When Uzziah dies, Isaiah sees the Lord

First vision: In the year King Uzziah died I saw the Lord seated on a high throne. As long as Uzziah lived Isaiah could not see — Uzziah the sinner who entered the temple and was struck with leprosy on the forehead. Such a prince of the soul must die if we are to see God’s vision. If Uzziah lives we do not see God’s glory; when he dies we see. Let not sin reign in your mortal body — those loving pleasure rather than God.

Latin

Visio prima: Factum est in anno quo mortuus est Ozias rex, vidi Dominum sedentem super solium excelsum. Quamdiu Ozias vixit, videre non potuit Isaias — Ozias peccator ingressus templum lepra in fronte. Talem principem animae oportet mori ut visionem Dei videamus. Si Ozias vivit, non videmus gloriam Dei; si moritur, videmus. Non regnet peccatum in mortali corpore — amantes voluptatem magis quam Deum.

About this text

Origen’s Homilia I on Isaiah (Rufinus’s Latin / Jerome as editioned). Complete on this page: §§1–3.

English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VIII (GCS 33, 1925). Scheck FOTC was not used as wording. This page is Homilia I §§1–3 (closeout).

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Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VIII = GCS 33 (1925) (Latin · Homilia I §§1–3)

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.