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Homilies on Leviticus, Homilia IV · §2

Lying to a neighbor about a deposit

If a soul sins and lies to a neighbor about a deposit or partnership, that is guilt. Trust among brothers is an altar. A lie strips communion.

Latin

Si anima peccaverit et mentietur proximo in deposito vel societate, delictum est. Fides inter fratres altare est. Mendacium spoliat communionem.

About this text

Origen’s Homilia IV on Leviticus (Rufinus’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–10.

English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI (GCS 29, 1920), Rufinus’s Latin of Homilia IV. Barkley FOTC 83 was not used as wording. This page is Homilia IV §§1–10 (closeout).

Witnesses

  • Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI = GCS 29 (1920) (Latin · Homilia IV §§1–10)

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