{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c006\">There came, then, although Celsus may not wish to admit\r\nit, after the numerous prophets who were the reformers of that\r\nwell-known Israel, the Christ, the Reformer of the whole world,\r\nwho did not need to employ against men whips, and chains,\r\nand tortures, as was the case under the former economy. For\r\nwhen the sower went forth to sow, the doctrine sufficed to sow\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_170\">170</span>the word everywhere. But if there is a time coming which\r\nwill necessarily circumscribe the duration of the world, by\r\nreason of its having had a beginning, and if there is to be an\r\nend to the world, and after the end a just judgment of all\r\nthings, it will be incumbent on him who treats the declarations\r\nof the Gospels philosophically, to establish these doctrines by\r\narguments of all kinds, not only derived directly from the\r\nsacred Scriptures, but also by inferences deducible from them;\r\nwhile the more numerous and simpler class of believers, and\r\nthose who are unable to comprehend the many varied aspects\r\nof the divine wisdom, must entrust themselves to God, and\r\nto the Saviour of our race, and be contented with His “ipse\r\ndixit,”<a id=\"r505\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f505\"><sup>[505]</sup></a> instead of this or any other demonstration whatever.</p>","headings":["The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 of 2","BOOK IV.","Chapter IX."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70693-paragraph-228"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"a54d4f762d33207400926782fb521b76c76356f26eb5d554adbc8a4a3611c4ce","edition_title":"The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 (of 2)","edition_translators":["Frederick Crombie","W. H. Cairns"],"edition_year":1872,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg70693-f505","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":"f505","source_ebook":70693,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f505\">\n<p class=\"c007\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r505\">505</a>. </span><span lang=\"grc\">αὐτὸς ἔφα.</span></p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"76ed9a9fd752c1d5095189e38fe3dcbbea0fd23d6be719db17360e4da14552fa","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70693/pg70693-images.html#f505","text_sha256":"08ae80c05d9dc51bb47e23aa432f05b5ea21db9f5ea2dc879ded5adbdadf37ca","verified":false,"work_id":null}