Fathers

Homilies on Leviticus, Homilia III · §5

Confession and the female lamb

He shall confess the sin and bring a female from the flock. Confession goes before the gift. Christ is the Lamb; the penitent soul is the sheep.

Latin

Confitebitur peccatum; offeret feminam de grege. Confessio praecedit munus. Christus agnus; anima paenitens ovis.

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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