Homilies on Leviticus, Homilia VII
Aaron must not drink wine when entering§1
1They shall not drink wine or strong drink when they enter the tent. This age’s drunkenness blocks vision. Be sober.
Latin · §1
Vinum et siceram non bibant cum intrant tabernaculum. Ebrietas saeculi impedit visionem. Sobrii estote.
Holy drunkenness of the Spirit§2
2There is a saints’ drunkenness — Spirit, not wine. The apostles seemed full of new wine. Distinguish the cups.
Latin · §2
Est ebrietas sanctorum — spiritu non vino. Apostoli putabantur musto pleni. Discerne calices.
To separate holy and common§3
3That they may distinguish holy and common, clean and unclean. That is teaching’s office. Do not judge by surfaces.
Latin · §3
Ut discernant inter sanctum et profanum, mundum et immundum. Doctrinae officium. Nolite iudicare superficiem.
Clean beasts that chew the cud and divide the hoof§4
4Clean is what parts the hoof and chews the cud. Cud-chewing is meditating the law; the split hoof is discerning works. Require both.
Latin · §4
Mundum quod ungulam findit et ruminat. Ruminatio — meditatio legis; ungula fissa — discretio operum. Utrumque require.
The camel, rock-badger, swine§5
5The camel chews but does not part; the swine parts but does not chew — unclean. One without the other fails. Faith with works.
Latin · §5
Camelus ruminat nec findit; sus findit nec ruminat — immunda. Alterum sine altero non sufficit. Fides cum operibus.
Creatures in the waters§6
6In the waters, what has fins and scales is clean. Scales are virtues; fins move upward. Without them you sink.
Latin · §6
In aquis quae pinnulas et squamas habent munda. Squamae virtutum; pinnae — motus ad superiora. Sine his demersi.
Be holy — Homilia VII CLOSEOUT§7
7Be holy, for I am holy. Separate from the soul’s uncleanness. Homilia VII CLOSEOUT. Amen.
Latin · §7
Sancti estote quia ego sanctus sum. Separatio a immunditia animae. Amen.