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The writings of Origen, Vol. 1 (of 2)

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Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition Origen and Crombie, Frederick

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209. Isa.xlvii. 14, 15. The Septuagint here differs from the Hebrew: ἔχεις ἄνθρακας πυρός, κάθισαι ἐπ’ αὐτούς, οὗτοι ἔσονται σοι βοήθεια.
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225. Virtutibus, probably for δυνάμεσιν.
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227. John x. 18. “No other soul which descended into a human body has stamped on itself a pure and unstained resemblance of its former stamp, save that one of which the Saviour says, ‘No one will take my soul from me, but I lay it down of myself.’”—Jerome, Epistle to Avitus, p. 763.
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238. This quotation is made up of two different parts of Isaiah: chap.viii. 4, “Before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father and my mother;” and chap. vii. 16, “Before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.”
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239. Semper in verbo, semper in sapientia, semper in Deo.

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The writings of Origen, Vol. 1 (of 2), Project Gutenberg eBook #70561

Chapter LXXI.