Homilies on Ezekiel, Homilia IX

Origen of Alexandria · c. 240–245 · Baehrens, Origenes Werke VIII = GCS 33 (1925) · Original English Translation

Amorite father, Hittite mother — one and many§1

1Your 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

2A 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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