Fathers

Homilies on Exodus, Homilia XII · §1

The glorified face that frightens

Aaron and the sons saw Moses; his face was glorified, and they feared to approach. The law’s glory terrifies the fleshly and invites the spiritual.

Latin

Vidit Aaron et filii Moysen; glorificata facies; timuerunt accedere. Gloria legis terret carnales; invitat spiritales.

About this text

Origen’s Homilia XII on Exodus (Rufinus’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–4.

English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI (GCS 29, 1920), Rufinus’s Latin of Homilia XII. Heine FOTC 71 was not used as wording. This page is Homilia XII §§1–4 (closeout).

Witnesses

  • Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI = GCS 29 (1920) (Latin · Homilia XII §§1–4)

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