Fathers

Homilies on Genesis, Homilia III · §6

House-born and bought with a price

Every male of the household and every purchased servant is to be circumcised. House-members of the church and those bought with Christ’s price are sealed with one sign.

Latin

Omnis masculus domus et empticius circumcidatur. Domestici ecclesiae et pretio Christi empti uno signo signantur.

About this text

Origen’s Homilia III on Genesis (Rufinus’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–7.

English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI (GCS 29, 1920), Rufinus’s Latin of Homilia III. Heine FOTC 71 was not used as wording. This page is Homilia III §§1–7 (closeout).

Witnesses

  • Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI = GCS 29 (1920) (Latin · Homilia III §§1–7)

English is newly prepared for study from the stated edition. Open Latin on each section (or the Latin source witness link) for the source text. This is not a complete critical edition.