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Homilies on Joshua, Homilia XXI · §2

Altar of witness by the Jordan

They build a great altar by the Jordan — a scandal. Phinehas is sent. Not rebellion but witness: The Lord is our God.

Latin

Aedificant altare ingens iuxta Iordanen — scandalum. Phinees mittitur. Non in rebellionem sed testimonium: Dominus Deus noster.

About this text

Origen’s Homilia XXI on Joshua (Rufinus’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–3.

English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VII (GCS 30, 1921), Rufinus’s Latin of Homilia XXI. Bruce FOTC 105 was not used as wording. This page is Homilia XXI §§1–3 (closeout).

Witnesses

  • Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VII = GCS 30 (1921) (Latin · Homilia XXI §§1–3)

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.