Beginning and first
For in the case of Wisdom he takes the beginning, and he says the Word is not beginning but "in the beginning." (John 1:1) For when the Son is with the Father in his own glory, he is not said to be first; for this belongs to the Father alone. For God alone is unbegotten, but the Son is not first [...] that [...] he wisely administers all things, he is beginning (John 17:5).
Greek
Ἐπὶ γὰρ τῆ[ς σο]φίας τὴν ἀρχὴν λαμβάνε[ι κα]ὶ τ[ὸν λ]όγον <λέγει> οὐκ ἀρχὴ[ν εἶν]αι [ἀλλ'] "ἐν ἀρχῇ". Ὅτε γὰρ πα[ρὰ τῷ π(ατ)ρὶ ὁ υ(ἱὸ)ς] ἐν τῇ ἰδίᾳ δόξῃ [ἐστίν, οὐ πρ]ῶτος [εἶ]ναι [λέγεται· τοῦτο γ]ὰρ μόνου τ[οῦ π(ατ)ρ(ό)ς ἐστιν· μ]όνος γὰρ ὁ θ(εὸ)ς ἀ[γέννητος, ὁ δὲ υ(ἱὸ)ς οὔ]κ ἐστιν πρῶ[τος ... ]τον ... ε ... ν ... [πρ]ῶτο ... ὅτι κ[α]ὶ ... παν ... νεν ... ομε ... πρῶτον ... ων ... ρ τὸ πρ[ῶτός] ἐστ[ιν ... ]ι καὶ σο[φ]ῶς τὰ ὅ[λα οἰ]κον[ο]μ[ε]ῖ, ἀρχή [ἐσ]τιν·
About this text
Origen on the Passover: what the feast means, and how Christians should keep it.
English follows the Greek as printed in Witte (1993), from the page images. OCR of those pages was checked. Damaged lines are marked as gaps, not filled from another edition. This is a reading translation for study, not a new critical edition.
Witnesses
- Copy-text Witte, Die Schrift des Origenes „Über das Passa“ (1993) (Greek · On Pascha, from the page images)
- Checked print OCR of the Witte page images (Greek · Same print)
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