Subdue the earth — the lesser world within
And subdue it and rule. They are ordered not only to fill the earth but to subdue it — that is, to subject flesh and earthly affections to reason and to God’s Word, so that the human made in the image may truly rule in the lesser world of the self.
Latin
Et subiicite eam et dominamini. Non solum implere terram iubentur, sed et subiicere eam — id est carnem et affectus terrenos subiicere rationi et Verbo Dei, ut homo qui ad imaginem factus est vere principetur in minore mundo sui.
About this text
Origen’s Homilia I on Genesis (Rufinus’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–17.
English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI (GCS 29, 1920), Rufinus’s Latin of Homilia I. Heine FOTC 71 was not used as wording. This page is Homilia I §§1–17 (closeout).
Witnesses
- Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI = GCS 29 (1920) (Latin · Homilia I §§1–17)
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