Food given — Homilia I CLOSEOUT
God said: Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant that sows seed upon the whole earth, and every tree that has in itself the fruit of its own seed, to be food for you. Food for the body and food for the soul: God’s Word and the virtues. This is Homily I’s close — from the beginning as far as the creature’s food. Amen.
Latin
Et dixit Deus: ecce dedi vobis omne foenum seminale quod seminat semen super omnem terram, et omne lignum quod habet in semetipso fructum seminis sui, ut sit vobis in escam. Esca corporis et esca animae: Verbum Dei et virtutes. Haec Homiliae I clausula — a principio usque ad escam creaturae. Amen.
About this text
Origen’s Homilia I on Genesis (Rufinus’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–17.
English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI (GCS 29, 1920), Rufinus’s Latin of Homilia I. Heine FOTC 71 was not used as wording. This page is Homilia I §§1–17 (closeout).
Witnesses
- Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI = GCS 29 (1920) (Latin · Homilia I §§1–17)
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