Scripture God-breathed; how to read (Philoc. 1 opening)
The anthology opens from Origen on the God-breathed character of the divine writings and how they are to be read and understood — including why obscurity and passages impossible or absurd at the mere letter are there, so that we seek the Spirit’s sense without despising what the letter rightly carries.
Greek
β΄. Ὅτι κέκλεισται καὶ ἐσφράγισται ἡ θεία γραφή. δ΄. Περὶ σολοικισμῶν καὶ εὐτελοῦς φράσεως τῆς γραφῆς. ε΄. Τίς ἡ πολυλογία, καὶ τίνα τὰ πολλὰ βιβλία· καὶ ὅτι πᾶσα ἡ θεόπνευστος γραφὴ ἔν βιβλίον ἐστίν.
About this text
Origen’s Philocalia (Greek anthology).
English follows Robinson 1893 Greek. George Lewis 1911 was not used as wording. Philocalia SERIES CLOSEOUT §§1–27.
Witnesses
- Copy-text J. A. Robinson, Cambridge 1893 — Greek (Greek · Philocalia §§1–27 SERIES)
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