The head with the feet and the inwards
And those who partake of the thighs keep the flesh undefiled, following wherever Christ goes. Those of the feet, no longer being sluggish, run with zeal toward the prize of the upward calling of Christ. And the head would be the faith, and the feet the works, without which faith is dead (Revelation 14:4) (Romans 12:11) (Philippians 3:14) (James 2:17) (James 2:26).
Greek
ὅσοι δὲ μεταλαμβάνουσι τῶν μηρῶν ἀμόλυντον τὴν σάρκα φυλάττουσιν ἀκολουθοῦντες ὅπου ἂν ὑπάγῃ X(ριστό)ς· οἱ δὲ τῶν ποδῶν, μηκέτι ὄντες ὀκνηροὶ τῇ σπουδῇ τρέχουσιν εἰς τὸ βραβεῖον τῆς ἄνω κλήσεως τοῦ X(ριστο)ῦ· εἴεν δ' ἂν καὶ κεφαλὴ μὲν ἡ πίστις, πόδες δὲ τὰ ἔργα, ὧν χωρὶς ἡ πίστις νεκρά ἐστι.||
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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