{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/ecf/009/0090468.htm","path":"chr/ecf/009/0090468.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/ecf/009/0090468.htm","text":"p. 491 27. When the Little Ones are Assigned to Angels.\nThen again one might inquire at what time those who are called their angels assume guardianship of the little ones pointed out by Christ; whether they received this commission to discharge concerning them, from what time \u201cby the laver of regeneration,\u201d 5991 through which they were born \u201cas new-born babes, they long for the reasonable milk which is without guile,\u201d 5992 and no longer are in subjection to any wicked power; or, whether from birth they had been appointed, according to the foreknowledge and predestination of God, over those whom God also foreknew, and foreordained to be conformed to the glory of the Christ. 5993 And with reference to the view that they have angels from birth, one might quote, \u201cHe who separated me from my mother\u2019s womb,\u201d 5994 and, \u201cFrom the womb of my mother thou hast been my protector,\u201d 5995 and, \u201cHe has assisted me from my mother\u2019s womb,\u201d 5996 and, \u201cUpon thee I was cast from my mother,\u201d 5997 and in the Epistle of Jude, \u201cTo them that are beloved in God the Father and are kept for Jesus Christ, being called,\u201d 5998 \u2014kept completely by the angels who keep them.","title":"Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol IX: Origen's Commentary on the G...","type":"page"}