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Homilies on Genesis, Homilia IV · §2

Sarah laughs; is anything too hard for the Lord?

Sarah laughed in her heart. Is anything too hard for the Lord? Isaac is announced — laughter of faith and the trial of unbelief.

Latin

Sara risit in corde. Numquid Domino est difficile? Annuntiatur Isaac — risus fidei et temptationis incredulitatis.

About this text

Origen’s Homilia IV on Genesis (Rufinus’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–6.

English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI (GCS 29, 1920), Rufinus’s Latin of Homilia IV. Heine FOTC 71 was not used as wording. This page is Homilia IV §§1–6 (closeout).

Witnesses

  • Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI = GCS 29 (1920) (Latin · Homilia IV §§1–6)

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.