors, but in the transcendently clear and\r\nabsolutely pure insatiable vision which is the privilege of intensely\r\nloving souls, holding festival through endless ages, remain honoured\r\nwith the identity of all excellence. Such is the vision attainable by\r\n“the pure in heart.”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_1206\" id=\"FNanchor_1206\">[1206]</a> This is the function of the Gnostic, who\r\nhas been perfected, to have converse with God through the great High\r\nPriest, being made like the Lord, up to the measure of his capacity,\r\nin the whole service of God, which tends to the salvation of men,\r\nthrough care of the beneficence which has us for its object; and on the\r\nother side through worship, through teaching and through beneficence\r\nin deeds. The Gnostic even forms and creates himself; and besides\r\nalso, he, like to God, adorns those who hear him; assimilating as\r\nfar as possible the moderation which, arising from practice, tends\r\nto impassibility, to Him who by nature possesses impassibility; and\r\nespecially having uninterrupted converse and fellowship with the Lord.\r\nMildness, I think, and philanthropy, and eminent piety, are the rules\r\nof gnostic assimilation. I affirm that these virtues “are a sacrifice\r\nacceptable in the sight of God;”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_1207\" id=\"FNanchor_1207\">[1207]</a> Scripture alleging that “the\r\nhumble heart with right knowledge is the holocaust of God;”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_1208\" id=\"FNanchor_1208\">[1208]</a>\r\neach man who is admitted to holiness being illuminated in order to\r\nindissoluble union.</p>","headings":["THE WRITINGS OF CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA.","BOOK VII.","CHAPTER III. THE GNOSTIC AIMS AT THE NEAREST LIKENESS POSSIBLE TO GOD AND HIS SON."],"marker_anchor":"FNanchor_1206","paragraph_id":"pg73020-paragraph-938"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"2d0dce5f38efc0584541d6692c3dfc0c2ff86ea15db04878153ac8b35bda0808","edition_title":"The writings of Clement of Alexandria, Vol. 2 (of 2)","edition_translators":["William Wilson"],"edition_year":1869,"explicit_reference_candidates":[{"book":"MAT","chapter":5,"kind":"unreviewed","source_notation":"Matt. v. 8","verse":8,"verse_end":8}],"headings":[],"id":"pg73020-Footnote_1206","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 1869 English translation; translator died 1875. Electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"Footnote_1206","source_ebook":73020,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\">\n<p><a class=\"label pginternal\" href=\"#FNanchor_1206\" id=\"Footnote_1206\">[1206]</a> Matt. v. 8.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"c35077683d75abe553cc6ef5d3ef5a1a978f07dfbcf4bad5c3d56302ad03dc19","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/73020/pg73020-images.html#Footnote_1206","text_sha256":"c0d50ab2a95de32bc411be8e13e246be5e3e6ebb48648aec7d0c209984b53937","verified":false,"work_id":null}