One body, one faith; tower of many stones
…body; and again: "one God, one Christ, one faith, one baptism"; and elsewhere: "all are one in Christ Jesus"; and again: "I betrothed you to one husband, to present a pure virgin to the Lord."
That those who please the Lord are one is clear from the Savior's prayer for his disciples: "Holy Father, grant that as you and I are one, they also may be one in us." When the holy are called members of one another, what are they if not one body?
In the Shepherd too the tower is built of many stones yet appears as one stone: Scripture signifies the concord and unity that come from many.
Greek
σῶμα οἱ πολλοί ἐσμεν· καὶ πάλιν· Εἷς Θεὸς, καὶ εἷς Χριστὸς, καὶ μία πίστις, καὶ ἓν βάπτισμα· καὶ ἀλλαχοῦ· Ὅτι πάντες ἕν ἐσμεν ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ· καὶ αὖθις· Ἡρμοσάμην γὰρ ὑμᾶς τοὺς πάντας ἑνὶ ἀνδρὶ παρθένον ἁγνὴν παραστῆσαι τῷ Κυρίῳ. Καὶ ὅτι οἱ εὐαρεστοῦντες τῷ Κυρίῳ ἕν εἰσιν, ἀπὸ τῆς προσευχῆς ἧς ὁ Σωτὴρ εὔχεται πρὸς τὸν Πατέρα περὶ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ, ἔστιν ἰδεῖν· Πάτερ γὰρ, φησὶν, ἅγιε, δὸς ἵνα, καθὼς ἐγὼ καὶ σὺ ἕν ἐσμεν, οὕτω καὶ οὗτοι ἐν ἡμῖν ἓν ὦσιν. Ὅταν δὲ καὶ ἀλλήλων μέλη λέγωνται εἶναι οἱ ἅγιοι, τί ἄλλο εἰ μὴ ἓν σῶμά εἰσι; Καὶ ἐν τῷ Ποιμένι δὲ τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ πύργου διὰ πολλῶν μὲν λίθων οἰκοδομουμένην, ἐξ ἑνὸς δὲ λίθου φαινομένην εἶναι τὴν οἰκοδομὴν, τί ἄλλο ἢ τὴν ἐκ πολλῶν συμφωνίαν καὶ ἑνότητα σημαίνει ἡ Γραφή;
About this text
Origen of Alexandria, Fragmentum ex commentariis in Osee (Greek).
Catalogue & scope
Khazarzar scan
Witnesses
- Copy-text PG 13 (Khazarzar) (Greek)
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