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Origen: Against Celsus, Books I–VIII
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Book VIII — Translator and historical edition notes (part 10)
ἑαυτῷ συνάπτει .
οὐχ ὡς σῶμα δὲ περιέχον περιέχει, ὅτι καὶ σῶμά ἐστι τὸ περιεχόμενον .
πάνυ ἀπεμφαῖνον .
εἰς τοσοῦτον μίασμα .
Cf. book iv. capp. xiv. and lxviii.
τῇ αἰσθήσει τὴν ἀρχὴν .
τὸ αἰσθητὸν σῶμα .
προσαχθήσῃ δὲ τῷ λεγομένῳ .
κἃν βιασάμενος ὁ λόγος εὕρῃ .
τοῦ δημιουργοῦ .
ὀρτύγων .
ληροῦντας .
πραγματικῶς .
ἐσεμνολόγει .
σεμνῶν λόγων .
τοσαύτην φλυαρίαν .
κατάπληξιν .
ἀγενές .
Cf. Isa. liii. 1–3 (LXX.). [See Bishop Pearson’s Exposition of the Creed , Art. II., note. S.]
Cf. Ps. xlv. 3, 4 (LXX.).
[ Luke ix. 31 . S.]
προβαινειν .
καὶ εἴ τινές εἰσιν ἐκ λόγων την γένεσιν λαχόντες μεγαλοφώνων .
τῶν χριστῶν μου .
Cf. 1 Chron. xvi. 22 and Ps. cv. 15 .
τοὺς μετόχους αὐτοῦ .
δυσδιηγήτους τὰς κρίσεις .
ἐξ ἀρχῆς .
γενεθλιαλογία .
[On the manners of heathen nations, note this. See 1 Cor. v. 1 .]
Cf. Rom. xi. 11, 12 .
Ps. liv. 5 .
Ps. liv. 6 .
[See Dr. Lee on “the immemorial doctrine of the Church of God” as to the Divine influence upon the intellectual faculties of the prophets: Inspiration of Holy Scripture: its Nature and Proof , pp. 78, 79. S.]
Suidas in Σοφός .
Homer, Iliad , xvi. 234, etc.
Heb. xi. 37, 38 .
[ Isa. xx. 3 . S.]
[ Dan. i. 16 . S.]
[ Gen. ix. 25–27 . S.]
[ Gen. xlix. 1 . S.]
Wisd. of Sol. i. 5 .
2 Kings ix. 11 .
[See note supra , p. 612. S.]
Ecclus. xxi. 18 .
1 Pet. iii. 15 .
Ps. lxix. 21 .
Book ii. cap. xxxvii.
διὰ δύο τροπικῶν θεωρήμα .
We follow Bouhéreau and Valesius, who expunge the negative particle in this clause.
Isa. liii. 2, 3 .
John viii. 40 .
[ John xii. 31 and xvi. 11 .]
Heb. xi. 37, 38 .
Ps. xxiv. 19 .
Deut. xxviii. 12 .
Ps. ci. 8 .
Deut. ii. 34 .
Ezek. xx. 25 .
2 Cor. iii. 6 .
[ Ezek. xx. 21, 25 . S.]
2 Cor. iii. 7, 8 .
Rom. vii. 12, 14 .
1 Tim. vi. 17, 18 .
Prov. xiii. 8 .
Deut. xxxii. 30 .
Rom. xv. 19 .
Gal. ii. 5 .
Ps. cxxxvii. 8, 9 . [An instance of Origen’s characteristic spiritualizing.]
Rom. ii. 29 .
Matt. xix. 23 .
Prov. xxviii. 6 .
Mark x. 44 .
Matt. xx. 25 .
Luke xxii. 25 .
1 Cor. iii. 19 .
Ps. vii. 3–5 . Origen follows the reading εἰς χοῦν (LXX.) instead of εἰς χνοῦν , “make my glory abide in the dust .”
Matt. vi. 25–28 .
Lev. xxvi. 5 .
Prov. xiii. 25 .
Ex. xxi. 24 .
Matt. v. 39 .
Lam. iii. 27, 28, 30 .
John i. 18 .
Col. i. 15 .
Odyss ., iv. 563.
Phædo , lviii. p. 109.
Ex. iii. 8 .
Gen. iii. 17 .
Heb. xii. 22 .
Ps. lxxvi. 2 ; English version, “In Salem is His tabernacle.”
Ps. xlviii. 1, 2 .
Ps. xxxvii. 9, 11, 22, 29, 34 .
Isa. liv. 12, 11 .
Hagg. ii. 6 .
Dan. iv. 37 .
Isa. v. 12 .
2 Cor. v. 1, 4 .
2 Cor. v. 1 .
1 Cor. xv. 53 .
Bouhèreau follows the reading, “the mind which sees what is made in the image of the Creator.”
Matt. xv. 19 and vi. 23 .
Matt. v. 8 .
Ps. li. 10 .
Deut. xiii. 4 .
Ps. lxiii. 8 .
Ps. cxix. 18 .
Ps. xix. 8 .
Ps. xiii. 3 .
Matt. xiii. 9 .
Ps. lxxvii. 2 , according to the LXX.
1 John i. 1 .
Prov. ii. 5 , Eng. Vers. and LXX., “Thou shalt find the knowledge of God.”
νοητά , falling under the province of νοῦς , the reason. For convenience, we translate it elsewhere “intellectual.”
Rom. i. 20 .
1 Cor. xiii. 12 .
Rom. viii. 13 .
2 Cor. iv. 10 .
Col. iii. 5 .
Gen. vi. 3 .
Rom. viii. 8 .
2 Cor. v. 16 .
Gen. iii. 6 .
Gen. iii. 5 .
Gen. iii. 7 .
John ix. 39 .
See book vi. cap. xxx., etc.
[See note supra , p. 573. S.]
2 Cor. xii. 4 .
Matt. v. 8 .
John xiv. 9 .
Matt. xi. 27 .
1 Cor. i. 27 .
[Vol. ii. p. 186, this series.]
Rom. viii. 9 .
Ps. li. 10 .
γένεσις . For the distinction between οὐσία and γένεσις , see Plato’s Sophista , p. 246.
2 Cor. x. 3, 4 . The received text has “walk” instead of “live.”
1 Cor. iv. 12, 13 .
Rom. i. 21 .
Rom. i. 23 .
Rom. i. 24, 25 .
[See Robertson’s History of the Church , vol. i. p. 145. S.]
Rom. i. 28 .
Ps. xxxvii. 30, 31 .
Rom. i. 27 .
[The noteworthy testimony of the Alexandrian school to the doctrine of birth-sin.]
Ps. li. 5 .
Ps. lviii. 3 .
Rom. viii. 20 .
Eccles. i. 2 .
Ps. xxxix. 5 .
Euripides. [See De la Rue’s note ad loc . in his edition of Origen’s Works . S.]
Ps. xliv. 25 .
Ps. xxii. 15 .
Rom. vii. 24 .
Phil. iii. 21 .
Ps. xliii. 20 (LXX.).
1 Cor. xiii. 12 .
2 Cor. v. 6, 8 .
Wisd. xii. 1, 2 .
John xx. 22 .
Acts i. 5 .
Matt. v. 14 .
John i. 5 .
2 Tim. iv. 7 .
1 Cor. ix. 26 .
Eph. ii. 2 .
Rom. viii. 13 .
Gal. v. 25 .
[See vol. i. p. 169, note 9, and cap. lvi. infra .]
Matt. xxvi. 39 .
[Vol. i. pp. 280, 288, 289; vol. ii. pp. 192, 194, 346, and 622.]
Luke x. 19 .
Plato’s Crito , p. 49.
Matt. v. 39, 40 .
[The temples here meant are such as enshrined images.]
Herod., i. 131.
[Note this wholesome fear of early Christians.]
Deut. vi. 13 .
Ex. xx. 3, 4 .
Matt. iv. 10 .
Rom. viii. 19–21 .
[Let this be noted; and see book viii. 20, infra .]
[Vol. ii. p. 186, note 1.]
Ps. xcv. 5 (LXX.); xcvi. 5 (Heb.)
John x. 8–10 .
Luke x. 19 .
Ps. xci. 13 .
2 Cor. v. 20 .
Ps. xxiv. 8 .
Matt. vi. 24 .
Ps. xcvii. 9 .
Ps. xcvi. 5 .
Ps. lxxxii. 1 .
Ps. l. 1 .
Ps. cxxxvi. 2 .
Matt. xxii. 32 .
1 Cor. viii. 5 , etc.
2 Cor. xi. 14 .
Plato, Phædrus , p. 246.
Rom. viii. 19, 20 .
Heb. xii. 22, 23 .
Herod., vii. 136.
John i. 1 .
John v. 23 .
Rom. ii. 23 .
Heb. x. 29 .
John x. 30 .
John xvii. 22 .
John xiv. 11, and xvii. 21 .
Acts iv. 32 .
[See note infra , cap. xxvi. S.]
John viii. 58 .
John xiv. 6 .
[ ἡ τῆς ἀληθείας οὐσία : see Neander’s History of the Church , vol. ii. pp. 282, 283; also note supra , book vi. cap. lxiv. p. 603. S.]
Heb. i. 3 .
1 John ii. 2 .
Wisd. vii. 25, 26 .
John xiv. 27 .
John xiv. 28 .
[See note, book ii. cap. ix. p. 433. S.]
Rev. v. 8 .
Ps. cxli. 2 .
2 Cor. vi. 16 .
John xiv. 23 .
John ii. 19, 21 .
1 Pet. ii. 5 .
Eph. ii. 20 .
Isa. liv. 11–14 .