{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">2. And we may see, moreover, how that religion itself\r\ngrew up in a short time, making progress by the punishment\r\nand death of its worshippers, by the plundering of their\r\ngoods, and by the tortures of every kind which they endured;\r\nand this result is the more surprising, that even the teachers\r\nof it themselves neither were men of skill,<a id=\"r772\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f772\"><sup>[772]</sup></a> nor very numerous;\r\nand yet these words are preached throughout the whole\r\nworld, so that Greeks and Barbarians, wise and foolish, adopt\r\nthe doctrines of the Christian religion.<a id=\"r773\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f773\"><sup>[773]</sup></a> From which it is no\r\ndoubtful inference, that it is not by human power or might\r\nthat the words of Jesus Christ come to prevail with all faith\r\nand power over the understandings and souls of all men.\r\nFor, that these results were both predicted by Him, and\r\nestablished by divine answers proceeding from Him, is clear\r\nfrom His own words: “Ye shall be brought before governors\r\nand kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the\r\nGentiles.”<a id=\"r774\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f774\"><sup>[774]</sup></a> And again: “This gospel of the kingdom shall\r\nbe preached among all nations.”<a id=\"r775\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f775\"><sup>[775]</sup></a> And again: “Many shall\r\nsay to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not eaten and drunk\r\nin Thy name, and in Thy name cast out devils? And I will\r\nsay unto them, Depart from me, ye workers of iniquity, I never\r\nknew you.”<a id=\"r776\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f776\"><sup>[776]</sup></a> If these sayings, indeed, had been so uttered\r\nby Him, and yet if these predictions had not been fulfilled,\r\nthey might perhaps appear to be untrue,<a id=\"r777\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f777\"><sup>[777]</sup></a> and not to possess\r\nany authority. But now, when His declarations do pass into\r\nfulfilment, seeing they were predicted with such power and\r\nauthority, it is most clearly shown to be true that He, when He\r\nwas made man, delivered to men the precepts of salvation.<a id=\"r778\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f778\"><sup>[778]</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-289"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"b6341eaf8858f4dd127a692d95c603fe63f6e9be57524e0086c2f3ef5b9e115b","edition_title":"The writings of Origen, Vol. 1 (of 2)","edition_translators":["Frederick Crombie"],"edition_year":1869,"explicit_reference_candidates":[{"book":"MAT","chapter":24,"kind":"unreviewed","source_notation":"Matt. xxiv. 14","verse":14,"verse_end":14}],"headings":[],"id":"pg70561-f775","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 1869 English translation; translator died 1889. Electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"f775","source_ebook":70561,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f775\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r775\">775</a>. </span><abbr class=\"spell\">Cf.</abbr> <abbr title=\"Matthew\">Matt.</abbr> <abbr title=\"twenty-four\">xxiv.</abbr> 14.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"de125e213d16053354f22b34a1c8d477ac23f201e660e4f4841b2ed7e05bb367","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70561/pg70561-images.html#f775","text_sha256":"0a097f32a831804941f35b101c519a3e57faea82bcee38b2362c98dda80fe85f","verified":false,"work_id":null}