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Homilies on Leviticus, Homilia IV · §5

Swearing falsely

He swears falsely. A lying oath usurps God’s name. Fear the oath.

Latin

Iuraverit falso. Iusiurandum mendax nomen Dei usurpat. Sit timor iuramenti.

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)

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