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Homilies on Leviticus, Homilia III · §6

If he cannot afford a lamb

If his hand cannot reach a sheep, he brings two turtledoves. God tempers burdens. He does not despise the poor’s gifts.

Latin

Si non attingit manus eius ad ovem, duos turtures. Deus onera temperat. Pauperum munera non spernit.

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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