Fragments on Lamentations · §85

Love does not reckon the evil

And having suffered so many things he grieves beyond measure for those who have done them—thus “love does not reckon the evil.”

Greek

Klagel. Jerem. 3, 48. Καὶ τοσαῦτα παθὼν τῶν δεδρακότων ὑπεραλγεῖ, οὕτως "ἡ ἀγάπη τὸ κακὸν οὐ λογίζεται.

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Origen, Fragments on Lamentations. Original English Translation from the Greek (Klostermann).

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