Contents 2 passages 1 Amorite father, Hittite mother — one and many 2 Compare carefully; difference not chance About this text Original English Translation. No previous public-domain English (ANF lacks these homilies; Scheck FOTC is copyrighted and was not used as wording). This page is Homilia IX §§1–2 (closeout).
Origen’s Homilia IX on Ezekiel (Jerome’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–2.
English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VIII = GCS 33 (1925). Scheck FOTC was not used as wording. This page is Homilia IX §§1–2 (closeout).
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Amorite father, Hittite mother — one and many §1 1 Your origin is from Canaan; your father an Amorite, your mother a Hittite . Later the address multiplies — — because spreading sin makes many sinners in one.
Latin · §1 Radix et generatio de terra Chanaan, pater Amorrhaeus, mater Chettaea. Ibi sermo ad unam; hic mater vestra et pater vester — ad plurimas. Diffuso peccato in uno sunt plurimi.
Compare carefully; difference not chance §2 2 A careful reader compares earlier and later oracles; the shift from singular to plural is no accident. Glory to Christ. Amen.
Latin · §2 Diligens lector confert praeterita praesentibus; differentia non fortuita. Gloria Christo. Amen.
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