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Homilies on Leviticus, Homilia IV · §6

Restore the principal and add a fifth

He shall restore the whole and add a fifth. Penitence comes with restitution. Tears without deed are not enough.

Latin

Restituet totum et quintam partem addet. Paenitentia cum restitutione. Non sufficit fletus sine opere.

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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