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Homilies on Ezekiel, Homilia XI · §1

Bodily exercise vs eternal life

Gymnastics sharpens limbs and senses — but bodily training is of little profit for eternal life. Exercise the soul on God’s riddle.

Latin

Exercitio corporum fortitudinem comparat; oculi et aures vegetiores fiunt. Quid prodest ad beatitudinem si corpus roboretur? Emolumentum ad vitam sempiternam quaerendum est.

About this text

Origen’s Homilia XI 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 XI §§1–2 (closeout).

Witnesses

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

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