Keep it until the fourteenth
which, besides the type of the mysteries, also shows an intelligible contemplation, of which we shall speak later. For that the law is a shadow and a type, the oracle shows, saying: "See that you make everything according to the type of the tent that was shown you on the mountain." (Hebrews 8:5) (Exodus 25:40) (Hebrews 10:1) (Colossians 2:17)
Greek
... [ὅπερ πρὸς τῷ τύπῳ τῶν μυστικῶν καὶ νοητὴν θεωρίαν δηλοῖ, περὶ ἧς ὕστερον ἐροῦμεν· τὸ γὰρ σκιὰν εἶναι τὸν νόμον καὶ τύπον, δηλοῖ φάσκον τὸ λόγιον· "Ὅρα ποιήσεις πάντα κατὰ τὸν τύπον τῆς σκηνῆς τὸν δειχθέντα σοι ἐν τῷ ὄρει."]
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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