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Origen, on Ezek 16:52
Origen · c. A.D. 184–253
Ezek 16:52 · Douay-Rheims
“Therefore do thou also bear thy confusion, thou that hast surpassed thy sisters with thy sins, doing more wickedly than they: for they are justified above thee, therefore be thou also confounded, and bear thy shame, thou that hast justified thy sisters.”
On this verse:
“The more we come very near to God the more we come near the beatitude; and when we have sinned, we shall be far from it and very near terrible and very great punishments.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.