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Homilies on Ezekiel, Homilia V · §1

Sword and death among the four scourges

After famine and wild beasts come sword and death. Fear the sword over our figurative land — recall the flaming sword guarding Eden.

Latin

Post famem et bestias pessimas restant romphaea et mors. Quis est gladius quem formidare debemus ne mittatur super terram nostram? Statuit igneam romphaeam Cherubin custodire viam ligni vitae.

About this text

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

Witnesses

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

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