Homilies on Leviticus, Homilia VIII · §3

Thirty-three days of blood purification

She remains thirty-three days in the blood of purifying. A medicinal time for the soul. Do not rush the holy things.

Latin

Triginta tribus diebus manet in sanguine purificationis. Tempus medicinale animae. Non festina ad sancta.

About this text

Origen’s Homilia VIII on Leviticus (Rufinus’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–11.

English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI (GCS 29, 1920), Rufinus’s Latin of Homilia VIII. Barkley FOTC 83 was not used as wording. This page is Homilia VIII §§1–11 (closeout).

Witnesses

  • Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI = GCS 29 (1920) (Latin · Homilia VIII §§1–11)

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