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Homilies on Exodus, Homilia IX · §3

Gold within, skins without

Within, gold; without, skins. Hide glory; wear humility outside. The ark in the holy of holies is the heart where Christ dwells.

Latin

Interiora auro; exteriora pellibus. Gloria occultanda; humilitas foris. Arca in sanctis sanctorum — cor ubi Christus habitat.

About this text

Origen’s Homilia IX 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 IX. Heine FOTC 71 was not used as wording. This page is Homilia IX §§1–4 (closeout).

Witnesses

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

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.