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Homilies on Isaiah, Homilia VI · §3

Shut eyes from harm; the Word heals

Better to close the eyes lest we look on evil than to drink harmful talk. When we turn to God’s words, he sends his word and heals in Christ Jesus. Amen.

Latin

Si futurum est ut aperiens oculos animae audiam turpiloquia, melius est claudere aditus. Quando videnda sunt eloquia Dei, convertimur et sanat nos Deus mittens verbum. Gloria Christo. Amen.

About this text

Origen’s Homilia VI on Isaiah (Jerome’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–3.

English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VIII = GCS 33 (1925). Scheck FOTC was not used as wording. This page is Homilia VI §§1–3 (closeout).

Witnesses

  • Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VIII = GCS 33 (1925) (Latin · Homilia VI §§1–3)

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