{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p>But how can He, to whom the things that are belong, need anything?\r\nBut were God possessed of a human form, He would need, equally with\r\nman, food, and shelter, and house, and the attendant incidents. Those\r\nwho are like in form and affections will require similar sustenance.\r\nAnd if sacred (τὸ ἱερόν) has a twofold application, designating both\r\nGod Himself and the structure raised to His honour,<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_1227\" id=\"FNanchor_1227\">[1227]</a> how<span class=\"pagenum\" id=\"Page_426\">[426]</span> shall\r\nwe not with propriety call the church holy, through knowledge, made\r\nfor the honour of God, sacred (ἱερόν) to God, of great value, and\r\nnot constructed by mechanical art, nor embellished by the hand of an\r\nimpostor, but by the will of God fashioned into a temple? For it is not\r\nnow the place, but the assemblage of the elect,<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_1228\" id=\"FNanchor_1228\">[1228]</a> that I call the\r\nchurch. This temple is better for the reception of the greatness of the\r\ndignity of God. For the living creature which is of high value, is made\r\nsacred by that which is worth all, or rather which has no equivalent,\r\nin virtue of the exceeding sanctity of the latter. Now this is the\r\nGnostic, who is of great value, who is honoured by God, in whom God\r\nis enshrined, that is, the knowledge respecting God is consecrated.\r\nHere, too, we shall find the divine likeness and the holy image in the\r\nrighteous soul, when it is blessed in being purified and performing\r\nblessed deeds. Here also we shall find that which is localized, and\r\nthat which is being localized,—the former in the case of those who\r\nare already Gnostics, and the latter in the case of those capable of\r\nbecoming so, although not yet worthy of receiving the knowledge of\r\nGod. For every being destined to believe is already faithful in the\r\nsight of God, and set up for His honour, an image, endowed with virtue,\r\ndedicated to God.</p>","headings":["THE WRITINGS OF CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA.","BOOK VII.","CHAPTER V. THE HOLY SOUL A MORE EXCELLENT TEMPLE THAN ANY EDIFICE BUILT BY MAN."],"marker_anchor":"FNanchor_1227","paragraph_id":"pg73020-paragraph-976"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"cb4e23166015108791266a507b854e704eb644bfbc5217ecfba236d21e824937","edition_title":"The writings of Clement of Alexandria, Vol. 2 (of 2)","edition_translators":["William Wilson"],"edition_year":1869,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg73020-Footnote_1227","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 1875. Electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"Footnote_1227","source_ebook":73020,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\">\n<p><a class=\"label pginternal\" href=\"#FNanchor_1227\" id=\"Footnote_1227\">[1227]</a> God Himself is ἱερός, and everything dedicated to Him.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"c35077683d75abe553cc6ef5d3ef5a1a978f07dfbcf4bad5c3d56302ad03dc19","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/73020/pg73020-images.html#Footnote_1227","text_sha256":"cbae224b821922d203cca7009042546dd56beacd26419e1bb31ada59cfcb2b77","verified":false,"work_id":null}