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Homilies on Exodus, Homilia XII · §4

Letter kills, Spirit gives life — Homilia XII CLOSEOUT

The ministry of death in letters was glorious; the ministry of the Spirit abounds in glory. Read with the veil removed. Amen.

Latin

Ministratio mortis in litteris gloriosa fuit; ministratio Spiritus abundat gloria. Lege cum velamine remota. Amen.

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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