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Homilies on Ezekiel, Homilia X · §1

First do no shameful work; then blush

Best: do nothing shameful. Next best: be ashamed after shameful deeds — do not walk brazen as if still just. The devil blocks repentance by shamelessness.

Latin

Primum nullum opus facere confusionis; secundum post confusionis opera erubescere et oculos deicere. Bonum est post confusionis opera confundi — ne artifex malitiae impediat paenitentiam.

About this text

Origen’s Homilia X on Ezekiel (Jerome’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–2.

English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VIII = GCS 33 (1925). Scheck FOTC was not used as wording. This page is Homilia X §§1–2 (closeout).

Witnesses

  • Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VIII = GCS 33 (1925) (Latin · Homilia X §§1–2)

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