{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c006\">36. It will not, I consider, be opposed to the nature of\r\nour undertaking, if we restate with all possible brevity our\r\nopinions on the immortality of rational natures. Every one\r\nwho participates in anything, is unquestionably of one essence\r\nand nature with him who is partaker of the same thing. For\r\nexample, as all eyes participate in the light, so accordingly\r\nall eyes which partake of the light are of one nature; but\r\nalthough every eye partakes of the light, yet, inasmuch as one\r\nsees more clearly, and another more obscurely, every eye does\r\nnot equally share in the light. And again, all hearing receives\r\nvoice or sound, and therefore all hearing is of one nature;\r\nbut each one hears more rapidly or more slowly, according as\r\nthe quality of his hearing is clear and sound. Let us pass\r\nnow from these sensuous illustrations to the consideration of\r\nintellectual things. Every mind which partakes of intellectual\r\nlight ought undoubtedly to be of one nature with every mind\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_354\">354</span>which partakes in a similar manner of intellectual light. If\r\nthe heavenly virtues, then, partake of intellectual light, <i>i.e.</i> of\r\ndivine nature, because they participate in wisdom and holiness,\r\nand if human souls have partaken of the same light and\r\nwisdom, and thus are mutually of one nature and of one\r\nessence,—then, since the heavenly virtues are incorruptible\r\nand immortal, the essence of the human soul will also be\r\nimmortal and incorruptible. And not only so, but because\r\nthe nature of Father, and Son, and Holy Spirit, of whose\r\nintellectual light alone all created things have a share, is\r\nincorruptible and eternal, it is altogether consistent and\r\nnecessary that every substance which partakes of that eternal\r\nnature should last for ever, and be incorruptible and eternal,\r\nso that the eternity of divine goodness may be understood\r\nalso in this respect, that they who obtain its benefits are also\r\neternal. But as, in the instances referred to, a diversity in\r\nthe participation of the light was observed, when the glance\r\nof the beholder was described as being duller or more acute,\r\nso also a diversity is to be noted in the participation of Father,\r\nSon, and Holy Spirit, varying with the degree of zeal or\r\ncapacity of mind. If such were not the case,<a id=\"r1074\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f1074\"><sup>[1074]</sup></a> we have to\r\nconsider whether it would not seem to be an act of impiety to\r\nsay that the mind which is capable of [receiving] God should\r\nadmit of a destruction of its essence;<a id=\"r1075\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f1075\"><sup>[1075]</sup></a> as if the very fact\r\nthat it is able to feel and understand God could not suffice\r\nfor its perpetual existence, especially since, if even through\r\nneglect the mind fall away from a pure and complete reception\r\nof God, it nevertheless contains within it certain seeds\r\nof restoration and renewal to a better understanding, seeing\r\nthe “inner,” which is also called the “rational” man, is\r\nrenewed after “the image and likeness of God, who created\r\nhim.” And therefore the prophet says, “All the ends of the\r\nearth shall remember, and turn unto the Lord; and all the\r\nkindreds of the nations shall worship before Thee.”<a id=\"r1076\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f1076\"><sup>[1076]</sup></a></p>","headings":["The Writings of Origen, Vol. 1 of 2","ORIGEN DE PRINCIPIIS.","BOOK IV.","FROM THE LATIN."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70561-paragraph-356"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"bf56ef9233245a4994329ec84d103cfec490c4a0b8c687a64d9958ab699f78d4","edition_title":"The writings of Origen, Vol. 1 (of 2)","edition_translators":["Frederick Crombie"],"edition_year":1869,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg70561-f1075","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. 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