{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c006\">And observe the recklessness of that expression, “For if\r\nthou worship any other of the things in the universe,” as though\r\nhe would have us believe that we are led by our service of God\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_498\">498</span>to the worship of any other things which belong to God, without\r\nany injury to ourselves. But, as if feeling his error, he corrects\r\nthe words, “If thou worship any other of the things in the\r\nuniverse,” by adding, “We may honour none, however, except\r\nthose to whom that right has been given by God.” And we\r\nwould put to Celsus this question in regard to those who are\r\nhonoured as gods, as demons, or as heroes: “Now, sir, can you\r\nprove that the right to be honoured has been given to these\r\nby God, and that it has not arisen from the ignorance and\r\nfolly of men who in their wanderings have fallen away from\r\nHim to whom alone worship and service are properly due?\r\nYou said a little ago, O Celsus, that Antinous, the favourite\r\nof Adrian, is honoured; but surely you will not say that the\r\nright to be worshipped as a god was given to him by the God\r\nof the universe? And so of the others, we ask proof that the\r\nright to be worshipped was given to them by the Most High\r\nGod.” But if the same question is put to us in regard to the\r\nworship of Jesus, we will show that the right to be honoured\r\nwas given to Him by God, “that all may honour the Son, even\r\nas they honour the Father.”<a id=\"r1578\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1578\"><sup>[1578]</sup></a> For all the prophecies which\r\npreceded His birth were preparations for His worship. And\r\nthe wonders which He wrought—through no magical art, as\r\nCelsus supposes, but by a divine power, which was foretold by\r\nthe prophets—have served as a testimony from God in behalf\r\nof the worship of Christ. He who honours the Son, who is\r\nthe Word and Reason, acts in nowise contrary to reason, and\r\ngains for himself great good; he who honours Him, who is the\r\nTruth, becomes better by honouring truth: and this we may\r\nsay of honouring wisdom, righteousness, and all the other\r\nnames by which the sacred Scriptures are wont to designate the\r\nSon of God.</p>","headings":["The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 of 2","BOOK VIII.","Chapter IX."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70693-paragraph-556"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"b5537c32cfa37150aa61812133198779c397fc9b08878a3cf38dda35fad8a8a2","edition_title":"The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 (of 2)","edition_translators":["Frederick Crombie","W. H. Cairns"],"edition_year":1872,"explicit_reference_candidates":[{"book":"JHN","chapter":5,"kind":"unreviewed","source_notation":"John v. 23","verse":23,"verse_end":23}],"headings":[],"id":"pg70693-f1578","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":"f1578","source_ebook":70693,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1578\">\n<p class=\"c007\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1578\">1578</a>. </span>John <abbr title=\"five\">v.</abbr> 23.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"76ed9a9fd752c1d5095189e38fe3dcbbea0fd23d6be719db17360e4da14552fa","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70693/pg70693-images.html#f1578","text_sha256":"f1deb991787ed42d1e9188b115789fdc40faaad65b74aa8a133a066a571e0806","verified":false,"work_id":null}