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Homilies on Exodus, Homilia X · §1

Two men strike a pregnant woman

If two men quarrel and strike a pregnant woman, and her child comes out not yet formed, a fine is paid. The bodily law is a shadow of spiritual things.

Latin

Si litigabunt duo et percusserint mulierem praegnantem, et exierit infans nondum formatus, detrimentum pendetur. Lex corporalis umbra est spiritalium.

About this text

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

English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI (GCS 29, 1920), Rufinus’s Latin of Homilia X. Heine FOTC 71 was not used as wording. This page is Homilia X §§1–4 (closeout).

Witnesses

  • Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI = GCS 29 (1920) (Latin · Homilia X §§1–4)

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