Annotatio IV §.VII cont.: Origen Hom. Lev. 7 — figures; spiritual not carnal; the letter kills
Origen Hom. Lev. 7: recognize they are figures — examine them as spiritual, not carnal; taken carnally they hurt and do not nourish.
The Gospel letter kills whoever does not hear spiritually: if you follow ‘Unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood’ according to the letter, that letter kills.
Latin
De posteriori autem Homil. 7. in Leviticum hacce commentatus: Agnoscite, quia figura sunt, & ideo tanquam spirituales, non carnales, examinate & intelligite, quæ dicuntur; si quasi Carnales accipitis, lædunt vos & non alunt! Est enim in Evangelio Litera, quæ occidit eum, qui non spiritualiter, quæ dicit, ea advertit. SI ENIM SECUNDUM LITERAM SEQUERIS, HOC IPSUM QUOD DICTUM EST: NISI MANDUCAVERITIS CARNEM MEAM ET BIBERITIS SANGUINEM MEUM, OCCIDIT HÆC LITERA.