{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c006\">And again, when it is said of Æsculapius that a great multitude\r\nboth of Greeks and barbarians acknowledge that they\r\nhave frequently seen, and still see, no mere phantom, but\r\nÆsculapius himself, healing and doing good, and foretelling\r\nthe future; Celsus requires us to believe this, and finds no\r\nfault with the believers in Jesus, when we express our belief\r\nin such stories, but when we give our assent to the disciples,\r\nand eye-witnesses of the miracles of Jesus, who clearly manifest\r\nthe honesty of their convictions (because we see their\r\nguilelessness, as far as it is possible to see the conscience revealed\r\nin writing), we are called by him a set of “silly” individuals,\r\nalthough he cannot demonstrate that an incalculable<a id=\"r312\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f312\"><sup>[312]</sup></a>\r\nnumber, as he asserts, of Greeks and barbarians acknowledge\r\nthe existence of Æsculapius; while we, if we deem this a matter\r\nof importance, can clearly show a countless multitude of Greeks\r\nand barbarians who acknowledge the existence of Jesus. And\r\nsome give evidence of their having received through this faith\r\na marvellous power by the cures which they perform, invoking\r\nno other name over those who need their help than that of the\r\nGod of all things, and of Jesus, along with a mention of His\r\nhistory. For by these means we too have seen many persons\r\nfreed from grievous calamities, and from distractions of mind,<a id=\"r313\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f313\"><sup>[313]</sup></a>\r\nand madness, and countless other ills, which could be cured\r\nneither by men nor devils.</p>","headings":["The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 of 2","BOOK III.","Chapter XXIV."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70693-paragraph-157"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"b7e93ec40dbe8892b0c4bbb86c9bbc44f39d61b4a9b236f4a81884e35cbe6654","edition_title":"The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 (of 2)","edition_translators":["Frederick Crombie","W. H. Cairns"],"edition_year":1872,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg70693-f313","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":"f313","source_ebook":70693,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f313\">\n<p class=\"c007\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r313\">313</a>. </span><span lang=\"grc\">ἐκστάσεων.</span></p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"76ed9a9fd752c1d5095189e38fe3dcbbea0fd23d6be719db17360e4da14552fa","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70693/pg70693-images.html#f313","text_sha256":"da65200e943afb9a434f53375c3d75495a5b16d6992aab79f99c8327429ecdd2","verified":false,"work_id":null}