{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c006\">And there is no truth in the statement of Celsus, that “God\r\ndoes the most shameless deeds, or suffers the most shameless\r\nsufferings,” or that “He favours the commission of evil;” for\r\nwhatever he may say, no such things have ever been foretold.\r\nHe ought to have cited from the prophets the passages in which\r\nGod is represented as favouring evil, or as doing and enduring\r\nthe most shameless deeds, and not have sought without foundation\r\nto prejudice the minds of his readers. The prophets, indeed,\r\nforetold what Christ should suffer, and set forth the reason why\r\nHe should suffer. God therefore also knew what Christ would\r\nsuffer; but where has he learnt that those things which the\r\nChrist of God should suffer were most base and dishonourable?\r\nHe goes on to explain what those most shameful and degrading\r\nthings were which Christ suffered, in these words: “For what\r\nbetter was it for God to eat the flesh of sheep, or to drink\r\nvinegar and gall, than to feed on filth?” But God, according\r\nto us, did not eat the flesh of sheep; and while it may seem that\r\nJesus ate, He did so only as possessing a body. But in regard\r\nto the vinegar and gall mentioned in the prophecy, “They\r\ngave me also gall for my meat, and in my thirst they gave me\r\nvinegar to drink,”<a id=\"r1431\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1431\"><sup>[1431]</sup></a> we have already referred<a id=\"r1432\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1432\"><sup>[1432]</sup></a> to this point; and\r\nas Celsus compels us to recur to it again, we would only say\r\nfurther, that those who resist the word of truth do ever offer\r\nto Christ the Son of God the gall of their own wickedness, and\r\nthe vinegar of their evil inclinations; but though He tastes of\r\nit, yet He will not drink it.</p>","headings":["The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 of 2","BOOK VII.","Chapter XIII."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70693-paragraph-490"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"818f151452168f836b32565370002fc069fce18a4792568ac033764f7676d266","edition_title":"The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 (of 2)","edition_translators":["Frederick Crombie","W. H. Cairns"],"edition_year":1872,"explicit_reference_candidates":[{"book":"PSA","chapter":69,"kind":"unreviewed","source_notation":"Ps. lxix. 21","verse":21,"verse_end":21}],"headings":[],"id":"pg70693-f1431","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":"f1431","source_ebook":70693,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1431\">\n<p class=\"c007\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1431\">1431</a>. </span><abbr title=\"Psalms\">Ps.</abbr> <abbr title=\"sixty-nine\">lxix.</abbr> 21.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"76ed9a9fd752c1d5095189e38fe3dcbbea0fd23d6be719db17360e4da14552fa","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70693/pg70693-images.html#f1431","text_sha256":"f14b47a16e35a8f738b018f3938f947ed2705bbdff441ef79fad34ffa2505e7b","verified":false,"work_id":null}