Fathers

Homilies on Leviticus, Homilia IV · §4

Finding and denying a lost thing

He finds a lost thing and denies it. Finding without confession is spiritual theft. Truth gives back.

Latin

Invenerit rem perditam et negaverit. Inventio sine confessione furtum spirituale. Veritas reddit.

About this text

Origen’s Homilia IV on Leviticus (Rufinus’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–10.

English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI (GCS 29, 1920), Rufinus’s Latin of Homilia IV. Barkley FOTC 83 was not used as wording. This page is Homilia IV §§1–10 (closeout).

Witnesses

  • Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI = GCS 29 (1920) (Latin · Homilia IV §§1–10)

English is newly prepared for study from the stated edition. Open Latin on each section (or the Latin source witness link) for the source text. This is not a complete critical edition.