Turtledove’s voice — hidden wisdom among the perfect
The turtledove’s voice is the wisdom the Word’s steward speaks among the perfect, God’s wisdom hidden in a mystery. The turtledove lives in more secret places, apart from the crowd — mountain wastes or woodland secrets.
Latin
Vox turturis: sapientia quam dispensator Verbi loquitur inter perfectos, abscondita in mysterio. Turtur in secretioribus locis vitam agit, a multitudine aliena — deserta montium aut secreta silvarum.
About this text
Origen’s Commentary on the Song of Songs, Liber IV (Rufinus’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–20.
English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VIII (GCS 33, 1925), Rufinus’s Latin of Commentary Liber IV. Lawson ACW 26 was not used as wording. This page is Liber IV §§1–20 (closeout).
Witnesses
- Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VIII = GCS 33 (1925) (Latin · Commentary Liber IV §§1–20)
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.