Fathers

Homilies on Isaiah, Homilia IV · §1

God’s beginning cannot be found

God’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

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.

About this text

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).

Witnesses

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

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