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Origen, on Ezek 16:4
Origen · c. A.D. 184–253
Ezek 16:4 · Douay-Rheims
“And when thou wast born, in the day of thy nativity thy navel wits not cut, neither wast thou washed with water for thy health, nor salted with salt, nor swaddled with clouts.”
On this verse:
“It is quite difficult that he who is washed should be washed in order to be saved. Listen, catechumens, listen, and from what is said, prepare yourselves, while you are catechumens, while you are not yet baptized, and come to the bath and be baptized for salvation. Do not be so baptized that you are washed but not for salvation.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.