The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 (of 2)

by Origen

And if Celsus would have us to lead armies in defence of our country, let him know that we do this too, and that not for the purpose of being seen by men, or of vainglory. For “in secret,” and in our own hearts, there are prayers which ascend as from priests in behalf of our fellow-citizens. And Christians are benefactors of their country more than others. For they train up citizens, and inculcate piety to the Supreme Being; and they promote those whose lives in the smallest cities have been good and worthy, to a divine and heavenly city, to whom it may be said, “Thou hast been faithful in the smallest city, come into a great one,”[^[1685]] where “God standeth in the assembly of the gods, and judgeth the gods in the midst;” and He reckons thee among them, if thou no more “die as a man, or fall as one of the princes.”[^[1686]]

Chapter LXXV.

Celsus also urges us to “take office in the government of the country, if that is required for the maintenance of the laws and the support of religion.” But we recognise in each state the existence of another national organization,[^[1687]] founded by the Word of God, and we exhort those who are mighty in word and of blameless life to rule over churches. Those who are ambitious of ruling we reject; but we constrain those who, through excess of modesty, are not easily induced to take a public charge in the church of God. And those who rule over us well are under the constraining influence of the great King, whom we believe to be the Son of God, God the Word. And if those who govern in the church, and are called rulers of the divine nation—that is, the church—rule well, they rule in accordance with the divine commands, and never suffer themselves to be led astray by worldly policy. And it is not for the purpose of escaping public duties that Christians decline public offices, but that they may reserve themselves for a diviner and more necessary service in the church of God—for the salvation of men. And this service is at once necessary and right. They take charge of all—of those that are within, that they may day by day lead better lives, and of those that are without, that they may come to abound in holy words and in deeds of piety; and that, while thus worshipping God truly, and training up as many as they can in the same way, they may be filled with the word of God and the law of God, and thus be united with the supreme God through His Son the Word, wisdom, truth, and righteousness, who unites to God all who are resolved to conform their lives in all things to the law of God.

Chapter LXXVI.

You have here, reverend Ambrosius, the conclusion of what we have been enabled to accomplish by the power given to us in obedience to your command. In eight books we have embraced all that we considered it proper to say in reply to that book of Celsus which he entitles A True Discourse. And now it remains for the readers of his discourse and of my reply to judge which of the two breathes most of the Spirit of the true God, of piety towards Him, and of that truth which leads men by sound doctrines to the noblest life. You must know, however, that Celsus had promised another treatise as a sequel to this one, in which he engaged to supply practical rules of living to those who felt disposed to embrace his opinions. If, then, he has not fulfilled his promise of writing a second book, we may well be contented with these eight books which we have written in answer to his discourse. But if he has begun and finished that second book, pray obtain it and send it to us, that we may answer it as the Father of truth may give us ability, and either overthrow the false teaching that may be in it, or laying aside all jealousy, we may testify our approval of whatever truth it may contain.

Glory be to Thee, our God; Glory be to Thee.

INDEXES.

I.—INDEX OF PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE.

OLD TESTAMENT.

• Genesis.
  • i. 1, i. [127], [271]
  • i. 2, i. [349]
  • i. 11, ii. [519]
  • i. 24, i. [110]
  • i. 26, i. [262], ii. [190], [391]
  • i. 27, ii. [190]
  • i. 27, 28, i. [263]
  • ii. 2, 3, ii. [403]
  • ii. 4, ii. [403]
  • ii. 7, i. [39], ii. [200]
  • ii. 21, 22, ii. [201]
  • ii. 24, i. [109], ii. [216], [389]
  • iii. i. [222], ii. [383]
  • iii. 5, ii. [461]
  • iii. 6, ii. [461]
  • iii. 7, ii. [461]
  • iii. 8, ii. [406]
  • iii. 17, ii. [451]
  • iii. 19, i. [269]
  • iii. 24, ii. [391]
  • iv. 8, ii. [208]
  • iv. 10, i. [251]
  • v. 1, ii. [390]
  • v. 3, i. [23], [119]
  • vi. 3, i. [39], ii. [460]
  • vi. 5, 6, ii. [400]
  • ix. 10, 11, ii. [70]
  • xi. 1, 2, ii. [297]
  • xi. 4, ii. [161]
  • xi. 5-7, ii. [298]
  • xv. 5, ii. [277]
  • xvii. 14, i. [318]
  • xix. 17, ii. [211]
  • xxi. 2, ii. [208]
  • xxvi. 15, ii. [210]
  • xxvii. 12, 13, ii. [359]
  • xxvii. 27, i. [449]
  • xxx. 42, ii. [209]
  • xxx. 43, ii. [209]
  • xlviii. 22, i. [323]
  • xlix. 1, i. [253]
  • xlix., i. [456]
• Exodus.
  • iii. 2, i. [122]
  • iii. 6, i. [92]
  • iii. 8, ii. [451]
  • iii. 14, i. [38]
  • iv. 21, i. [169]
  • iv. 23, i. [175]
  • iv. 24, 25, ii. [318]
  • iv. 24-26, i. [222]
  • iv. 25, 26, ii. [319]
  • vii. 3, i. [169]
  • viii. 28, 29, i. [179]
  • ix. 12, i. [175]
  • ix. 17, i. [175]
  • xii. 8, ii. [510]
  • xii. 23, i. [223], ii. [383]
  • xvi. 29, i. [319]
  • xviii. 4, ii. [318]
  • xix. 19, i. [216]
  • xx. 3, 4, ii. [485]
  • xx. 12, i. [94], [324] bis
  • xx. 13, i. [324]
  • xx. 18, ii. [404]
  • xx. 21, ii. [355]
  • xxi. 2, ii. [318]
  • xxi. 24, ii. [448]
  • xxii. 28, ii. [523]
  • xxiii. 20, i. [96]
  • xxiv. 2, ii. [263], [356]
  • xxv. 5, i. [293]
  • xxv. 40, i. [272]
  • xxx. 34, 35, ii. [273]
  • xxxii., i. [281]
  • xxxii. 4, ii. [77]
  • xxxii. 21, i. [281]
  • xxxiv. 2, ii. [59]
  • xxxv. 2, i. [387]
  • xxxv. 40, i. [306]
• Leviticus.
  • xi. 44, ii. [406]
  • xvi. 8, ii. [383]
  • xvi. 18, i. [223]
  • xvi. 29, ii. [510]
  • xvii. 10, i. [119]
  • xvii. 14, i. [118], [246]
  • xix. 26, ii. [262]
  • xix. 31, i. [424], ii. 276
  • xxvi. 5, ii. [447]
• Numbers.
  • xv. 32, i. [387]
  • xxiii. 23, ii. [262]
  • xxiv. 17, i. [463], [464]
• Deuteronomy.
  • i. 10, ii. [277]
  • ii. 34, ii. [443]
  • iii. 1-3, ii. [56]
  • iii. 8, ii. [406]
  • iv. 16-18, ii. [193]
  • iv. 19, ii. [193], [274]
  • iv. 19, 20, ii. [277]
  • iv. 24, i. [8], [122], ii. [173]
  • vi. 13, ii. [279], [485]
  • viii. 3, i. [148]
  • ix. 3, ii. [173]
  • x. 12, 13, ii. [40]
  • xiii. 4, ii. [456]
  • xvi. 3, ii. [510]
  • xviii. 14, i. [436] bis, ii. [262]
  • xviii. 15, i. [436], ii. [262]
  • xxiv. 16, ii. [524]
  • xxv. 4, i. [94], [304], ii. [216]
  • xxviii., i. [142], [304]
  • xxviii. 12, ii. [444]
  • xxviii. 66, ii. [79]
  • xxxii. 8, i. [46]
  • xxxii. 8, 9, ii. [169], [297]
  • xxxii. 9, i. [46]
  • xxxii. 21, ii. [83], [151]
  • xxxii. 23, 24, i. [434]
  • xxxii. 30, ii. [444]
  • xxxii. 39, ii. [31]
  • xxxiv. 5, 6, ii. [57]
• Joshua.
  • xxiv. 32, i. [323]
• 1 Samuel.
  • ix. 10, i. [436]
  • xv. 11, i. [293]
  • xvi. 15, i. [293]
  • xviii. 10, i. [293]
• 2 Samuel.
  • xxii. 44, 45, ii. [83]
• 1 Kings.
  • iii. 16, i. [382], [383]
  • iv. 29-34, ii. [127]
  • x. 1-9, ii. [126]
  • xii. 14, i. [389]
  • xiv. 12, i. [436]
  • xvii. 21, 22, ii. [61]
  • xix. 18, i. [308]
  • xxii. 19-23, i. [223]
• 2 Kings.
  • i. 3, i. [436]
  • iv. 34, 35, ii. [61]
  • ix. 11, ii. [434]
• 1 Chronicles.
  • xvi. 8, i. [387]
  • xvi. 22, ii. [422]
• Job.
  • i. and ii., ii. [283]
  • i. 10, 11, i. [235]
  • ii. 10, ii. [396]
  • vii. 1, i. [236]
  • viii. 12, i. [113]
  • x. 8, ii. [200]
  • xv. 14, i. [347], ii. [143]
  • xxv. 5, i. [61]
  • xl., i. [284]
  • xl. 20, i. [53], ii. 384
  • xli., i. [284]
  • xli. 34, i. [123]
• Psalms.
  • i. 1, i. [383]
  • ii. 2, i. [239]
  • ii. 3, ii. [538]
  • ii. 5, i. [97]
  • ii. 8, ii. [169]
  • iv. 6, ii. [341]
  • vi. 1, ii. [237]
  • vii. 3-5, ii. [447]
  • vii. 3-6, ii. [521]
  • viii. 3, i. [89]
  • ix. 13, 14, ii. [375]
  • xiii. 3, ii. [456]
  • xiv. 3, 4, ii. [418]
  • xvi. 9, 10, ii. [65], [113]
  • xviii. 11, ii. [355]
  • xix. 1, ii. [404]
  • xix. 4, i. [467]
  • xix. 8, ii. [456]
  • xxii. 15, ii. [473]
  • xxii. 20, 21, i. [120]
  • xxiv. 8, ii. [492]
  • xxvi. 2, ii. [541]
  • xxvii. 1, ii. [341]
  • xxvii. 1-3, i. [234]
  • xxvii. 1, 3, ii. [513]
  • xxxiii., ii. [402]
  • xxxiii. 5, ii. [188]
  • xxxiii. 6, i. [40], [345]
  • xxxiv. 7, i. [66], ii. [380], [520], [522]
  • xxxiv. 10-14, ii. [396]
  • xxxiv. 19, ii. [441]
  • xxxvi. 9, i. [8], ii. 341
  • xxxvii. 8, ii. [238]
  • xxxvii. 9, 11, 22, 29, 34, ii. [452]
  • xxxvii. 30, 31, ii. [472]
  • xxxvii. 34, i. [90]
  • xxxix. 5, ii. [473]
  • xliii. 19, ii. [473]
  • xliv. 19, i. [126]
  • xliv. 23, ii. [238]
  • xlv. 1, 2, i. [282]
  • xlv. 2-5, i. [459]
  • xlv. 6, 7, i. [459]
  • xlv. 7, i. [109], [111], [347]
  • xlv. 8, i. [111]
  • xlv. 25, ii. [473]
  • xlviii. 1, 2, ii. [452]
  • xlix. 9, 10, ii. [351]
  • l. 1, ii. [493]
  • li. 5, ii. [472]
  • li. 10, i. [34]
  • li. 11, ii. [468]
  • li. 12, ii. [455]
  • liv. 5, i. [478], ii. [425]
  • liv. 6, ii. [425]
  • lviii. 3, ii. [472]
  • lxii. 1, i. [283]
  • lxiii. 8, ii. [456]
  • lxviii. 11, i. [467]
  • lxix. 21, ii. [41], [436]
  • lxxii. 7, i. [283]
  • lxxii. 8, i. [283]
  • lxxii. 11, i. [115]
  • lxxiii. 1, i. [104]
  • lxxvi. 2, ii. [452]
  • lxxvi. 10, i. [230]
  • lxxvii. 2, ii. [8], [456]
  • lxxviii. 34, i. [102]
  • lxxviii. 49, ii. [517]
  • lxxviii. 65, ii. [238]
  • lxxx. 13, 14, i. [166]
  • lxxxi. 5, ii. [91]
  • lxxxii. 1, ii. [189] bis, [493]
  • lxxxii. 1, 7, ii. [558]
  • lxxxiv. 3, i. [230]
  • lxxxvi. 8, ii. [271]
  • lxxxvii. 1, 2, ii. [216]
  • lxxxix. 32, ii. [398]
  • lxxxix. 50, 51, ii. [112]
  • xci. 13, ii. [490]
  • xcvi. 4, ii. [271]
  • xcvi. 5, ii. [189], [489], [493]
  • xcvii. 6, i. [124]
  • xcvii. 9, ii. [493]
  • ci. 9, ii. [442]
  • cii. 25, ii. [404]
  • cii. 26, 27, i. [254], [271], ii. [223]
  • cii. 27, i. [419], ii. [174], [405]
  • cii. 46, i. [58]
  • civ. 4, i. [122]
  • civ. 6, ii. [356]
  • civ. 14, 15, ii. [241]
  • civ. 15, ii. [551]
  • civ. 24, i. [29], [130]
  • civ. 24-26, ii. [263]
  • civ. 29, 30, i. [39]
  • cv. 15, ii. [422]
  • cvi. 20, ii. [36]
  • cvii. 20, i. [470], ii. [143], [279]
  • cix., ii. [27]
  • cix. 1, 2, ii. [16]
  • cix. 8, ii. [16]
  • cx. 1, i. [154]
  • cxv. 13, i. [383]
  • cxvi., ii. [539]
  • cxviii. 2, i. [104]
  • cxviii. 19, 20, ii. [375]
  • cxix. 18, ii. [8], [216], [456]
  • cxix. 73, ii. [200]
  • cxix. 105, ii. [341]
  • cxxvi., i. [205]
  • cxxxi. 1, 2, ii. [353]
  • cxxxvi. 2, ii. [271], [493]
  • cxxxvii. 8, 9, ii. [445]
  • cxxxix., i. [351]
  • cxli., ii. [140], [505]
  • cxlvii. 15, i. [467]
  • cxlviii. 3, ii. [281], [549]
  • cxlviii. 4, ii. [358]
  • cxlviii. 4, 5, ii. [315]
  • cxlviii. 5, i. [77]
• Proverbs.
  • ii. 5, i. [17], [355], ii. [448], [457]
  • iv. 23, i. [232]
  • v. 15-17, ii. [210]
  • viii. 5, ii. [134]
  • viii. 22-15, i. [18]
  • ix. 1-5, i. [147]
  • ix. 4, ii. [134]
  • ix. 5, 6, ii. [134]
  • x. 17, ii. [343]
  • x. 19, ii. [268]
  • xiii. 8, ii. [144]
  • xiii. 25, ii. [447]
  • xxii. 20, 21, i. [300]
  • xxii. 28, ii. [374]
  • xxiii. 5, ii. [384]
  • xxvii. 19, ii. [386]
  • xxviii. 6, ii. [446]
  • xxx. 24-28, ii. [253]
• Ecclesiastes.
  • i. 1-14, i. [64]
  • i. 2, ii. [472]
  • i. 6, ii. [374]
  • i. 9, i. [255], ii. [172]
  • x. 4, i. [223], [230]
• Song.
  • i. 3, i. [11]
• Isaiah.
  • i. 4, ii. [79]
  • i. 7, ii. [80]
  • i. 11, i. [140]
  • i. 13, 14, i. [119]
  • i. 19, 20, i. [165], ii. [399]
  • i. 20, ii. [404]
  • ii. 2, i. [386]
  • iii. 24, i. [86]
  • iv. 4, i. [143]
  • v. 8, ii. [79]
  • v. 11, ii. [79]
  • v. 12, ii. [453]
  • v. 18, ii. [79]
  • v. 20, ii. [79], [410]
  • v. 22, ii. [79]
  • vi. 1, 2, i. [443]
  • vi. 2, ii. [357]
  • vi. 3, i. [25], [340]
  • vi. 9, ii. [10]
  • vii. 10-14, i. [434]
  • vii. 11, i. [435]
  • vii. 14, i. [435]
  • vii. 15, i. [292]
  • vii. 16, i. [110]
  • viii. 4, i. [110]
  • viii. 8, 9, i. [283]
  • ix. 2, ii. [341] bis, [409], [538]
  • ix. 6, ii. [323], [513]
  • x. 17, i. [143], [349]
  • xi. 6, 7, i. [292]
  • xiv. 4, ii. [384]
  • xiv. 12-22, i. [52]
  • xxv. 8, i. [80]
  • xxvii. 1, i. [123], [224]
  • xxviii. 19, ii. [530]
  • xxxv. 5, 6, ii. [49]
  • xli. 22, 23, i. [340]
  • xlii. 4, i. [456]
  • xlii. 5, i. [35]
  • xliv. 11-14, ii. [507]
  • xlv. 3, i. [335]
  • xlv. 6, i. [92]
  • xlv. 7, i. [293], ii. [396], [398]
  • xlv. 12, i. [61]
  • xlvii. 14, 15, i. [102], [143], ii. [283], [398]
  • xlviii. 9, ii. [283]
  • xlviii. 16, i. [456]
  • xlix. 8, 9, i. [456]
  • xlix. 9, i. [456], ii. [538]
  • xlix. 12, ii. [257]
  • lii. 3, 15, i. [457]
  • lii. 12, ii. [539]
  • liii. 1-3, ii. [418]
  • liii. 1-8, i. [457]
  • liii. 2, 3, ii. [439]
  • liii. 7, ii. [62]
  • liii. 9, i. [110]
  • liv. 12, 11, ii. [452]
  • lx. 1, ii. [341]
  • lx. 19, ii. [393]
  • lxiii. 17, 18, i. [182]
  • lxiv. 8, i. [267]
  • lxv. 1, ii. [83]
  • lxvi. 1, i. [74], [92]
  • lxvi. 2, i. [89]
  • lxvi. 16, i. [143]
  • lxvi. 22, i. [255]
• Jeremiah.
  • i. 5, 6, i. [242]
  • i. 9, i. [122]
  • i. 9, 10, ii. [161]
  • i. 14, i. [123]
  • vii. 17, 18, ii. [275]
  • vii. 18, i. [62]
  • x. 24, ii. [237]
  • xiii. 24, ii. [172]
  • xv. 14, i. [293]
  • xvii. 21-24, i. [387]
  • xx. 7, i. [182], [397]
  • xxiii. 23, ii. [280]
  • xxiii. 24, i. [74], ii. [166], [280]
  • xxv. 15, 16, i. [143]
  • xxv. 28, 29, i. [143]
  • xxix. 22, i. [376]
  • xxxi. 10, ii. [526]
  • xxxiv. 14, ii. [313]
• Lamentations.
  • iii. 25, i. [104]
  • iii. 27, 29, 30, ii. [448]
  • iii. 34, ii. [538]
  • iii. 38, ii. [232]
  • iv. 20, i. [112], [339]
• Ezekiel.
  • i., i. [357]
  • i. 1, i. [443]
  • i. 19, 20, i. [169]
  • i. 28, i. [443]
  • ii. 1, i. [443]
  • ii. 6, ii. [80]
  • ii. 9, 10, ii. [342]
  • iii. 2, 3, i. [449]
  • x., ii. [357]
  • xi. 19, 20, i. [191]
  • xvi. 55, i. [102]
  • xviii. 2-4, ii. [525]
  • xviii. 3, ii. [99]
  • xviii. 4, i. [123]
  • xviii. 4, 19, i. [123]
  • xviii. 20, ii. [524]
  • xx. 3, ii. [127]
  • xx. 5, ii. [525]
  • xx. 25, ii. [443]
  • xxii. 18, 20, ii. [283]
  • xxvi., i. [239]
  • xxviii. 11-19, i. [50]
  • xxviii. 12, i. [224]
  • xxviii. 15, ii. [385]
  • xxviii. 19, ii. [385]
  • xxix. 3, ii. [217] bis
  • xxxii. 1-28, ii. [384]
  • xxxii. 2, i. [123]
  • xxxii. 6, ii. [217]
  • xliii.-xlvi., i. [387]
  • xlviii., ii. [361]
• Daniel.
  • ii. 21, ii. [551]
  • iv. 8, i. [34]
  • iv. 37, ii. [453]
  • vii. 10, ii. [173], [519]
  • vii. 26, ii. [52]
  • viii. 23, ii. [385]
  • viii. 23-25, ii. [388]
  • ix. 24, i. [284]
  • ix. 27, ii. [388]
  • x., i. [239]
  • xii. 1, 2, 3, ii. [277]
  • xii. 3, ii. [191]
• Hosea.
  • iii. 4, i. [279]
  • viii. 12, ii. [340]
  • x. 9, ii. [127]
  • x. 12, i. [7]
  • xiii. 14, i. [80], ii. 127
  • xiv. 9, ii. [217]
• Joel.
  • ii. 28, 150
• Amos.
  • iii. 6, i. [293]
  • ix. 3, i. [123]
• Micah.
  • i. 12, i. [293], ii. [398]
  • i. 12, 13, ii. [396]
  • iv. 1, i. [387]
  • v. 2, i. [284], [453]
  • vi. 8, i. [165]
• Habakkuk.
  • iii. 2, i. [36]
• Zephaniah.
  • iii. 7-13, ii. [556]
• Haggai.
  • ii. 6, ii. [453]
• Zechariah.
  • i. 14, i. [230]
  • iii, 1, i. [224]
  • v. 7, ii. [363]
  • ix. 10, i. [292]
• Malachi.
  • iii. 2, ii. [173], [283]
  • iii. 2, 3, ii. [364]
  • iii. 3, i. [143]
  • iii. 6, i. [419], ii. [174], [405]