Jeremiah’s mystical weeping and mourning
If then “blessed are those who weep, for they will laugh,” Jeremiah had to weep this mystical weeping and, according to “blessed are those who mourn,” mourn those worthy of being mourned.
Greek
Klagel. Jerem. 1 Überschr. Εἰ τοίνυν «μακάριοι οἱ κλαίοντες, ὅτι γελάσονται«, ἔδει Ἱερεμίαν τὸν μυστικὸν τοῦτον κλαῦσαι κλαυθμὸν καὶ κατὰ τὸ «μακάριοι οἱ πενθοὺντες« πενθῆσαι τοῦς τοῦ πενθεῖσθαι ἀξίους.
About this text
Origen, Fragments on Lamentations. Original English Translation from the Greek (Klostermann).
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