Fathers

Homilies on Judges, Homilia VII · §2

Sold into Midian’s hand

They did evil; he sold them into Midian’s hand. Dens in the mountains — sin’s fear hides.

Latin

Fecerunt malignum; tradidit in manus Madian. Praesepta in montibus — timor peccati abscondit.

About this text

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

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

Witnesses

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

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