{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p>Accordingly, of old He instructed by Moses, and then by the prophets.\r\nMoses, too, was a prophet. For the law is the training of refractory\r\nchildren. “Having feasted to the full,” accordingly, it is said, “they\r\nrose up to play;”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_407\" id=\"FNanchor_407\">[407]</a> senseless repletion with victuals being called\r\nχόρτασμα (fodder), not βρῶμα (food). And when, having senselessly\r\nfilled themselves, they senselessly played; on that account the law\r\nwas given them, and terror ensued for the prevention of transgressions\r\nand for the promotion of right actions, securing attention, and so\r\nwinning to obedience to the true Instructor, being one and the same\r\nWord, and reducing to conformity<span class=\"pagenum\" id=\"Page_180\">[180]</span> with the urgent demands of the law.\r\nFor Paul says that it was given to be a “schoolmaster to bring us to\r\nChrist.”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_408\" id=\"FNanchor_408\">[408]</a> So that from this it is clear, that one alone, true,\r\ngood, just, in the image and likeness of the Father, His Son Jesus, the\r\nWord of God, is our Instructor; to whom God hath entrusted us, as an\r\naffectionate father commits his children to a worthy tutor, expressly\r\ncharging us, “This is my beloved Son: hear Him.”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_409\" id=\"FNanchor_409\">[409]</a> The divine\r\nInstructor is trustworthy, adorned as He is with three of the fairest\r\nornaments—knowledge, benevolence, and authority of utterance;—with\r\nknowledge, for He is the paternal wisdom: “All wisdom is from the Lord,\r\nand with Him for evermore;”—with authority of utterance, for He is God\r\nand Creator: “For all things were made by Him, and without Him was not\r\nanything made;”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_410\" id=\"FNanchor_410\">[410]</a>—and with benevolence, for He alone gave Himself\r\na sacrifice for us: “For the good Shepherd giveth His life for the\r\nsheep;”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_411\" id=\"FNanchor_411\">[411]</a> and He has so given it. Now, benevolence is nothing but\r\nwishing to do good to one’s neighbour for his sake.</p>","headings":["THE WRITINGS OF CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA.","THE INSTRUCTOR.","BOOK I.","CHAPTER XI. THAT THE WORD INSTRUCTED BY THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS."],"marker_anchor":"FNanchor_411","paragraph_id":"pg71937-paragraph-326"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"ab1973a08c38ffda64c4172fc9dcfaac7057fb01ca217061d402276bceec84a8","edition_title":"The writings of Clement of Alexandria, Vol. 1 (of 2)","edition_translators":["William Wilson"],"edition_year":1867,"explicit_reference_candidates":[{"book":"JHN","chapter":10,"kind":"unreviewed","source_notation":"John x. 11","verse":11,"verse_end":11}],"headings":[],"id":"pg71937-Footnote_411","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 1867 English translation; translator died 1875. Electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"Footnote_411","source_ebook":71937,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\">\n<p><a class=\"label pginternal\" href=\"#FNanchor_411\" id=\"Footnote_411\">[411]</a> John x. 11.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"8e5c5bc39922dbad2626ac7651c2eb2e3d94cdcbd721f781e9792143ebb1cd03","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/71937/pg71937-images.html#Footnote_411","text_sha256":"c29f4fd938afdd0bb98e743b9aca17401a92488bbd88c78cccee493e9b4cfa01","verified":false,"work_id":null}