Fathers

Homilies on Genesis, Homilia III · §2

Providence and will; why Scripture says God speaks

Many things happen without God’s will; nothing without his providence. God shows what he wills by an affect humans know — so he is said to have spoken. Not a bodily mouth, but a will shaped into words in an illuminated mind.

Latin

Multa sine voluntate Dei geruntur, nihil sine providentia. Indicat Deus quae velit affectu hominibus noto — ideo locutus dicitur. Non os corporeum, sed voluntas menti illuminatae formata in verba.

About this text

Origen’s Homilia III on Genesis (Rufinus’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–7.

English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI (GCS 29, 1920), Rufinus’s Latin of Homilia III. Heine FOTC 71 was not used as wording. This page is Homilia III §§1–7 (closeout).

Witnesses

  • Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI = GCS 29 (1920) (Latin · Homilia III §§1–7)

English is newly prepared for study from the stated edition. Open Latin on each section (or the Latin source witness link) for the source text. This is not a complete critical edition.