{"id":506,"date":"2018-01-04T23:46:09","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T07:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readingthechurchfathers.wordpress.com\/?p=506"},"modified":"2018-01-04T23:46:09","modified_gmt":"2018-01-05T07:46:09","slug":"origen-the-origin-and-end-of-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nemoslibrary.com\/patristics\/origen-the-origin-and-end-of-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Origen: The Origin and End of Man"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Masterpiece of God<\/strong><\/p>\n

When one would paint an image, he were first with a light pencil to trace out the outlines of the coming picture, and prepare marks for the reception of the features that are to be afterwards added, this preliminary sketch in outline is found to prepare the way for the laying on of the true colours of the painting; so, in a measure, an outline and sketch may be traced on the tablets of our heart by the pencil of our Lord Jesus Christ. And therefore perhaps is it said, \u201cUnto every one that hath shall be given, and be added.\u201d By which it is established, that to those who possess in this life a kind of outline of truth and knowledge, shall be added the beauty of a perfect image in the future.<\/p>\n

— De Principiis. Bk. II. Ch. XI<\/p>\n

Image and Likeness of God<\/strong><\/p>\n

The expression “In the image of God created He him” without any mention of the word “likeness”, conveys no other meaning than this, that man received the dignity of God\u2019s image at his first creation; but that the perfection of his likeness has been reserved for the consummation,\u2014namely, that he might acquire it for himself by the exercise of his own diligence in the imitation of God, the possibility of attaining to perfection being granted him at the beginning through the dignity of the divine image, and the perfect realization of the divine likeness being reached in the end by the fulfilment of the (necessary) works.<\/p>\n

–De Principiis. Bk. III. Ch. VI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Masterpiece of God When one would paint an image, he were first with a light pencil to trace out the outlines of the coming picture, and prepare marks for the reception of the features that are to be afterwards added, this preliminary sketch in outline is found to prepare the way for the laying on of the true colours of the painting; so, in a measure, an outline and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-origen"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":446,"url":"https:\/\/nemoslibrary.com\/patristics\/origen-what-is-worship\/","url_meta":{"origin":506,"position":0},"title":"Origen: What Is Worship","author":"Nemo","date":"January 7, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Altar, Statue, and\u00a0Temple We regard the spirit of every good man as an altar from which arises an incense which is truly and spiritually sweet-smelling, namely, the prayers ascending from a pure conscience. 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