{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c006\">But since he says, in the next place, as if the Jews or\r\nChristians had answered regarding those who come down to\r\nvisit the human race, that they were angels: “But if ye say\r\nthat they are angels, what do you call them?” he continues,\r\n“Are they gods, or some other race of beings?” and then\r\nagain introduces us as if answering, “Some other race of\r\nbeings, and probably demons,”—let us proceed to notice these\r\nremarks. For we indeed acknowledge that angels are “ministering\r\nspirits,” and we say that “they are sent forth to minister\r\nfor them who shall be heirs of salvation;”<a id=\"r849\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f849\"><sup>[849]</sup></a> and that they ascend,\r\nbearing the supplications of men, to the purest of the heavenly\r\nplaces in the universe, or even to supercelestial regions purer\r\nstill;<a id=\"r850\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f850\"><sup>[850]</sup></a> and that they come down from these, conveying to each\r\none, according to his deserts, something enjoined by God to\r\nbe conferred by them upon those who are to be the recipients\r\nof His benefits. Having thus learned to call these beings\r\n“angels” from their employments, we find that because they\r\nare divine they are sometimes termed “God” in the sacred\r\nScriptures,<a id=\"r851\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f851\"><sup>[851]</sup></a> but not so that we are commanded to honour and\r\nworship in place of God those who minister to us, and bear to\r\nus His blessings. For every prayer, and supplication, and intercession,\r\nand thanksgiving, is to be sent up to the Supreme God\r\nthrough the High Priest, who is above all the angels, the living\r\nWord and God. And to the Word Himself shall we also pray\r\nand make intercessions, and offer thanksgivings and supplications\r\nto Him, if we have the capacity of distinguishing between\r\nthe proper use and abuse of prayer.<a id=\"r852\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f852\"><sup>[852]</sup></a></p>","headings":["The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 of 2","BOOK V.","Chapter IV."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70693-paragraph-331"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"f83606b1a9f0ee5b6fd9846748c63ba14d2b628aa5684dd6a4b06ee24b75b469","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-f850","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":"f850","source_ebook":70693,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f850\">\n<p class=\"c007\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r850\">850</a>. </span><span lang=\"grc\">ἐν τοῖς καθαρωτάτοις τοῦ κόσμου χωρίοις ἐπουρανίοις, ἢ καὶ τοῖς τούτων\r\nκαθαρωτέροις ὑπερουρανίοις.</span></p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"76ed9a9fd752c1d5095189e38fe3dcbbea0fd23d6be719db17360e4da14552fa","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70693/pg70693-images.html#f850","text_sha256":"46fa3f2e4b9222bca6d45dd06acb12fce8cc30f9ccfcc3fa54a3e1e24b2b6dd2","verified":false,"work_id":null}