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Homilies on Exodus, Homilia V · §4

Following Moses — the Law — on the road

If you walk this road following Moses — that is, God’s Law — you have the pillar of cloud and fire. Do not turn back to Egypt’s fleshpots; the rear-guard of Pharaoh still hopes you will.

Latin

Si Moysen, id est legem Dei, sequens agas hoc iter, columnam nubis et ignis habebis. Recede a tergo Aegypti; noli redire ad ollas carnium.

About this text

Origen’s Homilia V on Exodus (Rufinus’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–5.

English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI (GCS 29, 1920), Rufinus’s Latin of Homilia V. Heine FOTC 71 was not used as wording. This page is Homilia V §§1–5 (closeout).

Witnesses

  • Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI = GCS 29 (1920) (Latin · Homilia V §§1–5)

English is newly prepared for study from the stated edition. Open Latin on each section (or the Latin source witness link) for the source text. This is not a complete critical edition.