Homilies on Isaiah, Homilia IV

Origen of Alexandria · c. 240–245 · Baehrens, Origenes Werke VIII = GCS 33 (1925) · Original English Translation

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1God’s beginning cannot be found
2The whole earth full of his glory
3I saw the King, the Lord of hosts
4Seraphim coal cleanses the lips

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Origen’s Homilia IV on Isaiah (Jerome’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–4.

English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VIII = GCS 33 (1925). Scheck FOTC was not used as wording. This page is Homilia IV §§1–4 (closeout).

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Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VIII = GCS 33 (1925) (Latin · Homilia IV §§1–4)

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God’s beginning cannot be found§1

1God’s beginning cannot be found. Creatures never grasp it. Only the Savior and the Holy Spirit, forever with God, see his face; and angels always behold the face of the Father in heaven.

Latin · §1

Impossibile est invenire principium Dei. Nusquam comprehendis — non tu, neque aliud quidquam eorum quae subsistunt. Solus Salvator et Spiritus sanctus, qui semper fuerunt cum Deo, vident faciem eius; angeli vident faciem Patris in caelis.

The whole earth full of his glory§2

2 The whole earth is full of his glory — not only the temple house. The thresholds shook at the voice of those who called, and the house was filled with smoke.

Latin · §2

Plena omnis terra gloria eius. Olim domus plena erat gloria; nunc omnis terra. Elevatum est superliminare a voce clamantium; domus impleta est fumo.

I saw the King, the Lord of hosts§3

3 My eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts. Vision drives confession: Woe is me, for I am a man of unclean lips.

Latin · §3

Et regem Dominum Sabaoth vidi oculis meis. Si quando de Deo loquimur, regem videmus. Post visionem propheta dicit: vae mihi, quia homo pollutus labiis sum.

Seraphim coal cleanses the lips§4

4 One of the Seraphim flew to me with a live coal; it touched my mouth; your guilt is taken away. Cleansed lips can preach. Glory to God. Amen.

Latin · §4

Missus est ad me unus de Seraphim, et in manu eius carbo. Tetigit labia mea et abstulit iniquitates meas. Purgatus propheta paratus est ad ministerium. Gloria Deo. Amen.

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