Heretic foxes; power to catch; little vines
Of the church: foxes are perverse teachers of heresies; teachers of the church receive power to catch them as to tread on serpentsLittle vineyards are unformed souls open to scandal; the perfect have much peace and no scandal.
Latin
De ecclesia: vulpes = perversi doctores haereticorum; doctores ecclesiae potestatem capiendi accipiunt sicut calcandi serpentes. Pusillae vineae = animae rudes scandalizabiles; perfectae pax multa sine scandalo.
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English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VIII (GCS 33, 1925), Rufinus’s Latin of Commentary Liber IV. Lawson ACW 26 was not used as wording. This page is Liber IV §§1–20 (closeout).
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- Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VIII = GCS 33 (1925) (Latin · Commentary Liber IV §§1–20)
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