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Homilies on Leviticus, Homilia II · §2

The gift of fine flour and oil

The gift of fine flour with oil and frankincense is praise and prayer. The priest burns the memorial portion. Who cannot bring a beast brings meal — mercy knows the poor’s measure.

Latin

Munus similaginis cum oleo et ture — laus et oratio. Sacerdos memoriale incendit. Qui non potest pecudem, offert farinam: misericordia gradus pauperum novit.

About this text

Origen’s Homilia II on Leviticus (Rufinus’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–5.

English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI (GCS 29, 1920), Rufinus’s Latin of Homilia II. Barkley FOTC 83 was not used as wording. This page is Homilia II §§1–5 (closeout).

Witnesses

  • Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI = GCS 29 (1920) (Latin · Homilia II §§1–5)

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