Fathers

Homilies on Joshua, Homilia XXVI · §1

Recapitulation — Jesus finishes what Moses began

Last homily: Moses began; Jesus finished. The law is shadow; Christ is truth. Jordan’s crossing is baptism; Jericho the world; the lots are gifts.

Latin

Ultima homilia: Moyses incohavit, Iesus consummavit. Lex umbra; Christus veritas. Transitus Iordanis baptismus; Hiericho mundus; sortes charismata.

About this text

Origen’s Homilia XXVI 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 XXVI. Bruce FOTC 105 was not used as wording. This page is Homilia XXVI §§1–3 (closeout).

Witnesses

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

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