How to read: stumbling at the letter; examples (IV.2–3)
Many err by not reading spiritually and by forcing the letter where it is impossible or unworthy. Yet history is not to be thrown away wherever the letter keeps its coherence; spiritual sense and letter can stand together. Examples from the law and the Gospels train the reader.
Latin
(Rufinus; see working file)
About this text
Origen’s De Principiis, Book IV (Rufinus Latin). Complete on this page: 4.1 … 4.4 (BOOK IV closeout).
English follows Koetschau GCS 22 Rufinus Latin (paraphrase disclosed). ANF Crombie and Butterworth were not used as wording. This page is Book IV closeout.
Witnesses
- Copy-text Koetschau GCS 22 (1913) — Rufinus Latin (Latin · Book IV closeout samples)
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