{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">1. Some such opinions, we believe, ought to be entertained\r\nregarding the divine promises, when we direct our understanding\r\nto the contemplation of that eternal and infinite\r\nworld, and gaze on its ineffable joy and blessedness. But as\r\nthe preaching of the church includes a belief in a future and\r\njust judgment of God, which belief incites and persuades\r\nmen to a good and virtuous life, and to an avoidance of sin\r\nby all possible means; and as by this it is undoubtedly indicated\r\nthat it is within our own power to devote ourselves\r\neither to a life that is worthy of praise, or to one that is\r\nworthy of censure, I therefore deem it necessary to say a few\r\nwords regarding the freedom of the will, seeing that this\r\ntopic has been treated by very many writers in no mean\r\nstyle. And that we may ascertain more easily what is the\r\nfreedom of the will, let us inquire into the nature of will\r\nand of desire.<a id=\"r354\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f354\"><sup>[354]</sup></a></p>","headings":["The Writings of Origen, Vol. 1 of 2","ORIGEN DE PRINCIPIIS.","BOOK III.","TRANSLATED FROM LATIN OF RUFINUS. CHAPTER I. ON THE FREEDOM OF THE WILL."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70561-paragraph-197"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"503cfc962dfb877dd606bd1815771a73fae48833590b167d44d27129008ddcfc","edition_title":"The writings of Origen, Vol. 1 (of 2)","edition_translators":["Frederick Crombie"],"edition_year":1869,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg70561-f354","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":"f354","source_ebook":70561,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f354\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r354\">354</a>. </span><span lang=\"la\">Natura ipsius arbitrii voluntatisque.</span></p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"de125e213d16053354f22b34a1c8d477ac23f201e660e4f4841b2ed7e05bb367","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70561/pg70561-images.html#f354","text_sha256":"a0e5902e4dc5323dfae8e8dc5cbc1b0ff7ea55e2290031fbe5ab2f00ac7f78ea","verified":false,"work_id":null}