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Homilies on Joshua, Homilia VII · §4

Curse on rebuilding Jericho

Cursed be the man who rebuilds Jericho — to restore this world set in the evil one after its fall. Christ came to destroy the devil’s works; whoever rebuilds lusts labors under the curse. Glory to Christ. Amen.

Latin

Maledictus qui aedificaverit Hiericho — mundum in maligno positum restaurare post ruinam. Christus venit destruere opera diaboli; qui rursus aedificat concupiscentias, in maledicto laborat. Gloria Christo. Amen.

About this text

Origen’s Homilia VII on Joshua (Rufinus’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–4.

English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VII (GCS 30, 1921), Rufinus’s Latin of Homilia VII. Bruce FOTC 105 was not used as wording. This page is Homilia VII §§1–4 (closeout).

Witnesses

  • Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VII = GCS 30 (1921) (Latin · Homilia VII §§1–4)

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