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Homilies on Leviticus, Homilia XII · §2

Anointed with the oil of chrism

On whom the oil of anointing is poured — the Spirit’s unction. Christians take their name from Christ.

Latin

Cui infusum est oleum chrismatis. Unctio Spiritus. Christiani a Christo.

About this text

Origen’s Homilia XII on Leviticus (Rufinus’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–7.

English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI (GCS 29, 1920), Rufinus’s Latin of Homilia XII. Barkley FOTC 83 was not used as wording. This page is Homilia XII §§1–7 (closeout).

Witnesses

  • Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI = GCS 29 (1920) (Latin · Homilia XII §§1–7)

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