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Homilies on Numbers, Homilia X · §2

Natural law written on the heart

The natural law God wrote with his finger on hearts gives seeds of truth; if we cultivate them well, they bear fruit of life in Christ Jesus, to whom be glory forever. Amen.

Latin

Lex naturalis a Deo digito suo in cordibus scripta semina veritatis praebet; quae si bene excolamus, fructum vitae afferent in Christo Iesu, cui gloria in saecula. Amen.

About this text

Origen’s Homilia X on Numbers (Rufinus’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–2.

English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VII (GCS 30, 1921), Rufinus’s Latin of Homilia X. Scheck FOTC was not used as wording. This page is Homilia X §§1–2 (closeout).

Witnesses

  • Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VII = GCS 30 (1921) (Latin · Homilia X §§1–2)

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