Dry land named Earth — fruit-bearing bodies
The water was gathered, and the dry land appeared. God called the dry land Earth. As dry land, once separated from water, is already named earth, so our bodies, if vices are separated, will no longer be called dry land but earth, able to bear for God. Whoever remains dry and brings forth thorns becomes food for fire; whoever shows himself fruitful earth may hope for a land flowing with milk and honey.
Latin
Et congregata est aqua, et apparuit arida. Et vocavit Deus aridam terram. Sicut arida segregata aqua iam terra nominatur, ita corpora nostra, si vitia segregentur, iam non arida sed terra appellabuntur, Deo ferre potentes. Qui aridus manet et spinas profert, esca ignis efficitur; qui se terram fructiferam exhibet, speret terram fluentem lac et mel.
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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