God opens the mouth; the devil opens another
Because he advanced to self-knowledge — the greater part of wisdom — God rewards him: I will open your mouth and teach you what to say. Blessed are they whose mouth God opens. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it; Paul asks utterance in the opening of my mouth. The contrary is fearful: the devil opens mouths for lies, scurrility, idle words, and blasphemy — as Satan entered Judas. Discernment of spirits is itself a gift; test the spirits. God likewise opens ears and eyes — Isaiah’s ear, Hagar’s well, the eyes of Elisha’s servant to the mountain full of horses and chariots.
Latin
Agnoscens semet ipsum remuneratur: Ego aperiam os tuum et instruam te. Beati quorum Deus os aperit. Dilata os tuum et replebo illud; Paulo sermo in adapertione oris. Contrario diabolus os aperit mendacibus, scurribus, otiosis, blasphemis; in Iudam introivit Satanas. Discretio spirituum gratia est. Deus et aures et oculos aperit — Isaiae, Agar, Elisaei puero.
About this text
Origen’s Homilia III on Exodus (Rufinus’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–3.
English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI (GCS 29, 1920), Rufinus’s Latin of Homilia III. Heine FOTC 71 was not used as wording. This page is Homilia III §§1–3 (closeout).
Witnesses
- Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI = GCS 29 (1920) (Latin · Homilia III §§1–3)
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