Lamb and turtledove, or two turtledoves
A year-old lamb and a turtledove, or two turtledoves if poor. Mary offered the poor’s gift. Christ is the Lamb.
Latin
Agnus anni et turtur, vel duo turtures si pauper. Maria pauperum munus obtulit. Christus agnus.
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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