{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c006\">From what has been said, it is clear then that Jesus, “the\r\nman of Nazareth,” did not promulgate laws opposed to those\r\njust considered in regard to riches, when He said, “It is hard\r\nfor the rich man to enter into the kingdom of God;”<a id=\"r1453\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1453\"><sup>[1453]</sup></a> whether\r\nwe take the word “rich” in its simplest sense, as referring to the\r\nman whose mind is distracted by his wealth, and, as it were,\r\nentangled with thorns, so that he brings forth no spiritual fruit;\r\nor whether it is the man who is rich in the sense of abounding\r\nin false notions, of whom it is written in the Proverbs, “Better\r\nis the poor man who is just, than the rich man who is false.”<a id=\"r1454\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1454\"><sup>[1454]</sup></a>\r\nPerhaps it is the following passages which have led Celsus to\r\nsuppose that Jesus forbids ambition to His disciples: “Whoever\r\nof you will be the chiefest shall be servant of all;”<a id=\"r1455\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1455\"><sup>[1455]</sup></a> “The\r\nprinces of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them,”<a id=\"r1456\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1456\"><sup>[1456]</sup></a> and\r\n“they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.”<a id=\"r1457\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1457\"><sup>[1457]</sup></a>\r\nBut there is nothing here inconsistent with the promise, “Thou\r\nshalt rule over many nations, and they shall not rule over thee,”\r\nespecially after the explanation which we have given of these\r\nwords. Celsus next throws in an expression in regard to wisdom,\r\nas though he thought that, according to the teaching of\r\nChrist, no wise man could come to the Father. But we would\r\nask in what sense he speaks of a wise man. For if he means\r\none who is wise in “the wisdom of this world,” as it is called,\r\n“which is foolishness with God,”<a id=\"r1458\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1458\"><sup>[1458]</sup></a> then we would agree with\r\nhim in saying that access to the Father is denied to one who\r\nis wise in that sense. But if by wisdom any one means Christ,\r\nwho is “the power and wisdom of God,” far from such a wise\r\nman being refused access to the Father, we hold that he who\r\nis adorned by the Holy Spirit with that gift which is called\r\n“the word of wisdom,” far excels all those who have not\r\nreceived the same grace.</p>","headings":["The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 of 2","BOOK VII.","Chapter XXIII."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70693-paragraph-500"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"1e9d221ac1783dfba6f7e160d65a0167c2634a8dd8905d2e89e5a220b71f2555","edition_title":"The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 (of 2)","edition_translators":["Frederick Crombie","W. H. Cairns"],"edition_year":1872,"explicit_reference_candidates":[{"book":"1CO","chapter":3,"kind":"unreviewed","source_notation":"1 Cor. iii. 19","verse":19,"verse_end":19}],"headings":[],"id":"pg70693-f1458","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":"f1458","source_ebook":70693,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1458\">\n<p class=\"c007\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1458\">1458</a>. </span>1 <abbr title=\"Corinthians\">Cor.</abbr> <abbr title=\"three\">iii.</abbr> 19.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"76ed9a9fd752c1d5095189e38fe3dcbbea0fd23d6be719db17360e4da14552fa","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70693/pg70693-images.html#f1458","text_sha256":"6a32985a527025deafadab211f994ad38bdfab9ccbc6478d150519bd62d9116d","verified":false,"work_id":null}