Beginning and first
And as it has been shown that of the first there must also be the beginning, he accordingly says here, because he is first, that he is also beginning: For I am, he says, the first and the last and the beginning and the end. For insofar as he is firstborn of all creation, he is first; and insofar as he is Wisdom, he is beginning. For so says Wisdom through Solomon, that "The Lord created me a beginning of his ways." (Revelation 22:13) (Colossians 1:15) (Proverbs 8:22)
Greek
Ὡς δὲ ἐδείχθη ὅτι τ[οῦ πρ]ώτου ἀνάγκη καὶ τ[ὴν ἀρ]χὴν εἶναι, ἀκολούθως ἐνθάδε τῷ πρῶτος εἶναι λέγει καὶ ἀρχὴ εἶναι· Ἐγὼ γάρ εἰμι, φησίν, ὁ πρῶτος καὶ ἔσχατος καὶ ἡ ἀρχὴ καὶ τὸ τέλος. Ἢ γὰρ πρωτότοκος ἐστιν πάσης κτίσεως, πρῶτός|| ἐστιν, καὶ ᾗ σοφία ἐστίν, ἀρχή· [οὕτως γὰρ φησιν ἡ σοφία διὰ τοῦ Σαλομῶντος, ὅτι "Κ(ύριο)ς ἔκτισέν με ἀρχ[ὴ]ν ὁδῶν αὐτοῦ"].
About this text
Origen on the Passover. Damaged lines are marked as gaps, not filled in.
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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