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Homilies on Leviticus, Homilia III · §4

Thoughtless speech of the lips

If someone swears rashly to do evil or good and hides it, he has failed Leviticus 5:4. A reckless word becomes a bond. Let your speech be Yes, yes; No, no.

Latin

Si iuraverit quis ut male faciat vel bene et absconderit, deliquit. Verbum temerarium vinculum fit. Sit sermo vester est est, non non.

About this text

Origen’s Homilia III on Leviticus (Rufinus’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–8.

English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI (GCS 29, 1920), Rufinus’s Latin of Homilia III. Barkley FOTC 83 was not used as wording. This page is Homilia III §§1–8 (closeout).

Witnesses

  • Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI = GCS 29 (1920) (Latin · Homilia III §§1–8)

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