{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">This is the way, beloved, in which we find our Saviour,<a id=\"r151\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f151\"><sup>[151]</sup></a>\r\neven Jesus Christ, the High Priest of all our offerings, the\r\ndefender and helper of our infirmity. By Him we look up\r\nto the heights of heaven. By Him we behold, as in a glass,\r\nHis immaculate and most excellent visage. By Him are the\r\neyes of our hearts opened. By Him our foolish and darkened\r\nunderstanding blossoms<a id=\"r152\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f152\"><sup>[152]</sup></a> up anew towards His marvellous\r\nlight. By Him the Lord has willed that we should taste of\r\nimmortal knowledge,<a id=\"r153\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f153\"><sup>[153]</sup></a> “who, being the brightness of His\r\nmajesty, is by so much greater than the angels, as He hath\r\nby inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.”<a id=\"r154\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f154\"><sup>[154]</sup></a>\r\nFor it is thus written, “Who maketh His angels spirits, and\r\nHis ministers a flame of fire.”<a id=\"r155\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f155\"><sup>[155]</sup></a> But concerning His Son<a id=\"r156\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f156\"><sup>[156]</sup></a>\r\nthe Lord spoke thus: “Thou art my Son, to-day have I\r\nbegotten Thee. Ask of me, and I will give Thee the heathen\r\nfor Thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth\r\nfor Thy possession.”<a id=\"r157\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f157\"><sup>[157]</sup></a> And again He saith to Him, “Sit\r\nThou at my right hand, until I make Thine enemies Thy\r\nfootstool.”<a id=\"r158\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f158\"><sup>[158]</sup></a> But who are His enemies? All the wicked,\r\nand those who set themselves to oppose the will of God.<a id=\"r159\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f159\"><sup>[159]</sup></a></p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE FIRST EPISTLE OF CLEMENT.","THE FIRST EPISTLE OF CLEMENT TO THE CORINTHIANS.","Chap. xxxvi.—All blessings are given to us through Christ."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-80"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"923a36c82bf63952c2e6b09f5e105bc945b9cda11e6e393f99b99fef8a00d3de","edition_title":"The writings of the Apostolic Fathers","edition_translators":["Alexander Roberts","James Donaldson","Frederick Crombie"],"edition_year":1870,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg77576-f153","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. Historical 1870 English edition; electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"f153","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f153\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r153\">153</a>. </span>Or, “knowledge of immortality.”</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f153","text_sha256":"c7002b7d38a4e0f97bbeada91b2d77c9977ec8a126560791d6659bb99f51e3b8","verified":false,"work_id":null}