Vine’s flower-odor; the Father prunes; come
In the soul there is a shooting fig and a flowering vine giving fragrance. The heavenly Father, the farmer, cleanses the branches. The vine first gladdens by flower-odor: We are the good fragrance of Christ in every place. Seeing the beginnings of virtues, God’s Word calls the soul to hasten and come.
Latin
Est in anima ficus germinans et vitis florens odorem reddens. Pater caelestis agricola palmites purgat. Vitis primo odore floris laetificat: Christi bonus odor sumus in omni loco. Videns initia virtutum, sermo Dei vocat animam ut festinet et veniat.
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)
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