Fathers

Homilies on Leviticus, Homilia XIV · §3

Stone him — witnesses lay hands

Witnesses’ hands first; all the people stone him. Testimony is heavy. Truth is not idle.

Latin

Manus testium primi; lapidabit eum omnis populus. Testimonium grave. Veritas non otiosa.

About this text

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

English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI (GCS 29, 1920), Rufinus’s Latin of Homilia XIV. Barkley FOTC 83 was not used as wording. This page is Homilia XIV §§1–4 (closeout).

Witnesses

  • Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI = GCS 29 (1920) (Latin · Homilia XIV §§1–4)

English is newly prepared for study from the stated edition. Open Latin on each section (or the Latin source witness link) for the source text. This is not a complete critical edition.