Fathers

Homilies on Numbers, Homilia XXVII · §1

Many kinds of food for many natures

When God founded the world he made countless kinds of food for diverse desires and natures.

Latin

Cum conderet Deus mundum, innumeras creavit ciborum differentias pro diversitatibus desiderii vel naturae.

About this text

Origen’s Homilia XXVII on Numbers (Rufinus’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–4.

English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VII (GCS 30, 1921), Rufinus’s Latin of Homilia XXVII. Scheck FOTC was not used as wording. This page is Homilia XXVII §§1–4 (closeout).

Witnesses

  • Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VII = GCS 30 (1921) (Latin · Homilia XXVII §§1–4)

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