{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c006\">He thinks, besides, that those who support the cause of Christ\r\nby a reference to the writings of the prophets can give no\r\nproper answer in regard to statements in them which attribute\r\nto God that which is wicked, shameful, or impure; and assuming\r\nthat no answer can be given, he proceeds to draw a whole\r\ntrain of inferences, none of which can be allowed. But he\r\nought to know that those who wish to live according to the\r\nteaching of sacred Scripture understand the saying, “The\r\nknowledge of the unwise is as talk without sense,”<a id=\"r1429\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1429\"><sup>[1429]</sup></a> and have\r\nlearnt “to be ready always to give an answer to every one\r\nthat asketh us a reason for the hope that is in us.”<a id=\"r1430\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1430\"><sup>[1430]</sup></a> And they\r\nare not satisfied with affirming that such and such things have\r\nbeen predicted; but they endeavour to remove any apparent\r\ninconsistencies, and to show that, so far from there being anything\r\nevil, shameful, or impure in these predictions, everything\r\nis worthy of being received by those who understand the sacred\r\nScriptures. But Celsus ought to have adduced from the prophets\r\nexamples of what he thought bad, or shameful, or impure,\r\nif he saw any such passages; for then his argument would\r\nhave had much more force, and would have furthered his purpose\r\nmuch better. He gives no instances, however, but contents\r\nhimself with loudly asserting the false charge that these\r\nthings are to be found in Scripture. There is no reason, then,\r\nfor us to defend ourselves against groundless charges, which\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_436\">436</span>are but empty sounds, or to take the trouble of showing that\r\nin the writings of the prophets there is nothing evil, shameful,\r\nimpure, or abominable.</p>","headings":["The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 of 2","BOOK VII.","Chapter XII."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70693-paragraph-489"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"b38d4f6882606ddee4cfd02b445d056c9bb9e611dbc43d7b8a9f4be0723a9bdd","edition_title":"The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 (of 2)","edition_translators":["Frederick Crombie","W. H. Cairns"],"edition_year":1872,"explicit_reference_candidates":[{"book":"SIR","chapter":21,"kind":"unreviewed","source_notation":"Ecclus. xxi. 18","verse":18,"verse_end":18}],"headings":[],"id":"pg70693-f1429","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":"f1429","source_ebook":70693,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1429\">\n<p class=\"c007\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1429\">1429</a>. </span><abbr title=\"Ecclesiasticus\">Ecclus.</abbr> <abbr title=\"twenty-one\">xxi.</abbr> 18.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"76ed9a9fd752c1d5095189e38fe3dcbbea0fd23d6be719db17360e4da14552fa","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70693/pg70693-images.html#f1429","text_sha256":"74ccc6ba33fe3fbeadb0d321b53d1324f9b0588fab8e58ca55b7aa97204043d5","verified":false,"work_id":null}