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Homilies on Numbers, Homilia XI · §3

Prayer as firstfruits to the true High Priest

Whoever with a pure mind pours out prayers and thanksgivings has, through the angel of the altar, offered the firstfruits of his sacrifice to the great High Priest, Christ Jesus, to whom be glory forever. Amen.

Latin

Qui purus mente orationes et gratiarum actiones fundit, per angelum altaris primitias immolationis suae pontifici magno Christo obtulit, cui gloria in saecula. Amen.

About this text

Origen’s Homilia XI on Numbers (Rufinus’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–3.

English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VII (GCS 30, 1921), Rufinus’s Latin of Homilia XI. Scheck FOTC was not used as wording. This page is Homilia XI §§1–3 (closeout).

Witnesses

  • Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VII = GCS 30 (1921) (Latin · Homilia XI §§1–3)

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