{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">To sum up all in one word—what the soul is in the body,\r\nthat are Christians in the world. The soul is dispersed\r\nthrough all the members of the body, and Christians are\r\nscattered through all the cities of the world. The soul dwells\r\nin the body, yet is not of the body; and Christians dwell in\r\nthe world, yet are not of the world.<a id=\"r1488\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1488\"><sup>[1488]</sup></a> The invisible soul is\r\nguarded by the visible body, and Christians are known indeed\r\nto be in the world, but their godliness remains invisible.\r\nThe flesh hates the soul, and wars against it,<a id=\"r1489\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1489\"><sup>[1489]</sup></a> though itself\r\nsuffering no injury, because it is prevented from enjoying\r\npleasures; the world also hates the Christians, though in no-wise\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_309\">309</span>injured, because they abjure pleasures. The soul loves\r\nthe flesh that hates it, and [loves also] the members; Christians\r\nlikewise love those that hate them. The soul is imprisoned\r\nin the body, yet preserves<a id=\"r1490\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1490\"><sup>[1490]</sup></a> that very body; and\r\nChristians are confined in the world as in a prison, and yet\r\nthey are the preservers of the world. The immortal soul\r\ndwells in a mortal tabernacle; and Christians dwell as\r\nsojourners in corruptible [bodies], looking for an incorruptible\r\ndwelling<a id=\"r1491\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1491\"><sup>[1491]</sup></a> in the heavens. The soul, when but ill-provided\r\nwith food and drink, becomes better; in like\r\nmanner, the Christians, though subjected day by day to\r\npunishment, increase the more in number.<a id=\"r1492\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1492\"><sup>[1492]</sup></a> God has assigned\r\nthem this illustrious position, which it were unlawful for\r\nthem to forsake.</p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE EPISTLE TO DIOGNETUS.","THE EPISTLE TO DIOGNETUS.","Chap. vi.—The relation of Christians to the world."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-639"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"eb4a6a9b501c68ccf97c08a7981e071dffc3c73944b986c6a28e802b1caaddea","edition_title":"The writings of the Apostolic Fathers","edition_translators":["Alexander Roberts","James Donaldson","Frederick Crombie"],"edition_year":1870,"explicit_reference_candidates":[{"book":"JHN","chapter":17,"kind":"unreviewed","source_notation":"John xvii. 11","verse":11,"verse_end":11}],"headings":[],"id":"pg77576-f1488","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":"f1488","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1488\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1488\">1488</a>. </span>John <abbr title=\"seventeen\">xvii.</abbr> 11, 14, 16.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f1488","text_sha256":"2d199ee1ae0107401cb07554b6edc76af8ca7b0940f8652771634fc42396c0cb","verified":false,"work_id":null}