Fathers

Homilies on Joshua, Homilia XIV · §2

Levi’s portion is the Lord

To Levi he gave no inheritance; the Lord is his inheritance. Priesthood seeks not estates but the Lord.

Latin

Tribui Levi non dedit hereditatem; Dominus hereditas eius. Sacerdotium non fundos quaerit sed Dominum.

About this text

Origen’s Homilia XIV on Joshua (Rufinus’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–3.

English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VII (GCS 30, 1921), Rufinus’s Latin of Homilia XIV. Bruce FOTC 105 was not used as wording. This page is Homilia XIV §§1–3 (closeout).

Witnesses

  • Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VII = GCS 30 (1921) (Latin · Homilia XIV §§1–3)

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