{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c006\">The Scriptures which are current in the churches of God do\r\nnot speak of “seven” heavens, or of any definite number at all,\r\nbut they do appear to teach the existence of “heavens,” whether\r\nthat means the “spheres” of those bodies which the Greeks call\r\n“planets,” or something more mysterious. Celsus, too, agreeably\r\nto the opinion of Plato,<a id=\"r1144\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1144\"><sup>[1144]</sup></a> asserts that souls can make their way\r\nto and from the earth through the planets; while Moses, our\r\nmost ancient prophet, says that a divine vision was presented to\r\nthe view of our prophet Jacob,<a id=\"r1145\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1145\"><sup>[1145]</sup></a>—a ladder stretching to heaven,\r\nand the angels of God ascending and descending upon it, and\r\nthe Lord supported<a id=\"r1146\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1146\"><sup>[1146]</sup></a> upon its top,—obscurely pointing, by this\r\nmatter of the ladder, either to the same truths which Plato had\r\nin view, or to something greater than these. On this subject\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_360\">360</span>Philo has composed a treatise which deserves the thoughtful\r\nand intelligent investigation of all lovers of truth.</p>","headings":["The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 of 2","BOOK VI.","Chapter XXI."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70693-paragraph-414"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"47b37e57f09336d2541fdf0500a3fabe549dd261f84791df07af20f7c0e6aeee","edition_title":"The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 (of 2)","edition_translators":["Frederick Crombie","W. H. Cairns"],"edition_year":1872,"explicit_reference_candidates":[{"book":"GEN","chapter":28,"kind":"unreviewed","source_notation":"Gen. xxviii. 12","verse":12,"verse_end":12}],"headings":[],"id":"pg70693-f1145","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":"f1145","source_ebook":70693,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1145\">\n<p class=\"c007\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1145\">1145</a>. </span><abbr class=\"spell\">Cf.</abbr> <abbr title=\"Genesis\">Gen.</abbr> <abbr title=\"twenty-eight\">xxviii.</abbr> 12, 13.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"76ed9a9fd752c1d5095189e38fe3dcbbea0fd23d6be719db17360e4da14552fa","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70693/pg70693-images.html#f1145","text_sha256":"999861cadfe23d686851e5ef31b19df28713ed3a1fdd3f126cd13626a84829c3","verified":false,"work_id":null}