{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c006\">4. And now, as we find the apostle making mention of a\r\nspiritual body, let us inquire, to the best of our ability, what\r\nidea we are to form of such a thing. So far, then, as our\r\nunderstanding can grasp it, we consider a spiritual body to\r\nbe of such a nature as ought to be inhabited not only by all\r\nholy and perfect souls, but also by all those creatures which\r\nwill be liberated from the slavery of corruption. Respecting\r\nthe body also, the apostle has said, “We have a house not\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_267\">267</span>made with hands, eternal in the heavens,”<a id=\"r756\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f756\"><sup>[756]</sup></a> <i>i.e.</i> in the mansions\r\nof the blessed. And from this statement we may form\r\na conjecture, how pure, how refined, and how glorious are\r\nthe qualities of that body, if we compare it with those which,\r\nalthough they are celestial bodies, and of most brilliant\r\nsplendour, were nevertheless made with hands, and are visible\r\nto our sight. But of that body it is said, that it is a house\r\nnot made with hands, but eternal in the heavens. Since,\r\nthen, those things “which are seen are temporal, but those\r\nthings which are not seen are eternal,”<a id=\"r757\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f757\"><sup>[757]</sup></a> all those bodies\r\nwhich we see either on earth or in heaven, and which are\r\ncapable of being seen, and have been made with hands, but\r\nare not eternal, are far excelled in glory by that which is not\r\nvisible, nor made with hands, but is eternal. From which\r\ncomparison it may be conceived how great are the comeliness,\r\nand splendour, and brilliancy of a spiritual body; and how\r\ntrue it is, that “eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor hath\r\nit entered into the heart of man to conceive, what God hath\r\nprepared for them that love Him.”<a id=\"r758\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f758\"><sup>[758]</sup></a> We ought not, however,\r\nto doubt that the nature of this present body of ours may, by\r\nthe will of God, who made it what it is, be raised to those\r\nqualities of refinement, and purity, and splendour [which\r\ncharacterize the body referred to], according as the condition\r\nof things requires, and the deserts of our rational nature\r\nshall demand. Finally, when the world required variety and\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_268\">268</span>diversity, matter yielded itself with all docility throughout\r\nthe diverse appearances and species of things to the Creator,\r\nas to its Lord and Maker, that He might educe from it the\r\nvarious forms of celestial and terrestrial beings. But when\r\nthings have begun to hasten to that consummation that all\r\nmay be one, as the Father is one with the Son, it may be\r\nunderstood as a rational inference, that where all are one,\r\nthere will no longer be any diversity.</p>","headings":["The Writings of Origen, Vol. 1 of 2","ORIGEN DE PRINCIPIIS.","BOOK III.","CHAPTER VI. ON THE END OF THE WORLD."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70561-paragraph-277"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"659b781a82a332f10e50ff7ae1525248c62aa39ff1782b6f90dfcb2bcd3203fd","edition_title":"The writings of Origen, Vol. 1 (of 2)","edition_translators":["Frederick Crombie"],"edition_year":1869,"explicit_reference_candidates":[{"book":"1CO","chapter":2,"kind":"unreviewed","source_notation":"1 Cor. ii. 9","verse":9,"verse_end":9},{"book":"ISA","chapter":64,"kind":"unreviewed","source_notation":"Isa. lxiv. 4","verse":4,"verse_end":4}],"headings":[],"id":"pg70561-f758","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 1889. Electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"f758","source_ebook":70561,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f758\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r758\">758</a>. </span>1 <abbr title=\"Corinthians\">Cor.</abbr> <abbr title=\"two\">ii.</abbr> 9; <abbr class=\"spell\">cf.</abbr> <abbr title=\"Isaiah\">Isa.</abbr> <abbr title=\"sixty-four\">lxiv.</abbr> 4.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"de125e213d16053354f22b34a1c8d477ac23f201e660e4f4841b2ed7e05bb367","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70561/pg70561-images.html#f758","text_sha256":"b292ff77f9d7ebfc37806f9d0c842c7015291ee6b41fb79f967c15d831831d88","verified":false,"work_id":null}