{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c006\">5. But this world, which is itself called an age, is said to be\r\nthe conclusion of many ages. Now the holy apostle teaches\r\nthat in that age which preceded this, Christ did not suffer,\r\nnor even in the age which preceded that again; and I know\r\nnot that I am able to enumerate the number of anterior ages\r\nin which He did not suffer. I will show, however, from what\r\nstatements of Paul I have arrived at this understanding.\r\nHe says, “But now once in the consummation of ages, He\r\nwas manifested to take away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.”<a id=\"r163\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f163\"><sup>[163]</sup></a>\r\nFor he says that He was once made a victim, and in the consummation\r\nof ages was manifested to take away sin. Now\r\nthat after this age, which is said to be formed for the consummation\r\nof other ages, there will be other ages again to\r\nfollow, we have clearly learned from Paul himself, who says,\r\n“That in the ages to come He might show the exceeding\r\nriches of His grace in His kindness towards us.”<a id=\"r164\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f164\"><sup>[164]</sup></a> He has\r\nnot said, “in the age to come,” nor “in the two ages to\r\ncome,” whence I infer that by his language many ages are\r\nindicated. Now if there is something greater than ages, so\r\nthat among created beings certain ages may be understood, but\r\namong other beings which exceed and surpass visible creatures,\r\n[ages still greater] (which perhaps will be the case at\r\nthe restitution of all things, when the whole universe will come\r\nto a perfect termination), perhaps that period in which the\r\nconsummation of all things will take place is to be understood\r\nas something more than an age. But here the authority of\r\nholy Scripture moves me, which says, “For an age and more.”<a id=\"r165\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f165\"><sup>[165]</sup></a>\r\nNow this word “more” undoubtedly means something greater\r\nthan an age; and see if that expression of the Saviour, “I\r\nwill that where I am, these also may be with me; and as I\r\nand Thou are one, these also may be one in us,”<a id=\"r166\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f166\"><sup>[166]</sup></a> may not\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_86\">86</span>seem to convey something more than an age and ages, perhaps\r\neven more than ages of ages,—that period, viz., when all\r\nthings are now no longer in an age, but when God is in all.</p>","headings":["The Writings of Origen, Vol. 1 of 2","ORIGEN DE PRINCIPIIS.","BOOK II.","CHAPTER III. ON THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD, AND ITS CAUSES."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70561-paragraph-140"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"f83edb9ffb330709dc772b0e784f61615ef00d76e2d7c6ae16eb2659eeead938","edition_title":"The writings of Origen, Vol. 1 (of 2)","edition_translators":["Frederick Crombie"],"edition_year":1869,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg70561-f165","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":"f165","source_ebook":70561,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f165\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r165\">165</a>. </span><span lang=\"la\">In sæculum et adhuc.</span></p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"de125e213d16053354f22b34a1c8d477ac23f201e660e4f4841b2ed7e05bb367","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70561/pg70561-images.html#f165","text_sha256":"b5d4e99617b58d36aa3fbe71662ec054d828a89c6e308478bcdb9de0d74e50be","verified":false,"work_id":null}