{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c006\">He maintains, moreover, that “no product of matter is\r\nimmortal.” Now, in answer to this it may be said, that if no\r\nproduct of matter is immortal, then either the whole world is\r\nimmortal, and thus not a product of matter, or it is <i>not</i> immortal.\r\nIf, accordingly, the world is immortal (which is agreeable\r\nto the view of those who say that the soul alone is the\r\nwork of God, and was produced from a certain bowl), let\r\nCelsus show that the world was not produced from a matter\r\ndevoid of qualities, remembering his own assertion that “no\r\nproduct of matter is immortal.” If, however, the world is not\r\nimmortal (seeing it is a product of matter), but mortal, does it\r\nalso perish, or does it not? For if it perish, it will perish as\r\nbeing a work of God; and then, in the event of the <i>world</i>\r\nperishing, what will become of the <i>soul</i>, which is also a work\r\nof God? Let Celsus answer this! But if, perverting the\r\nnotion of immortality, he will assert that, although <i>perishable</i>,\r\nit is immortal, because it does not <i>really</i> perish; that it is\r\n<i>capable</i> of dying, but does not <i>actually</i> die,—it is evident that,\r\naccording to him, there will exist something which is at the\r\nsame time mortal and immortal, by being capable of both conditions;\r\nand that which does not die will be mortal, and that\r\nwhich is not immortal by nature will be termed in a peculiar\r\nsense immortal, because it does not die! According to what\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_228\">228</span>distinction, then, in the meaning of words, will he maintain\r\nthat no product of matter is immortal? And thus you see\r\nthat the ideas contained in his writings, when closely examined\r\nand tested, are proved <i>not</i> to be sound and incontrovertible.<a id=\"r730\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f730\"><sup>[730]</sup></a>\r\nAnd after making these assertions he adds: “On this point\r\nthese remarks are sufficient; and if any one is capable of\r\nhearing and examining further, he will come to know [the\r\ntruth].” Let us, then, who in his opinion are unintelligent\r\nindividuals, see what will result from our being able to listen to\r\nhim for a little, and so continue our investigation.</p>","headings":["The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 of 2","BOOK IV.","Chapter LXI."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70693-paragraph-282"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"3cfd41a0aea3a6018e3d09eae6f1c9e6a173db3ba49da0dc4ebbd21b875d2733","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-f730","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":"f730","source_ebook":70693,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f730\">\n<p class=\"c007\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r730\">730</a>. </span><span lang=\"grc\">διελέγχεται οὐκ ἐπιδεχόμενα τὸ γενναῖον καὶ ἀναντίῤῥητον.</span></p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"76ed9a9fd752c1d5095189e38fe3dcbbea0fd23d6be719db17360e4da14552fa","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70693/pg70693-images.html#f730","text_sha256":"4b27a62bdb1117b601bc6c22440ba3d332beb3d8971252ae34f2e5bf9b20929d","verified":false,"work_id":null}