A defense of spiritual interpretation
The sacred service and the sacred sacrifice were completed, in a mystery, in Moses' former time, as God commanded, for the salvation of the firstborn of the sons of Israel, because wrath was being brought upon Pharaoh and those under his rule who disobey the word of God (Exodus 12:12–13) (Exodus 11:4–7).
Greek
Τῆς ἱερουργίας καὶ ἱεροθυσίας μυστηριωδῶς κατὰ τὸν προστάξαντα θ(εὸ)ν πρὸς <σ>ωτηρίαν τῶν πρωτοτόκων τῶν υἱῶν Ἰ(σρα)ὴλ διὰ τὸ τὴν ὀργὴν ἐπιφέρεσθαι Φαραώ τε καὶ τοῖς κατὰ τὴν αὐτοῦ ἀρχὴν ἀπειθοῦσιν λόγῳ θ(εο)ῦ τετελεσμένης ἐν τῷ πρόσθεν χρόνῳ Μωϋσέως,
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. 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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