Pre-martyrs and greater witness
And furthermore, if one of the pre-martyrs — having more than many martyrs the love of learning in Christ — shall ascend the sooner: to thee, priest Ambrose, looking intently, the Gospel voice shows how either none ever, or very few, shall attain so choice and fuller a blessedness — in which thou too shalt be, if thou swim the contest undoubting (Matthew 19:28).
Greek
ὺς ἐποίησεν ὁ ϑεὸς »πνεῦμα“" xal πυρὸς φλόγα", πολλῷ μείζονα ταμιεύεται καὶ τηρεῖ παρ᾽ ἑαυτῷ ὁ ϑεὸς, ἵνα αὐτὰ φανερώσῃ,
ὅταν πᾶσα (ἡ κτίσις“ ἐλευϑερωϑῇ ,ἀπὸ τῆς δουλείας τοῦ 249000 εἰς τὴν ἐλευϑερίαν τῆς δόξης τῶν τέχνων τοῦ ϑεοῦ".
About this text
Written for Ambrose and Protoctetus. Open the Greek under each section.
English follows Paul Koetschau, Origenes Werke I (GCS, 1899). The Archive OCR of that same print was checked. This is a reading translation for study, not a new critical edition.
Witnesses
- Copy-text Koetschau, Origenes Werke I (GCS 2, 1899) (Greek · Exhortation to Martyrdom)
- Checked print Archive.org OCR of GCS 2 (Greek · Same print)
This is an AI-assisted study translation. Source fidelity and completeness have not been independently certified. Open Greek on each section for the source text. This is not a complete critical edition.