{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p>“Blessed, then, are the peacemakers,” who have subdued and tamed the\r\nlaw which wars against the disposition of the mind, the menaces of\r\nanger, and the baits of lust, and the other passions which war against\r\nthe reason; who, having lived in the knowledge both of good works and\r\ntrue reason, shall be reinstated in adoption, which is dearer. It\r\nfollows that the perfect peacemaking is that which keeps unchanged in\r\nall circumstances what is peaceful; calls Providence holy and good; and\r\nhas its being in the knowledge of divine and human affairs, by which it\r\ndeems the opposites that are in the world to be the fairest harmony of\r\ncreation. They also are peacemakers, who teach those who war against\r\nthe stratagems of sin to have recourse to faith and peace. And it is\r\nthe sum of all virtue, in my opinion, when the Lord teaches us<span class=\"pagenum\" id=\"Page_158\">[158]</span> that\r\nfor love to God we must gnostically despise death. “Blessed are they,”\r\nsays He, “who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for they shall be\r\ncalled the sons of God;”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_526\" id=\"FNanchor_526\">[526]</a> or, as some of those who transpose the\r\nGospels say, “Blessed are they who are persecuted by righteousness,\r\nfor they shall be perfect.” And, “Blessed are they who are persecuted\r\nfor my sake; for they shall have a place where they shall not be\r\npersecuted.” And, “Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, when they\r\nshall separate you, when they shall cast out your name as evil, for\r\nthe Son of man’s sake;”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_527\" id=\"FNanchor_527\">[527]</a> if we do not detest our persecutors, and\r\nundergo punishments at their hands, not hating them under the idea that\r\nwe have been put to trial more tardily than we looked for; but knowing\r\nthis also, that every instance of trial is an occasion for testifying.</p>","headings":["THE WRITINGS OF CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA.","BOOK IV.","CHAPTER VI. SOME POINTS IN THE BEATITUDES."],"marker_anchor":"FNanchor_526","paragraph_id":"pg73020-paragraph-201"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"d81514533fcc3b334f1ade4a8cd78dee8f6ff281c513c54100496b36f8f5fd12","edition_title":"The writings of Clement of Alexandria, Vol. 2 (of 2)","edition_translators":["William Wilson"],"edition_year":1869,"explicit_reference_candidates":[{"book":"MAT","chapter":5,"kind":"unreviewed","source_notation":"Matt. v. 10","verse":10,"verse_end":10}],"headings":[],"id":"pg73020-Footnote_526","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_526","source_ebook":73020,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\">\n<p><a class=\"label pginternal\" href=\"#FNanchor_526\" id=\"Footnote_526\">[526]</a> Matt. v. 10.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"c35077683d75abe553cc6ef5d3ef5a1a978f07dfbcf4bad5c3d56302ad03dc19","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/73020/pg73020-images.html#Footnote_526","text_sha256":"4b628bb08eb86ef368955add2250e42f14ebb8a16feb553bc6c36ed39881296a","verified":false,"work_id":null}