{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">Now, would not any one who investigated with ordinary\r\ncare the nature of these facts, be struck with amazement\r\nat this man’s victory?—with his complete success in surmounting\r\nby his reputation all causes that tended to bring\r\nhim into disrepute, and with his superiority over all other\r\nillustrious individuals in the world? And yet it is a rare\r\nthing for distinguished men to succeed in acquiring a reputation\r\nfor several things at once. For one man is admired\r\non account of his wisdom, another for his military skill, and\r\nsome of the barbarians for their marvellous powers of incantation,\r\nand some for one quality, and others for another; but\r\nnot many have been admired and acquired a reputation for\r\nmany things at the same time; whereas this man, in addition\r\nto his other merits, is an object of admiration both for his\r\nwisdom, and for his miracles, and for his power of government.\r\nFor he persuaded some to withdraw themselves from\r\ntheir laws, and to secede to him, not as a tyrant would do, nor\r\nas a robber, who arms<a id=\"r1171\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f1171\"><sup>[1171]</sup></a> his followers against men; nor as a\r\nrich man, who bestows help upon those who come to him;\r\nnor as one of those who confessedly are deserving of censure;\r\nbut as a teacher of the doctrine regarding the God of\r\nall things, and of the worship which belongs to Him, and\r\nof all moral precepts which are able to secure the favour of\r\nthe Supreme God to him who orders his life in conformity\r\ntherewith. Now, to Themistocles, or to any other man of\r\ndistinction, nothing happened to prove a hindrance to their\r\nreputation; whereas to this man, besides what we have\r\nalready enumerated, and which are enough to cover with\r\ndishonour the soul of a man even of the most noble nature,\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_430\">430</span>there was that apparently infamous death of crucifixion, which\r\nwas enough to efface his previously acquired glory, and to\r\nlead those who, as they who disavow his doctrine assert, were\r\nformerly deluded by him to abandon their delusion, and to\r\npass condemnation upon their deceiver.</p>","headings":["The Writings of Origen, Vol. 1 of 2","ORIGEN CONTRA CELSUM.","ORIGEN AGAINST CELSUS. BOOK I.","Chapter XXX."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70561-paragraph-428"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"1576e71ee903cb073c96647a7b132fa2a23b0001b8ee3f3efd3a37ea36f6a982","edition_title":"The writings of Origen, Vol. 1 (of 2)","edition_translators":["Frederick Crombie"],"edition_year":1869,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg70561-f1171","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":"f1171","source_ebook":70561,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1171\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1171\">1171</a>. </span>Gelenius reads <span lang=\"grc\">ὁπλίζων</span> (instead of <span lang=\"grc\">ἀλείφων</span>), which has been adopted\r\nin the translation.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"de125e213d16053354f22b34a1c8d477ac23f201e660e4f4841b2ed7e05bb367","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70561/pg70561-images.html#f1171","text_sha256":"8f2537a8decb66ca003244e68fb6eef2cb1a3896c4a330ce2ae3cf08d1b20a93","verified":false,"work_id":null}