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Homilies on Genesis, Homilia VIII · §1

Temptation of Abraham

God tested Abraham: Take your only-begotten son. Not God’s ignorance but the showing of faith.

Latin

Tentavit Deus Abraham: tolle filium unigenitum. Non ignorantia Dei sed ostensio fidei.

About this text

Origen’s Homilia VIII on Genesis (Rufinus’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–8.

English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI (GCS 29, 1920), Rufinus’s Latin of Homilia VIII. Heine FOTC 71 was not used as wording. This page is Homilia VIII §§1–8 (closeout).

Witnesses

  • Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI = GCS 29 (1920) (Latin · Homilia VIII §§1–8)

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