{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c006\">I do not know how it is, that after the foolish remarks which\r\nhe has made upon the subject which we have just been discussing,\r\nhe should add the following, that “God does not desire to\r\nmake himself known for his own sake, but because he wishes\r\nto bestow upon us the knowledge of himself for the sake of\r\nour salvation, in order that those who accept it may become\r\nvirtuous and be saved, while those who do not accept may be\r\nshown to be wicked and be punished.” And yet, after making\r\nsuch a statement, he raises a new objection, saying: “After so\r\nlong a period of time,<a id=\"r497\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f497\"><sup>[497]</sup></a> then, did God now bethink himself\r\nof making men live righteous lives,<a id=\"r498\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f498\"><sup>[498]</sup></a> but neglect to do so before?”\r\nTo which we answer, that there never was a time when\r\nGod did not wish to make men live righteous lives; but He\r\ncontinually evinced His care for the improvement of the rational\r\nanimal,<a id=\"r499\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f499\"><sup>[499]</sup></a> by affording him occasions for the exercise of virtue.\r\nFor in every generation the wisdom of God, passing into those\r\nsouls which it ascertains to be holy, converts them into friends\r\nand prophets of God. And there may be found in the sacred\r\nbooks [the names of] those who in each generation were holy,\r\nand were recipients of the Divine Spirit, and who strove to\r\nconvert their contemporaries so far as in their power.</p>","headings":["The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 of 2","BOOK IV.","Chapter VII."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70693-paragraph-226"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"f3e14d5238065e18bdcf36b625267ec64a5c56de25d1151ac3e0b356fcd58d24","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-f498","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":"f498","source_ebook":70693,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f498\">\n<p class=\"c007\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r498\">498</a>. </span><span lang=\"grc\">δικαιῶσαι.</span></p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"76ed9a9fd752c1d5095189e38fe3dcbbea0fd23d6be719db17360e4da14552fa","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70693/pg70693-images.html#f498","text_sha256":"cf90f637723c68ae5680a6d78a4e04247e2e7c860ac5be3ad4504341f0e29099","verified":false,"work_id":null}