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bon-sent-I-proem
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bonaventure
Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Proemium
[ "PROOEMIUM SANCTI BONAVENTURAE in librum primum Sententiarum", "Proemium of Saint Bonaventure to the first book of the Sentences" ]
St. Bonaventure
[ "en", "la" ]
{ "title": "Opera Omnia (Quaracchi critical edition)", "publisher": "Collegii S. Bonaventurae", "years": "1882-1902", "volume": 1, "pagination": "pp. 1-6" }
<!-- page 1 --> > The numbered footnotes below correspond to markers in both the Latin body above and the English translation; Quaracchi restart their numbering on every printed page, so the labels are qualified by page. ### PROOEMIUM #### SANCTI BONAVENTURAE #### IN LIBRUM PRIMUM SENTENTIARUM. > *Profunda fluviorum...
<!-- page 1 --> ### PROEMIUM #### OF SAINT BONAVENTURE #### TO THE FIRST BOOK OF THE SENTENCES. > *He hath searched the deep places of the rivers, and hath brought hidden things forth to light.* > Job, XXVIII, 11. This word, which[^p1-1] is taken from Job, chapter twenty-eight, considered more carefully, has opened ...
{ "notes": [ { "id": "p1-1", "la": "Auctoritate mss. et ed. 1 in hac propositione substituimus constructionem relativam, addendo *quod* et *est,* pro simpliciori participiali, quam habet Vat. Mox ponendo *aperuit* loco *aperit* sequimur praestantiores ex nostris codd. A B C E G K O R S T W X Y ff alio...
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bonaventure
Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Proemium, Q. 1
[ "Quae sit materia quodve subiectum huius libri vel theologiae", "What is the matter or subject of this book or of theology" ]
St. Bonaventure
[ "en", "la" ]
{ "title": "Opera Omnia (Quaracchi critical edition)", "publisher": "Collegii S. Bonaventurae", "years": "1882-1902", "volume": 1, "pagination": "pp. 6-8" }
<!-- page 6 --> > The numbered footnotes below correspond to markers in both the Latin body above and the English translation; Quaracchi restart their numbering on every printed page, so the labels are qualified by page. ### QUAESTIO I. #### *Quae sit materia quodve subiectum huius libri vel theologiae.* Et[^p6-3] q...
<!-- page 6 --> ### QUESTION I. #### *What is the matter or subject of this book or of theology.* And[^p6-3] that *God* is the subject, it seems. 1. For that is the subject in a science, concerning which and concerning whose properties the whole science is[^p6-4]; but this whole book is concerning God and his works,...
{ "notes": [ { "id": "p6-3", "la": "Restituimus ex mss. et ed. 1 particulam *Et.* Mox post verbum *videtur* cod. M adiungit *Probo.*", "en": "We have restored from the manuscripts and from edition 1 the particle *Et.* Presently, after the word *videtur,* codex M adds *Probo.*" }, { ...
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bonaventure
Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Proemium, Q. 2
[ "Quae causa formalis quive modus procedendi sit in his libris Sententiarum", "What is the formal cause, or the manner of proceeding, in these books of the Sentences" ]
St. Bonaventure
[ "en", "la" ]
{ "title": "Opera Omnia (Quaracchi critical edition)", "publisher": "Collegii S. Bonaventurae", "years": "1882-1902", "volume": 1, "pagination": "pp. 9-12" }
<!-- page 9 --> > The numbered footnotes below correspond to markers in both the Latin body above and the English translation; Quaracchi restart their numbering on every printed page, so the labels are qualified by page. ### QUAESTIO II. #### *Quae causa formalis quive modus procedendi sit in his libris Sententiarum....
<!-- page 9 --> ### QUESTION II. #### *What is the formal cause, or the manner of proceeding, in these books of the Sentences.* Secondly it is asked[^p9-1] about the *formal* cause, or the manner of acting. And it has been said that it is *searching-out* and inquisitive of things hidden. **On the contrary:** 1. Isai...
{ "notes": [ { "id": "p9-1", "la": "Praeter fidem mss. et ed. 1, omissis verbis *Secundo quaeritur,* Vat. deinde addit *huius libri.* — *Et dictum est,* scilicet in Prooemio; *perscrutatorius,* id est rationativus sive rationalis, quod vocabulum S. Bonav. sumsit ex loco Iob, in principio Prooemii posi...
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bonaventure
Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Proemium, Q. 3
[ "Utrum hic liber sive theologia sit contemplationis gratia, an ut boni fiamus, sive utrum sit scientia speculativa, an practica", "Whether this book, or theology, is for the sake of contemplation or that we may become good — that is, whether it is a speculative or a practical science" ]
St. Bonaventure
[ "en", "la" ]
{ "title": "Opera Omnia (Quaracchi critical edition)", "publisher": "Collegii S. Bonaventurae", "years": "1882-1902", "volume": 1, "pagination": "pp. 12-13" }
<!-- page 12 --> > The numbered footnotes below correspond to markers in both the Latin body above and the English translation; Quaracchi restart their numbering on every printed page, so the labels are qualified by page. ### QUAESTIO III. #### *Utrum hic liber sive theologia sit contemplationis gratia, an ut boni fi...
<!-- page 12 --> ### QUESTION III. #### *Whether this book, or theology, is for the sake of contemplation, or that we may become good; that is, whether it is a speculative science or a practical one.* Thirdly it is asked[^p12-1] about the *final* cause. And since it has been said that this book is for revealing thing...
{ "notes": [ { "id": "p12-1", "la": "Vat. proprio marte omittit *Tertio quaeritur.*", "en": "The Vatican edition, on its own authority, omits *Tertio quaeritur.*" }, { "id": "p12-2", "la": "Ita plures codd. ut A I K T X etc. cum ed. 1 contra Vat., quae habet *nostrae;* praefe...
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bonaventure
Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Proemium, Q. 4
[ "Quae sit causa efficiens sive auctor huius libri", "What the efficient cause, or the author, of this book is" ]
St. Bonaventure
[ "en", "la" ]
{ "title": "Opera Omnia (Quaracchi critical edition)", "publisher": "Collegii S. Bonaventurae", "years": "1882-1902", "volume": 1, "pagination": "pp. 14-15" }
<!-- page 14 --> > The numbered footnotes below correspond to markers in both the Latin body above and the English translation; Quaracchi restart their numbering on every printed page, so the labels are qualified by page. ### QUAESTIO IV. #### *Quae sit causa efficiens sive auctor huius libri.* Postremo ad maiorem e...
<!-- page 14 --> ### QUESTION IV. #### *What the efficient cause, or the author, of this book is.* Lastly, for greater clarity, it can be asked[^p14-1] about the *efficient* cause. And it is said to have been Master Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris. But that he ought not to be called the *author* of this book, is shown...
{ "notes": [ { "id": "p14-1", "la": "Suffragante nullo codice, Vat., omissis praecedentibus verbis, incipit ab istis: *De causa.*", "en": "With no codex supporting it, the Vatican edition, the preceding words having been omitted, begins from these: *De causa.*" }, { "id": "p14-2", ...
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bon-sent-I-littera
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bonaventure
Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Textus Magistri
[ "PROLOGUS MAGISTRI in libros Sententiarum", "The Master's Prologue to the Books of Sentences" ]
St. Bonaventure
[ "en", "la" ]
{ "title": "Opera Omnia (Quaracchi critical edition)", "publisher": "Collegii S. Bonaventurae", "years": "1882-1902", "volume": 1, "pagination": "pp. 16-17" }
<!-- page 16 --> > The numbered footnotes below correspond to markers in both the Latin body above and the English translation; Quaracchi restart their numbering on every printed page, so the labels are qualified by page. ### PROLOGUS MAGISTRI #### *IN LIBROS SENTENTIARUM*[^p16-1] Cupientes aliquid de penuria ac ten...
<!-- page 16 --> ### THE MASTER'S PROLOGUE #### *TO THE BOOKS OF SENTENCES*[^p16-1] Desiring to cast something out of our own poverty and slenderness, together with the poor widow, into the Lord's treasury[^p16-2], to climb steep places, we have presumed to undertake a work beyond our strength, placing the confidence...
{ "notes": [ { "id": "p16-1", "la": "Editiones et codices, quos contulimus, aut omittunt hanc epigraphem, aut varie exhibent; cumque non sibi constent, nihil est cur in ea aliquid immutemus. Editores Vaticani, editionem 2 secuti, hunc prologum in tres partes diviserunt, singulas singulis titulis disti...
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bon-sent-I-capitula
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bonaventure
Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Capitula
[ "INCIPIUNT CAPITULA PRIMI LIBRI SENTENTIARUM", "The chapter list of the first book" ]
St. Bonaventure
[ "en", "la" ]
{ "title": "Opera Omnia (Quaracchi critical edition)", "publisher": "Collegii S. Bonaventurae", "years": "1882-1902", "volume": 1, "pagination": "pp. 17-22" }
<!-- page 17 --> # INCIPIUNT CAPITULA PRIMI LIBRI SENTENTIARUM[^p17-15]. ### Distinctio I. **Cap. I.** Omnis doctrina est de rebus vel de signis. **II.** De rebus, quibus fruendum est vel utendum, et de his quae fruuntur et[^p17-16] utuntur. **III.** Quid sit frui vel[^p17-17] uti. ### Distinctio II. **Cap. I.**...
<!-- page 17 --> # HERE BEGIN THE CHAPTERS OF THE FIRST BOOK OF THE SENTENCES[^p17-15]. ### Distinction I. **Chap. I.** All doctrine is of things or of signs. **II.** Of things which are to be enjoyed or to be used, and of those which both enjoy and[^p17-16] use. **III.** What it is to enjoy or[^p17-17] to use. #...
{ "notes": [ { "id": "p17-15", "la": "Hanc tabulam exhibemus, adhibitis 19 codicibus mss., quos in Prolegomenis cap. 3. indicavimus. Addidimus autem distinctiones, ad quas referuntur capitula.", "en": "We present this table, using the 19 manuscript codices which we have indicated in the Prolegom...
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bon-sent-I-prol-comm
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bonaventure
Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Prologus, Commentarius
[ "COMMENTARIUS IN PROLOGUM MAGISTRI", "Commentary on the Master's Prologue" ]
St. Bonaventure
[ "en", "la" ]
{ "title": "Opera Omnia (Quaracchi critical edition)", "publisher": "Collegii S. Bonaventurae", "years": "1882-1902", "volume": 1, "pagination": "pp. 22-25" }
<!-- page 22 --> > The numbered footnotes below correspond to markers in both the Latin body above and the English translation; Quaracchi restart their numbering on every printed page, so the labels are qualified by page. # COMMENTARIUS IN PROLOGUM MAGISTRI. ### DIVISIO TEXTUS. Totali libro praemittit Magister prol...
<!-- page 22 --> # COMMENTARY ON THE MASTER'S PROLOGUE. ### DIVISION OF THE TEXT. To the book as a whole the Master prefixes a prologue, in which he touches upon the causes of the work he has undertaken. Now it is divided into two parts. In the first part he sets down the reasons which moved[^p22-1] him to take up t...
{ "notes": [ { "id": "p22-1", "la": "Cod. I. et ed. 1 *movent.*", "en": "Codex I and ed. 1 read *movent.*" }, { "id": "p22-2", "la": "Supplevimus *ibi*, sicuti et paulo infra post *dividitur* particulam *iterum* ex mss. et ed. 1.", "en": "We have supplied *ibi*, as also...
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bon-sent-I-d1-littera
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bonaventure
Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 1
[ "Distinctio I — textus Magistri Sententiarum (Caps. I–III)", "Distinction I — text of the Master of the Sentences (Chs. 1–3)" ]
St. Bonaventure
[ "en", "la" ]
{ "title": "Opera Omnia (Quaracchi critical edition)", "publisher": "Collegii S. Bonaventurae", "years": "1882-1902", "volume": 1, "pagination": "pp. 26-28" }
<!-- page 26 --> ## LIBER PRIMUS SENTENTIARUM. ### DE DEI UNITATE ET TRINITATE. ### DISTINCTIO I. #### Cap. I. *Omnis doctrina est de rebus vel de signis.* Veteris ac novae Legis continentiam diligenti indagine etiam atque etiam considerantibus nobis praevia Dei gratia innotuit, sacrae paginae tractatum circa res...
<!-- page 26 --> ## BOOK ONE OF THE SENTENCES. ### ON THE UNITY AND TRINITY OF GOD. ### DISTINCTION I. #### Chapter I. *All teaching is about things or about signs.* As we, by God's grace going before us, considered again and again with diligent investigation the contents of the Old and New Law, it became known t...
{ "notes": [ { "id": "1", "la": "Cap. 2. n. 2; hic et proximo loco, sed multis a Magistro omissis et nonnullis additis ac mutatis.", "en": "Cap. 2, n. 2; here and in the next passage, but with many omissions by the Master and some additions and alterations." }, { "id": "2", "...
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bonaventure
Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 1, Divisio Textus
[ "Commentarius in Distinctionem I — Divisio textus et tractatio quaestionum", "Commentary on Distinction I — Division of the text and treatment of the questions" ]
St. Bonaventure
[ "en", "la" ]
{ "title": "Opera Omnia (Quaracchi critical edition)", "publisher": "Collegii S. Bonaventurae", "years": "1882-1902", "volume": 1, "pagination": "pp. 29-30" }
<!-- page 29 --> ### DIVISIO TEXTUS. In parte ista incipit tractatus libri, qui dividitur in quatuor libros partiales. Prima pars habet duas partes. In prima parte venatur Magister materiam huius libri et per consequens aliorum. In secunda exsequitur divisionem suam, quae incipit ibi distinctione secunda[^1]: *Hoc it...
<!-- page 29 --> ### DIVISION OF THE TEXT. In this part begins the treatise of the book, which is divided into four partial books. The first part has two parts. In the first part the Master pursues the subject-matter of this book and, in consequence, of the others. In the second he carries out his division, which beg...
{ "notes": [ { "id": "1", "la": "Vat., post *suam* addendo *et hoc*, transponit verba *dist. 2* ante relativum *quae*, sed contra mss. et ed. 1.", "en": "The Vatican edition, by adding *and this* after *suam*, transposes the words *dist. 2* before the relative *quae*, but against the manuscripts...
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bonaventure
Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 1
[ "Commentarius in Distinctionem I: Divisio libri Sententiarum et disputatio circa frui et uti", "Commentary on Distinction I: Division of the Book of Sentences and disputation concerning enjoying and using" ]
St. Bonaventure
[ "en", "la" ]
{ "title": "Opera Omnia (Quaracchi critical edition)", "publisher": "Collegii S. Bonaventurae", "years": "1882-1902", "volume": 1, "pagination": "p. 29" }
<!-- page 29 --> ## Distinctio I. ### Commentarius in Distinctionem I. *Divisio libri Sententiarum et disputatio circa frui et uti.* > *«Veteris ac novae Legis continentiam»* etc. ---
<!-- page 29 --> ## Distinction I. ### Commentary on Distinction I. *Division of the Book of Sentences and disputation concerning enjoying and using.* > *«The contents of the Old and New Law»* etc. ---
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bonaventure
Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 1, Art. 1, Q. 1
[ "Utrum uti sit actus voluntatis, an rationis, vel omnis potentiae", "Whether use is an act of the will, of reason, or of every faculty" ]
St. Bonaventure
[ "en", "la" ]
{ "title": "Opera Omnia (Quaracchi critical edition)", "publisher": "Collegii S. Bonaventurae", "years": "1882-1902", "volume": 1, "pagination": "pp. 30-32" }
<!-- page 30 --> ### Articulus I. *Quid sit uti et de utibili.* ### Quaestio I. *Utrum uti sit actus voluntatis, an rationis, vel omnis potentiae.* Circa primum[^1] de uti, quid sit per essentiam, utrum sit actus voluntatis, an rationis, sic proceditur. Quod sit actus voluntatis ostenditur sic. 1. Ab actu utendi den...
<!-- page 30 --> ### Article I. *What use is, and concerning the useful.* ### Question I. *Whether use is an act of the will, of reason, or of every faculty.* Concerning the first[^1] point about use — what it is by essence, whether it is an act of the will or of reason — one proceeds thus. That it is an act of the w...
{ "notes": [ { "id": "1", "la": "Consentientibus mss. et ed. 1, restituimus verba *Circa primum* et mox mutavimus *aut* in *an*, quod et grammatice melius est.", "en": "With the agreement of the manuscripts and the first edition, we have restored the words *Circa primum*, and we have at once cha...
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bonaventure
Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 1, Art. 1, Q. 2
[ "Utrum omni creato utendum sit", "Whether every created thing is to be used" ]
St. Bonaventure
[ "en", "la" ]
{ "title": "Opera Omnia (Quaracchi critical edition)", "publisher": "Collegii S. Bonaventurae", "years": "1882-1902", "volume": 1, "pagination": "pp. 32-33" }
<!-- page 32 --> ### Articulus I. Quaestio II. *Utrum omni creato utendum sit.* Secundo, viso quid sit *uti* per essentiam, quaeritur de *utibili*, utrum scilicet omni creato sit utendum. Et quod sic, videtur hoc modo. 1. *Proverbiorum* decimo sexto[^1]: *Universa propter semetipsum operatus est Deus*: ergo omnia su...
### Article I. Question II. *Whether every created thing is to be used.* Secondly, having seen what *to use* is per essence, the question is asked about the *useable*, namely whether every created thing is to be used. And that it is so, is shown in this way. 1. *Proverbs* sixteen[^1]: *God has worked all things for h...
{ "notes": [ { "id": "1", "la": "Vers. 4, ubi Vulgata pro *Deus* legit *Dominus*. — Mox et pluries in seqq. argg. posuimus *contingit* loco *convenit*. Notamus hic et pro semper, quod codd. praesertim antiquiores saepissime ista duo vocabula eodem modo exhibeant abbreviata, ita ut sive *contingit* siv...
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bonaventure
Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 1, Art. 1, Q. 3
[ "Utrum solo bono creato utendum sit", "Whether only a created good is to be used" ]
St. Bonaventure
[ "en", "la" ]
{ "title": "Opera Omnia (Quaracchi critical edition)", "publisher": "Collegii S. Bonaventurae", "years": "1882-1902", "volume": 1, "pagination": "pp. 34-35" }
<!-- page 34 --> ### Quaestio III. *Utrum solo bono creato utendum sit.* Tertio, ostenso, utrum omni creato sit utendum et[^1] omni alio a Deo, est quaestio, utrum solo bono creato sit utendum. Et quod sic, videtur. 1. «Omne bonum aut est finis, aut ad finem[^2]»; sed solo bono, quod est ad finem, est utendum, quia ...
### Question III. *Whether only a created good is to be used.* Thirdly, it having been shown whether every created thing is to be used and[^1] every other thing besides God, the question is whether only a created good is to be used. And that it is so, seems [the case]. 1. «Every good is either an end, or [ordered] to...
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Dist. 1, Art. 2, Q. 1
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<!-- page 35 --> ### Articulus II. *Quid sit* frui. Habito de *uti* et *utibili*, consequenter quaeritur de *frui* et *fruibili*, et primo, quid sit *frui* per essentiam, utrum scilicet sit actus voluntatis, an aliarum virium. ### Quaestio Unica. *Utrum frui sit actus voluntatis, an aliarum virium.* 1. Quod sit act...
<!-- page 35 --> ### Article II. *What enjoyment is.* Having treated of *use* and *the useable*, the inquiry next concerns *enjoyment* and *the enjoyable*, and first, what *enjoyment* is essentially — namely, whether it is an act of the will, or of the other powers. ### Sole Question. *Whether enjoyment is an act of...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 1, Art. 3, Q. 1
[ "Utrum Deo sit fruendum", "Whether God is to be enjoyed" ]
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<!-- page 38 --> ### Articulus III. *De fruibili.* Ostenso, quid sit frui per essentiam, quaestio est de fruibili, et *primo*, utrum Deo contingat frui; *secundo*, utrum fruendum sit ipso solo. ### Quaestio I. *Utrum Deo sit fruendum.* Circa primum, quod sit Deo fruendum, ostenditur sic. **Fundamenta.** 1. «Eo ...
### Article III. *On the enjoyable.* Having shown what it is to enjoy through essence, the question concerns the enjoyable, and *first*, whether God can be enjoyed; *second*, whether He alone is to be enjoyed. ### Question I. *Whether God is to be enjoyed.* Concerning the first, that God is to be enjoyed, is shown...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 1, Art. 3, Q. 2
[ "Utrum solo Deo sive bono increato fruendum sit", "Whether God alone, or only the uncreated good, is to be enjoyed" ]
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<!-- page 39 --> ### Quaestio II. *Utrum solo Deo sive bono increato fruendum sit.* Ultimo quaeritur, utrum solo Deo sive bono increato sit fruendum; et quod sic, videtur. **Fundamenta.** 1. Illo solo est fruendum, quod est propter se diligendum; sed illud solum[^1] est propter se diligendum, quod est propter se bo...
### Question II. *Whether God alone, or only the uncreated good, is to be enjoyed.* Lastly it is asked whether God alone, or only the uncreated good, is to be enjoyed; and that it is so, seems [evident]. **Foundations.** 1. That alone is to be enjoyed which is to be loved for its own sake; but that alone[^1] is to b...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 1, Dubia
[ "Dubia circa litteram Magistri — Distinctio I", "Doubts concerning the text of the Master — Distinction I" ]
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<!-- page 42 --> ### DUBIA CIRCA LITTERAM MAGISTRI. ### Dub. I. In parte ista circa litteram quaeruntur plura, et primo de hoc quod dicit: *Eorum vero quaedam sunt, quorum usus omnis est in significando, non in iustificando.* Sed contra: Omnia Sacramenta sunt medicinae, quia secundum Hugonem de sancto Victore[^1] *S...
### DOUBTS CONCERNING THE TEXT OF THE MASTER. ### Doubt I. In this part, concerning the text, many things are asked, and first concerning what he says: *"But of these certain are those whose whole use is in signifying, not in justifying."* But on the contrary: All the Sacraments are medicines, because according to Hu...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 2
[ "Littera Magistri, Distinctio II (Caps. I–V)", "Text of the Master, Distinction II (Chs. 1–5)" ]
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<!-- page 46 --> ### Distinctio II. #### Cap. I. *De Trinitate et Unitate.* Hoc itaque[^1] vera ac pia fide tenendum est, «quod Trinitas sit unus et solus verus Deus, ut ait Augustinus in primo libro *de Trinitate*[^2], scilicet Pater et Filius et Spiritus sanctus; et[^3] haec Trinitas unius eiusdemque substantiae v...
<!-- page 46 --> ### Distinction II. #### Chapter I. *On the Trinity and the Unity.* Therefore[^1] it must be held by true and pious faith, «that the Trinity is the one and only true God, as Augustine says in the first book *On the Trinity*[^2], namely the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit; and[^3] this Trinity...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 2, Divisio Textus
[ "Commentarius in Distinctionem II: Divisio Textus et Tractatio Quaestionum", "Commentary on Distinction II: Division of the Text and Treatment of the Questions" ]
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<!-- page 49 --> ### COMMENTARIUS IN DISTINCTIONEM II. *De Unitate et Trinitate secundum quod creditur.* **Hoc itaque vera ac pia fide tenendum est etc.** ### DIVISIO TEXTUS. Haec est secunda pars, in qua, primi libri materia indagata, incipit Magister prosequi; dividitur autem haec pars[^1] in duas partes, quonia...
<!-- page 49 --> ### COMMENTARY ON DISTINCTION II. *On the Unity and Trinity insofar as it is believed.* **This therefore must be held by a true and pious faith, etc.** ### DIVISION OF THE TEXT. This is the second part, in which, the matter of the first book having been investigated, the Master begins to proceed f...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 2, Art. 1, Q. 1
[ "Utrum sit unus tantum Deus", "Whether there is only one God" ]
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<!-- page 50 --> ### Articulus unicus. *De unitate divinae essentiae et pluralitate personarum.* ### Quaestio I. *Utrum sit unus tantum Deus.* Circa primum, quod in Deo sit ponere essentiae sive naturae unitatem, videtur ratione ostensiva, triplici habita suppositione, quam oportet poni, tum propter eius simplicitate...
### Sole article. *On the unity of the divine essence and the plurality of persons.* ### Question I. *Whether there is only one God.* Concerning the first point, namely that one must posit in God the unity of essence or nature, the matter is shown by a demonstrative argument, when three suppositions are first laid dow...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 2, Art. 1, Q. 2
[ "Utrum in Deo ponenda sit personarum pluralitas", "Whether a plurality of persons is to be posited in God" ]
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<!-- page 53 --> ### Quaestio II. *Utrum in Deo ponenda sit personarum pluralitas.* Secundo quaeritur, utrum sit ponere in Deo personarum pluralitatem. Et quod sic, ostenditur supponendo de Deo quatuor: primum est, quod in ipso sit summa beatitudo; secundum est, summa perfectio; tertium est, summa simplicitas; quartu...
### Question II. *Whether a plurality of persons is to be posited in God.* Secondly it is asked whether a plurality of persons is to be posited in God. And that it is so, is shown by supposing four things concerning God: the first is, that in him there is the highest beatitude; the second, the highest perfection; the ...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 2, Art. 1, Q. 3
[ "Utrum numerus divinarum personarum sit infinitus", "Whether the number of divine persons is infinite" ]
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<!-- page 54 --> ### Quaestio III. *Utrum numerus divinarum personarum sit infinitus.* Consequenter tertio loco quaeritur, utrum in divinis personis sit ponere infinitatem. Et quod sic, ostenditur hoc modo. 1. Quia creatura est[^1] finita, et quidquid est in ipsa, est actu finitum: ergo ab oppositis, quia divina ess...
### Question III. *Whether the number of divine persons is infinite.* In the third place, consequently, it is asked whether infinity is to be posited in the divine persons. And that it is so, is shown in this way. 1. Because the creature is[^1] finite, and whatever is in it is actually finite: therefore from the oppo...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 2, Art. 1, Q. 4
[ "Utrum tres tantum sint divinae personae", "Whether there are only three divine persons" ]
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<!-- page 56 --> ### Quaestio IV *Utrum tres tantum sint divinae personae.* Quarto et ultimo quaeritur, utrum in divinis personis sit ponere trinitatem. Et quod non, immo magis dualitatem, ostenditur sic. **1.** Pater totum quod potest, dat Filio[^1]; sed qui dat totum quod potest, non potest amplius dare: ergo nec...
### Question IV *Whether there are only three divine persons.* Fourth and finally, it is asked whether a trinity is to be posited in the divine persons. And that this is not so — but rather a duality — is shown thus: **1.** The Father gives to the Son all that he can[^1]; but one who gives all that he can give canno...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 2, Dubia
[ "Dubia circa litteram Magistri, Distinctio II", "Doubts concerning the text of the Master, Distinction II" ]
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<!-- page 59 --> ## DUBIA CIRCA LITTERAM MAGISTRI. ### Dub. I. In parte ista circa litteram primo est dubitatio de hoc quod dicit Magister, quod *purgatissimis mentibus cernitur.* Videtur enim male dicere, quia nulla mens, dum est in via, purgatissima est, sed tantum in patria. **Respondeo:** Dicendum, quod mens ad...
## DOUBTS CONCERNING THE TEXT OF THE MASTER. ### Dub. I. In this part, concerning the text, there is first a doubt about what the Master says, that *it is discerned by minds most thoroughly purged.* For he seems to speak ill, since no mind, while it is in the way [*in via*], is most thoroughly purged, but only in the...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 3
[ "Distinctio III — textus Magistri Sententiarum (Caps. I–IV)", "Distinction III — text of the Master of the Sentences (Chs. I–IV)" ]
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<!-- page 62 --> ### Distinctio III. ### Pars I. #### *De cognitione Creatoris per creaturas, in quibus Trinitatis vestigium apparet.* Apostolus namque ait[^1], quod *invisibilia Dei a creatura mundi per ea quae facta sunt intellecta conspiciuntur, sempiterna quoque virtus eius et divinitas*. Per *creaturam mundi* i...
### Distinction III. ### Part I. #### *On the knowledge of the Creator through creatures, in which the vestige of the Trinity appears.* For the Apostle says[^1] that *the invisible things of God, from the creation of the world, are clearly seen through the things that have been made, also his eternal power and divini...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 3, Part 1, Divisio Textus
[ "Commentarius in Distinctionem III — Divisio Textus et Tractatio Quaestionum", "Commentary on Distinction III — Division of the Text and Treatment of the Questions" ]
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<!-- page 66 --> ## COMMENTARIUS IN DISTINCTIONEM III. ### Pars I. *De cognitione Dei per similitudines longinquas.* > *Apostolus namque ait, quod invisibilia Dei etc.* ### DIVISIO TEXTUS. Superius egit Magister de sancta Trinitate et Unitate[^1][^2], in quantum creditur. In hac secunda parte agit de ipsa, in qua...
## COMMENTARY ON DISTINCTION III. ### Part I. *On the cognition of God through remote likenesses.* > *For the Apostle says that the invisible things of God etc.* ### DIVISION OF THE TEXT. Above the Master treated of the holy Trinity and Unity[^1][^2] insofar as it is believed. In this second part he treats of it i...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 3, Part 2, Divisio Textus
[ "Commentarius in Distinctionem III, Pars II — Tractatio Quaestionum", "Commentary on Distinction III, Part II — Treatment of the Questions" ]
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<!-- page 80 --> ## Commentarius in Distinctionem III — Pars II *De cognitione Dei per similitudines propinquas sive per imaginem.* > *«Nunc vero ad eam iam perveniamus disputationem.»* Textum Magistri vide supra p. 63 et divisionem eiusdem p. 66. ### Tractatio Quaestionum — Articulus I *De prima assignatione ima...
## Commentary on Distinction III — Part II *On the knowledge of God through near likenesses, or through the image.* > *"But now let us come to that discussion."* For the Master's text see above, p. 63, and its division, p. 66. ### Treatment of the Questions — Article I *On the first assignment of the image.* Next...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 3, Part 1, Art. 1, Q. 1
[ "Utrum Deus sit cognoscibilis a creatura", "Whether God is knowable by a creature" ]
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<!-- page 67 --> ### Articulus unicus. *De cognoscibilitate Dei.* ### Quaestio I. *Utrum Deus sit cognoscibilis a creatura.* Circa primum, quod non sit Deus cognoscibilis a creatura, ostenditur 1. Per auctoritatem Dionysii *de Divinis Nominibus*[^1]: « Deum neque dicere neque intelligere possibile est. » 2. Item os...
### Sole Article. *On the knowability of God.* ### Question I. *Whether God is knowable by a creature.* Concerning the first, that God is not knowable by a creature, it is shown: 1. By the authority of Dionysius, *On the Divine Names*[^1]: "It is possible neither to speak nor to understand God." 2. Likewise it is sh...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 3, Part 1, Art. 1, Q. 2
[ "Utrum Deus sit cognoscibilis per creaturas", "Whether God is knowable through creatures" ]
St. Bonaventure
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<!-- page 71 --> ### Quaestio II. *Utrum Deus sit cognoscibilis per creaturas.* Secundo quaeritur, utrum Deus sit cognoscibilis per creaturas. Et quod non, videtur. 1. Quia via ad errorem non est via ad cognitionem; sed cognitio per creaturam est via erroris: ergo etc. Probatio minoris: Sapientiae decimo quarto[^1]:...
### Question II. *Whether God is knowable through creatures.* Secondly it is asked, whether God is knowable through creatures. And it seems that he is not. 1. Because a way to error is not a way to knowledge; but knowledge through a creature is a way of error: therefore etc. Proof of the minor: Wisdom 14[^1]: *The cr...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 3, Part 1, Art. 1, Q. 3
[ "Utrum homo in omni statu cognoscat Deum per creaturas", "Whether the human being in every state knows God through creatures" ]
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<!-- page 73 --> ### Quaestio III. *Utrum homo in omni statu cognoscat Deum per creaturas.* <!-- page 74 --> Tertio quaeritur, utrum cognitio Dei per creaturas sit hominis quantum ad omnem[^1] statum. Quod sit hominis quantum ad primum statum, sic ostenditur. 1. Homo in statu innocentiae non cognoscebat Deum facie ...
### Question III. *Whether the human being in every state knows God through creatures.* Thirdly it is asked, whether the knowledge of God through creatures belongs to the human being in respect to every[^1] state. That it belongs to the human being in respect to the first state, is shown thus. 1. The human being in t...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 3, Part 1, Art. 1, Q. 4
[ "Utrum trinitas personarum cum unitate essentiae naturaliter per creaturas cognosci possit", "Whether the trinity of persons together with the unity of essence can be known naturally through creatures" ]
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<!-- page 75 --> ### Quaestio IV. *Utrum trinitas personarum cum unitate essentiae naturaliter per creaturas cognosci possit.* Quarto et ultimo quaeritur, quid sit de Deo cognoscibile per creaturas. Et dicit Apostolus[^1], quod sempiterna virtus et divinitas. Et quaeritur, utrum per creaturas possit cognosci personar...
### Question IV. *Whether the trinity of persons together with the unity of essence can be known naturally through creatures.* Fourthly and lastly it is asked, what of God is knowable through creatures. And the Apostle says[^1] that *his eternal power also and divinity* [are knowable]. And it is asked whether through ...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 3, Part 2, Art. 1, Q. 1
[ "Utrum ratio imaginis attendatur in memoria, intelligentia et voluntate", "Whether the account of the image is found in memory, understanding, and will" ]
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<!-- page 80 --> ### Quaestio I. *Utrum ratio imaginis attendatur in memoria, intelligentia et voluntate.* Quod autem in omnibus simul sit, videtur. 1. Ad rationem enim imaginis requiritur expressa conformatio in distinctione[^1]; sed distinctio in divinis attenditur quantum ad tres personas: ergo maxime in imagine ...
### Question I. *Whether the account of the image is found in memory, understanding, and will.* That, however, it is in all [three] together, seems [to be the case]. 1. For to the account of the image is required an express conformation in distinction[^1]; but distinction in the divine [persons] is found with regard ...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 3, Part 2, Art. 1, Q. 2
[ "Utrum imago attendatur in his potentiis per comparationem ipsarum ad Deum", "Whether the image is found in these powers through their comparison to God" ]
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<!-- page 82 --> ### Quaestio II *Utrum imago attendatur in his potentiis per comparationem ipsarum ad Deum.* Secundo quaeritur de potentiis in comparatione ad obiectum, utrum videlicet attendatur imago in eis per comparationem ipsarum ad Deum[^1]. Et[^2] quod sic, videtur: **1.** «Eo est anima imago, quo capax Dei...
### Question II *Whether the image is found in these powers through their comparison to God.* Secondly it is asked concerning the powers in comparison to their object, namely whether the image is found in them through their comparison to God[^1]. And[^2] that it is so, it seems: **1.** «The soul is image in that by ...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 3, Part 2, Art. 1, Q. 3
[ "Utrum memoria, intelligentia et voluntas sint idem in essentia cum anima", "Whether memory, understanding, and will are the same in essence as the soul" ]
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<!-- page 85 --> ### Quaestio III. ### *Utrum memoria, intelligentia et voluntas sint idem in essentia cum anima.*[^1] Tertio loco quaeritur de comparatione istarum potentiarum ad animam sive ad subiectum, utrum videlicet sint idem in essentia cum anima. Et videtur quod sic. 1. Augustinus dicit in decimo *de Trinita...
<!-- page 85 --> ### Question III. ### *Whether memory, understanding, and will are the same in essence as the soul.*[^1] In the third place there is asked, concerning the comparison of these powers to the soul or to the subject, namely whether they are the same in essence as the soul. And it seems that they are. 1....
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 3, Part 2, Art. 2, Q. 1
[ "Utrum imago attendatur in mente, notitia et amore ut in potentiis, aut in habitibus, aut in substantia et habitibus", "Whether the image is found in mind, knowledge, and love as in powers, or in habits, or in substance and habits" ]
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<!-- page 88 --> ### Articulus II. *De secunda assignatione imaginis.* Consequenter est quaestio de secunda assignatione imaginis per mentem, notitiam et amorem. Et[^1] circa hanc quaeruntur tria. Primum est de istis absolute, utrum videlicet imago attendatur in istis ut in potentiis, aut in habitibus, aut in potent...
<!-- page 88 --> ### Article II. *On the second assignation of the image.* Consequently there is a question on the second assignation of the image through mind, knowledge, and love. And[^1] concerning this three things are asked. The first is about these absolutely: namely, whether the image is found in them as in p...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 3, Part 2, Art. 2, Q. 2
[ "Utrum mens, notitia et amor habeant ordinem, aequalitatem et consubstantialitatem", "Whether mind, knowledge, and love have order, equality, and consubstantiality" ]
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<!-- page 91 --> ### Quaestio II. ### *Utrum mens, notitia et amor habeant ordinem, aequalitatem et consubstantialitatem.* Secundo quaeritur de istis in comparatione ad invicem, secundum triplicem comparationem, quam ponit Augustinus, videlicet ordinis, aequalitatis et consubstantialitatis, et Magister recitat in lit...
### Question II. ### *Whether mind, knowledge, and love have order, equality, and consubstantiality.* Secondly, the question is raised concerning these in comparison to one another, according to the threefold comparison which Augustine sets down, namely of order, of equality, and of consubstantiality, which the Master...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 3, Part 2, Art. 2, Q. 3
[ "Utrum trinitas imaginis, quae consistit in mente, notitia et amore, necessario ducat in cognitionem trium divinarum personarum", "Whether the trinity of the image — mind, knowledge, and love — necessarily leads to knowledge of the three divine persons" ]
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<!-- page 92 --> ### Quaestio III. *Utrum trinitas imaginis, quae consistit in mente, notitia et amore, necessario ducat in cognitionem trium divinarum personarum.* Tertio et ultimo quaeritur, utrum haec trinitas imaginis, scilicet mentis, notitiae et amoris, ducat necessario in cognitionem Trinitatis quantum ad pers...
### Question III. *Whether the trinity of the image, which consists in mind, knowledge, and love, necessarily leads to the knowledge of the three divine persons.* Thirdly and lastly it is asked whether this trinity of the image — namely of mind, knowledge, and love — necessarily leads to knowledge of the Trinity with ...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 3, Part 1, Dubia
[ "Dubia circa litteram Magistri", "Doubts concerning the Master's text" ]
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<!-- page 77 --> ### Dubia circa litteram Magistri. #### Dub. I. In parte ista sunt dubitationes circa litteram[^1] de rationibus illis, quas ponit Magister quantum ad rationem probandi et vim[^2] inferendi, quia videntur omnes vel non valere vel dubium supponere. Prima namque ratio talis est[^3]. Qui potest quod n...
### Doubts concerning the Master's text. #### Doubt I. In this part there are doubts concerning the text[^1] regarding those reasons which the Master sets forth, with respect to their ground of proof and force[^2] of inference, since they all appear either to be invalid or to presuppose what is doubtful. For the fir...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 3, Part 2, Dubia
[ "Dubia circa litteram Partis II", "Doubts concerning the text of Part II" ]
St. Bonaventure
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<!-- page 93 --> ### Dub. I. In parte ista circa litteram quaeritur de hoc quod dicit: *Imago Dei permanet*. Contra: Psalmus[^1]: *Domine, in civitate imaginem ipsorum ad nihilum rediges*. **Respondeo:** Imago dicitur dupliciter: quantum ad substantiale esse; et haec[^2] respicit trinitatem[^3] potentiarum et ordine...
### Dub. I. In this part concerning the text, a question is raised about what he says: *The image of God remains*. On the contrary, the Psalm[^1]: *Lord, in the city you will reduce their image to nothing*. **Respondeo:** "Image" is said in two ways: with respect to substantial being; and this[^2] regards the trinity...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 4
[ "Distinctio IV — textus Magistri Sententiarum", "Distinction IV — text of the Master of the Sentences" ]
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<!-- page 95 --> ### DISTINCTIO IV. ### *Utrum Deus Pater se Deum genuerit.* Hic oritur quaestio satis necessaria. Constat enim et irrefragabiliter verum est, quod Deus Pater genuit Filium. Ideo quaeritur, utrum concedendum sit, quod Deus genuit Deum. Si enim Deus genuit Deum, videtur quod aut se Deum, aut alium[^1]...
### DISTINCTION IV. ### *Whether God the Father begot Himself as God.* Here arises a question sufficiently necessary. For it is settled and irrefragably true that God the Father begot the Son. Therefore it is asked whether it should be conceded that God begot God. For if God begot God, it seems that He begot either H...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 4, Divisio Textus
[ "Commentarius in Distinctionem IV — Divisio Textus et Tractatio Quaestionum", "Commentary on Distinction IV — Division of the Text and Treatment of the Questions" ]
St. Bonaventure
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<!-- page 96 --> ### Divisio Textus. In praecedenti distinctione probavit Magister Trinitatem et Unitatem per similitudines congruas et rationes. In praesenti distinctione ponitur secunda pars, in qua solvit incidentes dubitationes. Et incidit dubitatio ex hoc, quod in divinis est trinitas et unitas, et ita aliquid d...
### Division of the Text. In the preceding distinction the Master proved the Trinity and Unity by congruous likenesses and reasons. In the present distinction the second part is set down, in which he resolves incidental doubts. And a doubt arises from this, that in divine matters there is trinity and unity, and thus s...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 4, Art. 1, Q. 1
[ "Utrum haec locutio: Deus genuit Deum, sit concedenda", "Whether this expression should be conceded: God begot God" ]
St. Bonaventure
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<!-- page 97 --> ### Articulus unicus. ### Quaestio I. *Utrum haec locutio: Deus genuit Deum, sit concedenda.* Circa primum, quod haec locutio: Deus genuit Deum, sit concedenda, 1. Videtur per hoc quod dicitur in Symbolo: *Deum de Deo*; sed hoc non est nisi per generationem[^1]: ergo Deus generatur de Deo: ergo ista...
### Sole Article. ### Question I. *Whether this expression should be conceded: God begot God.* Concerning the first [point], that this expression — God begot God — should be conceded: 1. It seems so, by what is said in the Creed: *God from God*; but this is only by generation[^1]: therefore God is generated from God:...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 4, Art. 1, Q. 2
[ "Utrum admitti possit haec locutio: Deus generat alium Deum", "Whether this expression can be admitted: God generates another God" ]
St. Bonaventure
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<!-- page 99 --> ### Quaestio II. *Utrum admitti possit haec locutio: Deus generat alium Deum.* Secundo quaeritur, utrum unitas essentiae admittat hanc: *Deus generat alium Deum.* Et quod non, videtur. 1. Anselmus *de Processione Spiritus sancti*[^1]: « Cum dicimus *Deum de Deo*, non intelligimus alium Deum, sed eun...
### Question II. *Whether this expression can be admitted: God generates another God.* Secondly it is asked whether the unity of the essence admits this: *God generates another God.* And that it does not, seems [to be the case]. 1. Anselm, *On the Procession of the Holy Spirit*[^1]: "When we say *God from God*, we do...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 4, Art. 1, Q. 3
[ "Utrum congrue iuxta regulas grammaticae dici possit: plures dii", "Whether it can be said congruously according to the rules of grammar: several gods" ]
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<!-- page 101 --> ### Quaestio III *Utrum congrue iuxta regulas grammaticae dici possit: plures dii.* Tertio quaeritur, utrum hoc nomen *Deus* grammatice significet pluralem numerum, sive utrum congrue possit dici: *plures dii*. Et quod sic, videtur: **1.** Quia secundum Philosophum[^1] intellectus sunt idem apud o...
<!-- page 101 --> ### Question III *Whether it can be said congruously according to the rules of grammar: several gods.* Thirdly it is asked, whether this name *God* grammatically signifies the plural number, or whether it can be said congruously: *several gods*. And that it can, seems thus: **1.** Because accordin...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 4, Art. 1, Q. 4
[ "Utrum hoc nomen «Deus» de se supponat personam vel naturam", "Whether the name «God» of itself supposits for a person or for the nature" ]
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<!-- page 102 --> ### Quaestio IV *Utrum hoc nomen Deus pro persona supponat, vel pro natura.* Quarto et ultimo quaeritur de suppositione huius nominis *Deus*. Et quaeritur, utrum hoc nomen *Deus* de se supponat personam, vel naturam. Et quod personam, videtur: **1.** Per illud Ambrosii super: *Benedicat nos Deus[^...
<!-- page 102 --> ### Question IV *Whether the name God supposits for a person, or for the nature.* Fourth and last, the question is asked concerning the supposition of this name *God*. And it is asked whether this name *God* of itself supposits for a person, or for the nature. And that [it supposits] for a person, ...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 4, Dubia
[ "Dubia circa litteram Magistri", "Doubts concerning the Master's text" ]
St. Bonaventure
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<!-- page 105 --> ### Dub. I. In parte ista circa litteram quaeritur de hoc quod dicit: *Deum de Deo, lumen de lumine*; quia cum praepositio *de* notet transitionem et ita diversitatem et distinctionem, videtur quod pari ratione et ab aequipollenti istae sunt verae: Deus est alius a Deo, Deus distinguitur a Deo. **R...
### Dub. I. In this part concerning the text, a question is raised about what he says: *God from God, light from light*; for since the preposition *de* ("from") signifies transition and thus diversity and distinction, it seems that by parallel reasoning and from an equipollent expression these are true: God is other t...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 5
[ "Distinctio V — textus Magistri Sententiarum", "Distinction V — text of the Master of the Sentences" ]
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<!-- page 108 --> ### Distinctio V. *Utrum divina essentia genuerit Filium, vel genita sit a Patre, vel de ipsa natus sit Filius, vel Spiritus sanctus processerit.* Post haec quaeritur, utrum concedendum sit, quod Pater genuit[^1] divinam essentiam, vel quod divina essentia genuit Filium, vel essentia genuit[^2] ess...
### Distinction V. *Whether the divine essence has begotten the Son, or has been begotten by the Father, or whether the Son was born of it, or the Holy Spirit proceeded [from it].* After these things it is asked whether it is to be granted that the Father begot[^1] the divine essence, or that the divine essence begot...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 5, Divisio Textus
[ "Commentarius in Distinctionem V — Divisio Textus et Tractatio Quaestionum", "Commentary on Distinction V — Division of the Text and Treatment of the Questions" ]
St. Bonaventure
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<!-- page 110 --> ## Commentarius in Distinctionem V *De comparatione generationis ad terminum essentialem abstractum, qui est essentia.* > *Post haec quaeritur, utrum concedendum sit etc.* ### Divisio Textus In praecedenti distinctione movit Magister quaestionem de comparatione generationis ad terminum essentiale...
## Commentary on Distinction V *On the comparison of generation to the abstract essential term, which is essence.* > *"After these things it is asked whether it must be conceded"* etc. ### Division of the Text In the preceding distinction the Master raised the question of the comparison of generation to the *concre...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 5, Part NaN, Art. 1, Q. 1
[ "Utrum substantia sive essentia generet", "Whether substance or essence begets" ]
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<!-- page 111 --> ### Articulus I *De comparatione generationis ad substantiam sive essentiam in ratione principii.* ### Quaestio I *Utrum substantia sive essentia generet.* Circa primum, quod substantia non generet, ostenditur sic: **1.** *Generare* dicit relationem: ergo cui convenit generare, convenit et[^1] r...
### Article I *On the comparison of generation to substance or essence in the account of principle.* ### Question I *Whether substance or essence begets.* On the first point: that substance does not beget, it is shown thus: **1.** *To beget* expresses a relation: therefore to that to which it belongs to beget, it ...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 5, Art. 1, Q. 2
[ "Utrum Filius dicatur genitus de substantia Patris", "Whether the Son is said to be begotten of the substance of the Father" ]
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<!-- page 114 --> ### Quaestio II *Utrum concedenda sit locutio, quod Filius generetur de substantia Patris.* Secundo quaeritur, utrum sit concedendum, quod aliquis generetur de substantia Patris, ut Filius. Et quod sic, videtur: **1.** Per multas auctoritates in littera[^1] et maxime per illam: *Dicitur quoque et ...
### Question II *Whether the expression should be conceded that the Son is begotten of the substance of the Father.* Secondly it is asked whether it should be conceded that anyone is begotten of the substance of the Father, as the Son is. And that it is so, it seems: **1.** By many authorities in the text[^1] and es...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 5, Art. 2, Q. 1
[ "Utrum substantia sive essentia generetur", "Whether substance or essence is begotten" ]
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<!-- page 115 --> ### Articulus II *De comparatione generationis ad essentiam in ratione termini.* Consequenter circa secundum articulum huius quaestionis, qui est per comparationem generationis ad essentiam in ratione termini, duo quaeruntur. *Primo* quaeritur, utrum substantia sive essentia generetur. *Secundo*,...
### Article II *On the comparison of generation to essence in the account of term.* Next, concerning the second article of this question — which is by the comparison of generation to essence in the account of term — two questions are asked. *First*: whether substance or essence is begotten. *Second*: whether throug...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 5, Art. 2, Q. 2
[ "Utrum substantia sive essentia divina per generationem communicetur", "Whether the divine substance or essence is communicated through generation" ]
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<!-- page 118 --> ### Quaestio II *Utrum substantia sive essentia divina per generationem communicetur.* Ultimo quaeritur, utrum substantia per generationem communicetur; et quod sic, ostenditur[^1] hoc modo. **1.** Per illud res communicatur, per quod fit, ut sit in pluribus; sed substantia est in pluribus personi...
### Question II *Whether the divine substance or essence is communicated through generation.* Last, it is asked whether substance is communicated through generation; and that it is, is shown[^1] thus. **1.** A thing is communicated through that by which it comes about that it is in many; but substance is in many per...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 5, Dubia
[ "Dubia circa litteram Magistri", "Doubts concerning the Master's text" ]
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<!-- page 119 --> ### Dubia circa litteram Magistri In parte ista incidunt dubitationes circa litteram, et prima dubitatio est de rationibus Magistri. #### Dub. I Nam prima eius ratio ducit ad hoc inconveniens, scilicet quod, si essentia generaretur a Patre, essentia poneretur pro relativo; et haec ratio ponitur ib...
### Doubts concerning the Master's text In this part doubts arise concerning the text, and the first doubt is about the Master's reasonings. #### Doubt I For his first reasoning leads to this incongruity — namely that, if the essence were begotten by the Father, the essence would be set down for a relative; and this...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 6
[ "Distinctio VI — textus Magistri Sententiarum", "Distinction VI — text of the Master of the Sentences" ]
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<!-- page 123 --> ### DISTINCTIO VI. *Utrum Pater voluntate genuerit Filium, an necessitate; et an volens vel nolens sit Deus.* Praeterea quaeri solet, utrum Pater genuerit Filium voluntate, an necessitate. De hoc Orosius ad Augustinum[^1] ita ait: «Voluntate genuit Pater Filium, vel necessitate? Nec voluntate, nec ...
### DISTINCTION VI. *Whether the Father begot the Son by will or by necessity; and whether He is God willingly or unwillingly.* It is moreover customarily asked whether the Father begot the Son by will or by necessity. Concerning this, Orosius to Augustine[^1] says thus: "Did the Father beget the Son by will, or by n...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 6, Divisio Textus
[ "Commentarius in Distinctionem VI — Divisio Textus et Tractatio Quaestionum", "Commentary on Distinction VI — Division of the Text and Treatment of the Questions" ]
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<!-- page 124 --> ## Commentarius in Distinctionem VI *De comparatione actus generandi ad potentiam.* > *Praeterea quaeri solet, utrum Pater genuerit Filium voluntate* etc. ### Divisio Textus In parte ista ponit Magister dubitationes emergentes ex comparatione actus generandi ad potentiam. Et quoniam contingit com...
## Commentary on Distinction VI *On the comparison of the act of generating to the power [of generating].* > *"Furthermore it is wont to be asked, whether the Father generated the Son by will"* etc. ### Division of the Text In this part the Master sets forth the doubts arising from the comparison of the act of gene...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 6, Art. 1, Q. 1
[ "Utrum generatio Filii sit secundum rationem necessitatis", "Whether the generation of the Son is according to the account of necessity" ]
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<!-- page 125 --> ### Quaestio I. *Utrum generatio Filii sit secundum rationem necessitatis.* Circa primum, quod generatio sit secundum conditionem necessitatis,[^1] sic ostenditur. 1. *Fecundior et actualior est natura* in Patre ad producendum Filium, quam sit in luce ad producendum radium; sed lucem necesse est ra...
### Question I. *Whether the generation of the Son is according to the account of necessity.* Concerning the first point, that the generation [of the Son] is according to the condition of necessity,[^1] it is shown thus. 1. *The nature in the Father is more fertile and more actual* for producing the Son than [the nat...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 6, Art. 1, Q. 2
[ "Utrum generatio in divinis sit secundum rationem voluntatis", "Whether the generation in divinis is according to the account of will" ]
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<!-- page 127 --> ### Quaestio II *Utrum generatio in divinis sit secundum rationem voluntatis.* Secundo quaeritur, utrum generatio Filii sit secundum rationem voluntatis. Et quod non, ostenditur[^1] primo per auctoritates, secundo per rationes: **1.** Primo ostenditur per auctoritatem Hilarii, qui dicit in libro *...
### Question II *Whether the generation in God is according to the account of will.* Second it is asked whether the generation of the Son is according to the account of will. And that it is not, is shown[^1] first by authorities, second by reasons: **1.** First, it is shown by the authority of Hilary, who says in th...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 6, Art. 1, Q. 3
[ "Utrum generatio Filii sit secundum rationem exemplaritatis", "Whether the generation of the Son is according to the account of exemplarity" ]
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<!-- page 129 --> ### Articulus unicus. ### Quaestio III. *Utrum generatio Filii sit secundum rationem exemplaritatis.* > The numbered footnotes below correspond to markers in both the Latin body above and the English translation that follows. Footer apparatus is preserved verbatim from the Quaracchi edition. Ultimo...
### Single Article. ### Question III. *Whether the generation of the Son is according to the account of exemplarity.* Lastly it is asked whether the generation of the Son from the Father is according to the account of exemplarity. And that it is so seems thus. 1. On that text of the Psalm[^1]: *Once has God spoken*, ...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 6, Dubia
[ "Dubia circa litteram Magistri", "Doubts concerning the Master's text" ]
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### DUBIA CIRCA LITTERAM MAGISTRI. > The numbered footnotes below correspond to markers in both the Latin body above and the English translation; each entry begins with **La.** for the Latin gloss as printed in the Quaracchi apparatus and **En.** for our English rendering. ### DUB. I. In parte ista circa litteram du...
### Doubts concerning the Master's text. ### Doubt I. In this part, concerning the text, a doubt is raised about Augustine's argument *to Orosius*, namely that [the Son was generated] neither by will nor by necessity, because necessity is not in God, etc. For the division seems to be sufficient[^1]: indeed, whatever ...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 7
[ "Distinctio VII — textus Magistri Sententiarum", "Distinction VII — text of the Master of the Sentences" ]
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<!-- page 132 --> ### Distinctio VII #### Cap. I *Utrum Pater potuerit vel voluerit gignere Filium.* Hic solet quaeri a quibusdam, utrum Pater potuerit vel voluerit generare Filium. Si enim, inquiunt, potuit et[^1] voluit generare Filium: ergo potuit aliquid et voluit, quod nec potuit nec voluit Filius; nam Filius ...
<!-- page 132 --> ### Distinction VII #### Chapter I *Whether the Father could or willed to beget the Son.* Here it is wont to be asked by some, whether the Father could or willed to beget the Son. For if, they say, he could and[^1] willed to beget the Son: therefore he could and willed something which the Son neit...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 7, Divisio Textus
[ "Commentarius in Distinctionem VII — Divisio Textus et Tractatio Quaestionum", "Commentary on Distinction VII — Division of the Text and Treatment of the Questions" ]
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<!-- page 134 --> # COMMENTARIUS IN DISTINCTIONEM VII. *De comparatione potentiae generandi ad personam.* Hic solet quaeri, utrum Pater potuerit vel voluerit etc. ## DIVISIO TEXTUS. In praesenti distinctione ponit Magister dubitationem ex comparatione potentiae generandi ad personam, utrum scilicet, sicut est in p...
<!-- page 134 --> # COMMENTARY ON DISTINCTION VII. *On the comparison of the power of generating with respect to the person.* Here it is wont to be asked, whether the Father could or willed etc. ## DIVISION OF THE TEXT. In the present distinction the Master sets out a doubt arising from the comparison of the power...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 7, Art. 1, Q. 1
[ "Utrum potentia generandi dicat aliquid absolutum vel relativum", "Whether the power of begetting signifies something absolute or relative" ]
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<!-- page 135 --> ### Quaestio I. *Utrum potentia generandi dicat aliquid absolutum, vel relativum.* Circa primum, quod posse generare dicat *quid*, ostenditur: 1. *Primo* per auctoritatem Magistri in littera[^1]: quod « Pater non est potens nisi natura, eiusque potentia ipsa[^2] essentia est vel essentia »; sed nat...
### Question I. *Whether the power of begetting signifies something absolute or relative.* Concerning the first, that "to be able to beget" signifies *something* (a *what*), is shown: 1. *First*, by the authority of the Master in the text[^1]: that « the Father is not powerful save by nature, and his power is the ver...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 7, Art. 1, Q. 2
[ "Utrum Pater communicet Filio potentiam generandi", "Whether the Father communicates to the Son the power of begetting" ]
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<!-- page 138 --> ### Quaestio II *Utrum potentia generandi sit in Filio.* Secundo quaeritur, utrum potentia generandi sit in Filio; et quod sic, videtur auctoritatibus et rationibus. **1.** Primo sic: Hilarius nono *de Trinitate*[^1] dicit: «Filius habet in se naturaliter naturam gignentem»: ergo natura in Filio e...
### Question II *Whether the power of begetting is in the Son.* Second it is asked whether the power of begetting is in the Son; and that it is, seems evident by authorities and by reasons. **1.** First thus: Hilary in the ninth book *On the Trinity*[^1] says: «The Son has in Himself naturally a generating nature»: ...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 7, Art. 1, Q. 3
[ "Utrum potentia generandi et potentia creandi sint unica potentia", "Whether the power of begetting and the power of creating are one power" ]
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<!-- page 141 --> ### Quaestio III *Utrum potentia generandi et potentia creandi sint unica potentia.* Tertio quaeritur, utrum *posse generare* et *posse creare* sit[^1] unicum posse; et quod non sit unicum, videtur: **1.** Augustinus[^2]: «Alio est Pater, alio est Deus»: ergo alio est generans, alio creans: sed po...
### Question III *Whether the power of begetting and the power of creating are one power.* Third it is asked whether *to be able to beget* and *to be able to create* is[^1] one being-able; and that it is not one, seems evident: **1.** Augustine[^2]: «He is Father by one [thing], God by another»: therefore by one He ...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 7, Art. 1, Q. 4
[ "Utrum posse generari et posse creari sint univocum posse", "Whether to-be-able-to-be-begotten and to-be-able-to-be-created are a univocal being-able" ]
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<!-- page 142 --> ### Quaestio IV *Utrum posse generari et posse creari sint univocum posse.* Ultimo quaeritur, utrum *posse generari* et *posse creari* sint[^1] univocum posse. Et quod non, videtur: **1.** Quia quamvis idem sit generare et creare quantum ad principale significatum, aliud tamen est generari et crea...
### Question IV *Whether to-be-able-to-be-begotten and to-be-able-to-be-created are a univocal being-able.* Last it is asked whether *to be able to be begotten* and *to be able to be created* are a univocal being-able. And that they are not, seems evident: **1.** Because although *to beget* and *to create* are the s...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 7, Dubia
[ "Dubia circa litteram Magistri", "Doubts concerning the Master's text" ]
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### Dubia circa litteram Magistri. #### Dub. I. In parte ista incidunt dubitationes circa litteram, et prima est de solutione ista Magistri, qua dicit, quod non sequitur: *Pater potest generare, quod non*[^1] *Filium: ergo potest aliquid, quod non Filius;* et respondet, quod *posse generare non est posse aliquid subi...
### Doubts concerning the Master's text. #### Doubt I. In this part there arise doubts concerning the text, and the first is about that solution of the Master, in which he says that it does not follow: *The Father can generate that which*[^1] *the Son cannot: therefore he can do something which the Son cannot;* and h...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 8
[ "Distinctio VIII — textus Magistri Sententiarum", "Distinction VIII — text of the Master of the Sentences" ]
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### DISTINCTIO VIII. ### Cap. I. *De veritate ac proprietate divinae essentiae.* Nunc de veritate sive[^1] proprietate, et incommutabilitate atque simplicitate divinae naturae vel substantiae sive essentiae agendum est. «Est itaque Deus, ut ait Augustinus in quinto libro *de Trinitate*[^2], sine dubitatione substanti...
### DISTINCTION VIII. ### Chap. I. *On the truth and propriety of the divine essence.* Now we must treat of the truth or propriety, and the immutability and simplicity of the divine nature or[^1] substance or essence. «God is, therefore, as Augustine says in the fifth book *On the Trinity*[^2], without doubt substanc...
{ "notes": [ { "id": "1", "la": "Vat. contra codd. et edd. 1, 3, 8 *sive*.", "en": "The Vatican edition, against the codices and editions 1, 3, 8, [reads] *sive*." }, { "id": "2", "la": "Cap. 2. n. 3. Cfr. etiam XII. *de Civ. Dei*, c. 2.", "en": "Chapter 2, no. 3. Compa...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 8, Part 1, Divisio Textus
[ "Commentarius in Distinctionem VIII — Pars I, Divisio Textus et Tractatio Quaestionum", "Commentary on Distinction VIII — Part I, Division of the Text and Treatment of the Questions" ]
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<!-- page 149 --> # COMMENTARIUS IN DISTINCTIONEM VIII. *De proprietatibus et conditionibus essentialibus Trinitatis et Unitatis.* ## Pars I. *De veritate et immutabilitate Dei.* *Nunc de veritate sive de proprietate et incommutabilitate etc.* ## DIVISIO TEXTUS. Terminatis superius duabus partibus istius partis ...
<!-- page 149 --> # COMMENTARY ON DISTINCTION VIII. *On the essential properties and conditions of the Trinity and of the Unity.* ## Part I. *On the truth and immutability of God.* *Now concerning truth or concerning the property and incommutability etc.* ## DIVISION OF THE TEXT. The two preceding parts of this ...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 8, Part 2, Divisio Textus
[ "Commentarius in Distinctionem VIII — Pars II, Divisio Textus et Tractatio Quaestionum", "Commentary on Distinction VIII — Part II, Division of the Text and Treatment of the Questions" ]
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<!-- page 165 --> ## COMMENTARIUS IN DISTINCTIONEM VIII ### Pars II. ### *De simplicitate Dei.* **Eademque sola proprie ac vere simplex est etc.** TEXTUM MAGISTRI VIDE SUPRA P. 147. ### DIVISIO TEXTUS[^1] Supra ostendit Magister duas proprietates divinae essentiae, scilicet veritatem et incommutabilitatem; hic os...
<!-- page 165 --> ## COMMENTARY ON DISTINCTION VIII ### Part II. ### *On the Simplicity of God.* **And the same alone is properly and truly simple, etc.** FOR THE TEXT OF THE MASTER SEE ABOVE, P. 147. ### DIVISION OF THE TEXT[^1] Above the Master showed two properties of the divine essence, namely truth and incom...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 8, Part 1, Art. 1, Q. 1
[ "Utrum veritas sit proprietas divini esse", "Whether truth is a property of the divine being" ]
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<!-- page 150 --> ### Articulus I. *De veritate Dei.* ### Quaestio I. *Utrum veritas sit proprietas divini esse.* Quod veritas sit proprietas divini esse, ostenditur auctoritatibus et rationibus. 1. *Primo* modo sic: Hieronymus ad Marcellam, et habetur in littera[^1]: « Solus Deus vere est, cuius essentiae comparatu...
### Article I. *On the truth of God.* ### Question I. *Whether truth is a property of the divine being.* That truth is a property of the divine being is shown by authorities and reasons. 1. *First*, thus: Jerome to Marcella, and it is found in the text[^1]: "God alone truly is, to whose essence our being, compared, i...
{ "notes": [ { "id": "1", "la": "Cap. 1. circa initium. — Vat. praeter fidem mss. et ed. 4 *auctoritate Hieronymi* pro *Hieronymus*.", "en": "Chapter 1, near the beginning. — The Vatican edition, against the witness of the manuscripts and edition 4, reads *by the authority of Jerome* in place of...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 8, Part 1, Art. 1, Q. 2
[ "Utrum divinum esse sit adeo verum, quod non possit cogitari non esse", "Whether the divine being is so true that it cannot be thought not to be" ]
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<!-- page 152 --> ### Quaestio II. *Utrum divinum esse sit adeo verum, quod non possit cogitari non esse.* Secundo quaeritur, utrum haec proprietas conveniat Deo in summo, id est, utrum divinum esse sit adeo verum, quod non possit cogitari non esse. 1. Et quod sic, videtur per Anselmum[^1], qui dicit, quod Deus secu...
### Question II. *Whether the divine being is so true that it cannot be thought not to be.* Secondly it is asked whether this property belongs to God in the highest degree, that is, whether the divine being is so true that it cannot be thought not to be. 1. And that it is so, seems [proved] through Anselm[^1], who sa...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 8, Part 1, Art. 2, Q. 1
[ "Utrum Deus sit immutabilis", "Whether God is unchangeable" ]
St. Bonaventure
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<!-- page 156 --> ### Articulus II. *De immutabilitate Dei.* Consequenter secundo loco est quaestio de secunda proprietate divini esse, scilicet immutabilitate. De qua duo quaeruntur: Primo quaeritur, utrum immutabilitas sit in Deo. Secundo, utrum sit Dei proprietas. ### Quaestio I. *Utrum Deus sit immutabilis.* Q...
<!-- page 156 --> ### Article II. *On the immutability of God.* Consequently, in the second place, there is a question concerning the second property of the divine being, namely immutability. Concerning which two things are asked: First it is asked, whether immutability is in God. Second, whether it is a property of...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 8, Part 1, Art. 2, Q. 2
[ "Utrum solus Deus immutabilis sit", "Whether God alone is unchangeable" ]
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<!-- page 158 --> ### Quaestio II. *Utrum solus Deus immutabilis sit.* Secundo quaeritur, utrum immutabilitas sit divinae essentiae proprietas, ita quod nulli creaturae conveniat. Et quod sic, videtur. 1. Primae ad Timotheum ultimo[^1] dicitur de Deo, quod solus habet immortalitatem. Et Augustinus dicit contra Maxim...
### Question II. *Whether God alone is unchangeable.* Secondly, it is asked whether unchangeability is a property of the divine essence, in such a way that it belongs to no creature. And that it is so, seems [evident]. 1. In the last [chapter] of First Timothy[^1] it is said of God that He alone has immortality. And ...
{ "notes": [ { "id": "1", "la": "Vers. 16.", "en": "Verse 16. [1 Tim. 6:16.]" }, { "id": "2", "la": "Lib. II. c. 12. n. 2.", "en": "Book II, c. 12, n. 2. [Augustine, *Contra Maximinum*.]" }, { "id": "3", "la": "Libr. I. de Fide orthod. c. 3: *Quorum ...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 8, Part 2, Art. 1, Q. 1
[ "Utrum Deus sit summe simplex", "Whether God is supremely simple" ]
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<!-- page 166 --> ### Articulus unicus ### Quaestio I. *Utrum Deus sit summe simplex.* Circa primum, quod in Deo sit summa simplicitas, sic probatur[^1]. 1. Omne primum est simplicissimum, quia *quanto aliquid prius, tanto simplicius*[^4]; sed Deus est primum in genere entium, eo quod nec est nec esse potest nec co...
### Article unique ### Question I. *Whether God is supremely simple.* Concerning the first [question] — that there is supreme simplicity in God — it is proved thus[^1]. 1. Every *first* [thing] is most simple, since *"the more prior something is, the more simple it is"*[^4]; but God is *first* in the genus of beings...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 8, Part 2, Art. 1, Q. 2
[ "Utrum summa simplicitas soli Deo conveniat", "Whether supreme simplicity belongs to God alone" ]
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<!-- page 168 --> ### Quaestio II. *Utrum summa simplicitas soli Deo conveniat.* Secundo quaeritur, utrum simplicitas sit Dei [proprium]. Et quod sic, videtur hoc modo. 1. Nulla creatura est actus purus, quia in omni creatura, ut dicit Boethius[^1], differt *quo est* et *quod est*; ergo in omni creatura est actus cu...
<!-- page 168 --> ### Question II. *Whether supreme simplicity belongs to God alone.* Secondly it is asked, whether simplicity is proper to God. And that it is so, is seen in this way. 1. No creature is pure act, because in every creature, as Boethius says[^1], *that by which it is* (*quo est*) differs from *that wh...
{ "notes": [ { "id": "1", "la": "In libro *de Hebdomad.* et *de Trin.* c. 2. Vide supra d. 3. p. II. a. 1. q. 3. fundam. 3.", "en": "Boethius, in the book *de Hebdomadibus* and *de Trinitate* c. 2. See above d. 3 p. II a. 1 q. 3 fundamentum 3." }, { "id": "2", "la": "Cod. X *...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 8, Part 2, Art. 1, Q. 3
[ "Utrum anima rationalis sit tota in toto corpore, et tota in qualibet parte ipsius", "Whether the rational soul is whole in the whole body, and whole in every part of it" ]
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<!-- page 170 --> ### Quaestio III. *Utrum anima rationalis sit tota in toto corpore, et tota in qualibet parte ipsius.* Tertio quaeritur, utrum anima rationalis sit in toto corpore, ita quod in qualibet parte. Et quod sic, videtur. 1. Augustinus[^1] dicit, quod sicut Deus est in maiori mundo, sic anima in minori: s...
<!-- page 170 --> ### Question III. *Whether the rational soul is whole in the whole body, and whole in every part of it.* Thirdly it is asked whether the rational soul is in the whole body in such a way that it is in every part. And that it is so, seems to be the case. 1. Augustine[^1] says that as God is in the gr...
{ "notes": [ { "id": "1", "la": "Libr. *de Spiritu et anima*, c. 13. in fine. — Mox in propos. minore post *maiori* Vat. repetit *mundo*.", "en": "Book *On the Spirit and the Soul*, c. 13, near the end. — Soon, in the minor proposition, after *maiori* the Vatican edition repeats *mundo*." },...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 8, Part 2, Art. 1, Q. 4
[ "Utrum Deus sit in aliquo determinato genere sive praedicamento", "Whether God is in any determinate genus or predicament" ]
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<!-- page 173 --> ### Quaestio IV. *Utrum Deus sit in aliquo determinato genere sive praedicamento.* Quarto et ultimo quaeritur, utrum Deus sit in aliquo determinato genere. Et quod sic, ostenditur hoc modo. 1. Quod distinguitur ab aliis entibus, est aliqua natura determinata; sed Deus est huiusmodi, quia distinguit...
### Question IV. *Whether God is in any determinate genus or predicament.* Fourthly and lastly it is asked whether God is in any determinate genus. And that he is, is shown thus. 1. That which is distinguished from other beings is some determinate nature; but God is of this sort, since he is distinguished from all cr...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 8, Part 1, Dubia
[ "Dubia circa litteram Magistri", "Doubts concerning the Master's text (Part I)" ]
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<!-- page 161 --> ### DUB. I In parte ista sunt dubitationes circa litteram, et primo contingit dubitari de hoc quod dicit Magister: *Nunc de veritate sive proprietate divinae essentiae* etc. Videtur enim male dicere, quia omne, quod habet proprium, distinguitur; sed divina essentia non est distinguibilis: ergo non h...
<!-- page 161 --> ### DOUBT I In this part there are doubts concerning the text, and first there occurs a doubt about what the Master says: *Now concerning the truth or property of the divine essence* etc. For he seems to speak badly, because everything that has a property is distinguished; but the divine essence is ...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 8, Part 2, Dubia
[ "Dubia circa litteram Magistri", "Doubts concerning the Master's text (Part II)" ]
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<!-- page 175 --> ### Dubia circa litteram Magistri ### Dubium I In parte ista circa litteram incidit hic[^1] quaestio *de ordine*. Cum enim compositio in creatura sit ratio et causa mutationis, simplicitas est causa immutabilitatis; quia *si affirmatio est causa affirmationis, et negatio causa negationis*[^4]: ergo...
### Doubts concerning the Master's text ### Doubt I In this part, concerning the Master's text, a question arises here[^1] *about order*. Since composition in a creature is the ground and cause of change, *simplicity* is the cause of *unchangeableness*; for *"if affirmation is the cause of affirmation, negation is th...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 9
[ "Distinctio IX — textus Magistri Sententiarum", "Distinction IX — text of the Master of the Sentences" ]
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<!-- page 177 --> ### Distinctio IX. *De distinctione trium personarum.* Nunc ad distinctionem trium personarum accedamus. « Teneamus igitur, ut docet Augustinus in libro *de Fide ad Petrum*[^1], Patrem et Filium et Spiritum sanctum unum esse Deum naturaliter, nec tamen ipsum Patrem esse qui Filius est, nec Filium e...
### Distinction IX. *On the distinction of the three persons.* Now let us approach the distinction of the three persons. "Let us therefore hold, as Augustine teaches in the book *On Faith to Peter*[^1], that the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit are by nature one God, yet that the Father himself is not the one w...
{ "notes": [ { "id": "1", "la": "Cap. I. n. 5. — In principio distinctionis omnes codd. omittunt *trium*.", "en": "Chapter I, n. 5. — At the beginning of the distinction all the codices omit *trium*." }, { "id": "2", "la": "Vat. huic capitulo addit verba sequentis cap.: *Geni...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 9, Divisio Textus
[ "Commentarius in Distinctionem IX — Divisio textus", "Commentary on Distinction IX — Division of the text" ]
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<!-- page 179 --> ### COMMENTARIUS IN DISTINCTIONEM IX. *De proprietatibus, quae respiciunt personas, et quidem de emanatione generationis.* **Nunc ad distinctionem personarum accedamus** etc. ### DIVISIO TEXTUS. Supra egit Magister de proprietatibus, quae respiciunt essentiam. Hic agit de his, quae respiciunt per...
<!-- page 179 --> ### COMMENTARY ON DISTINCTION IX. *On the properties which regard the persons, and indeed on the emanation of generation.* **Now let us approach the distinction of the persons** etc. ### DIVISION OF THE TEXT. Above, the Master treated of the properties which regard the essence. Here he treats of ...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 9, Art. 1, Q. 1
[ "Utrum in divinis generatio ponenda sit", "Whether generation is to be posited in God" ]
St. Bonaventure
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<!-- page 180 --> ### Quaestio I. *Utrum in divinis generatio ponenda[^1] sit.* Circa primum, quod generatio sit in divinis, ostenditur[^2]: 1. *Primo* a minori. Multo fortius debet esse generatio in eo qui generationem aliis tribuit, quam in his quae recipiunt; sed generatio est in creaturis: ergo et in Deo qui tri...
<!-- page 180 --> ### Question I. *Whether generation is to be posited[^1] in God.* Concerning the first, that generation is in God, is shown[^2]: 1. *First* from the lesser. Generation ought much more strongly to be in him who bestows generation upon others than in those which receive it; but generation is in creat...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 9, Art. 1, Q. 2
[ "Utrum in divinis generatio distinguat inter gignentem et genitum", "Whether generation in God distinguishes between the one begetting and the one begotten" ]
St. Bonaventure
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<!-- page 182 --> ### Quaestio II. *Utrum in divinis generatio distinguat inter gignentem et genitum.* Secundo quaeritur, utrum generatio in divinis sit personarum distinctiva. Et quod sic, ostenditur hoc modo. 1. Augustinus circa principium *de Trinitate*[^1]: «Nulla res est, quae se ipsam gignat, ut sit»: si ergo ...
### Question II. *Whether generation in God distinguishes between the one begetting and the one begotten.* Secondly it is asked, whether generation in God is distinctive of the persons. And that it is so, is shown in this way. 1. Augustine, near the beginning of *On the Trinity*[^1]: «There is no thing which begets i...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 9, Art. 1, Q. 3
[ "Utrum in divinis generatio sit aeterna", "Whether generation in God is eternal" ]
St. Bonaventure
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<!-- page 184 --> ### Quaestio III. *Utrum in divinis generatio sit aeterna.* Tertio quaeritur, utrum divina generatio sit aeterna. Et quod sic, ostenditur hoc modo. 1. In creaturis operans naturaliter operatur quam citius potest, et de perfectione agentis est, quod citissime possit operari[^1]: ergo cum productio F...
<!-- page 184 --> ### Question III. *Whether generation in God is eternal.* Thirdly it is asked, whether the divine generation is eternal. And that it is so, is shown in this way. 1. In creatures, that which operates naturally operates as quickly as it can, and it pertains to the perfection of an agent that it be ab...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 9, Art. 1, Q. 4
[ "Utrum generatio Filii terminata sit", "Whether the generation of the Son is terminated" ]
St. Bonaventure
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<!-- page 185 --> ### Quaestio IV. *Utrum generatio Filii terminata sit.* Quarto et ultimo quaeritur, utrum generatio Filii sit terminata. Et quod sic, videtur. 1. Augustinus in libro octoginta trium Quaestionum[^1]: « Qui semper nascitur nunquam est natus, ac per hoc nunquam est filius ». Nullus ergo per generation...
### Question IV. *Whether the generation of the Son is terminated.* Fourthly and lastly it is asked, whether the generation of the Son is terminated. And that it is so, seems [the case]. 1. Augustine in the *Book of Eighty-Three Questions*[^1]: "He who is always being born is never born, and accordingly is never a so...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 9, Dubia
[ "Dubia circa litteram Magistri", "Doubts concerning the text of the Master" ]
St. Bonaventure
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<!-- page 187 --> ### Dub. I. In parte ista incidunt dubitationes circa litteram, et primo dubitatur de hoc quod dicitur: *Non est aliud Pater, aliud Filius, aliud Spiritus sanctus, quamvis personaliter* etc. Videtur enim falsum quod dicitur, quia bene sequitur: Petrus est albus homo, ergo est animal album, quia idem...
### Dub. I. In this part doubts arise concerning the text [of the Master], and first there is a doubt about what is said: *The Father is not other, the Son other, the Holy Spirit other, although personally* etc. For what is said seems false, because it well follows: Peter is a white man (*albus homo*), therefore he is...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 10
[ "Distinctio X — textus Magistri Sententiarum", "Distinction X — text of the Master of the Sentences" ]
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<!-- page 192 --> ### Distinctio X. #### Cap. I. *De Spiritu sancto, quod amor Patris et Filii proprie dicitur, cum sit in Trinitate amor, qui est Trinitas, sicut Verbum proprie dicitur sapientia, et tamen tota Trinitas dicitur sapientia.* Nunc post Filii aeternitatem de Spiritu sancto, quantum Deo donante videre co...
### Distinction X. #### Chap. I. *On the Holy Spirit: that he is properly called the love of the Father and the Son, since in the Trinity love — which is the Trinity itself — exists, just as the Word is properly called wisdom, and yet the whole Trinity is called wisdom.* Now, after [the discussion of] the Son's etern...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 10, Divisio Textus
[ "Commentarius in Distinctionem X — Divisio textus", "Commentary on Distinction X — Division of the text" ]
St. Bonaventure
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<!-- page 194 --> ## COMMENTARIUS IN DISTINCTIONEM X. *De aeterna processione Spiritus sancti quantum ad personam quae procedit.* Nunc post Filii aeternitatem de Spiritu sancto, quantum Deo donante, ak-[?: OCR/print breaks off mid-sentence] ### DIVISIO TEXTUS. Supra egit Magister de generatione Filii, hic autem ag...
## COMMENTARY ON DISTINCTION X. *On the eternal procession of the Holy Spirit with respect to the person who proceeds.* Now after [treating] the eternity of the Son, [the Master proceeds to treat] of the Holy Spirit, insofar as God grants… [?: OCR breaks off mid-sentence at `ak-`] ### DIVISION OF THE TEXT. Above th...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 10
[ "Commentarius in Distinctionem X: De aeterna processione Spiritus sancti quantum ad personam quae procedit", "Commentary on Distinction X: On the eternal procession of the Holy Spirit with respect to the person who proceeds" ]
St. Bonaventure
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<!-- page 194 --> ## Distinctio X. ### Commentarius in Distinctionem X. *De aeterna processione Spiritus sancti quantum ad personam quae procedit.* > *«Nunc post Filii aeternitatem de Spiritu sancto, quantum Deo donante,»* etc. ---
<!-- page 194 --> ## Distinction X. ### Commentary on Distinction X. *On the eternal procession of the Holy Spirit with respect to the person who proceeds.* > *«Now, after [treating of] the eternity of the Son, [we shall treat] of the Holy Spirit, insofar as God grants it,»* etc. ---
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 10, Art. 1, Q. 1
[ "Utrum in divinis ponenda sit processio per modum liberalitatis", "Whether a procession by way of liberality is to be posited in God" ]
St. Bonaventure
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### Quaestio I. *Utrum in divinis ponenda sit persona procedens per modum liberalitatis.* Circa primum, quod sit necesse ponere personam procedentem per modum liberalitatis, ostenditur hoc modo. 1. Perfectior est dilectio mutua quam reflexa[^1], et perfectior adhuc mutua communicata quam non communicata, quia talis, ...
### Question I. *Whether a person proceeding by way of liberality is to be posited in God.* Concerning the first point, that it is necessary to posit a person proceeding by way of liberality, is shown in this way. 1. A mutual love is more perfect than a reflexive one[^1], and a mutual love communicated is even more p...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 10, Art. 1, Q. 2
[ "Utrum in divinis ponenda sit persona procedens per modum amoris sive caritatis", "Whether a person proceeding by way of love or charity is to be posited in God" ]
St. Bonaventure
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<!-- page 197 --> ### Quaestio II. ### *Utrum in divinis ponenda sit persona procedens per modum amoris sive caritatis.* Secundo quaeritur, utrum in divinis sit necesse ponere personam procedentem per modum amoris sive caritatis. Et quod sic, videtur. **Fundamenta.** 1. Non est[^1] perfecta cognitio sine dilectione...
### Question II. ### *Whether a person proceeding by way of love or charity is to be posited in God.* Second, the question is whether in God it is necessary to posit a person proceeding by way of love or charity. And that it is so, seems to follow. **Foundations.** 1. There is no[^1] perfect knowledge without love, ...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 10, Art. 1, Q. 3
[ "Utrum in divinis ponenda sit tertia persona procedens per modum mutuae caritatis", "Whether a third person proceeding by way of mutual charity is to be posited in God" ]
St. Bonaventure
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<!-- page 198 --> ### Quaestio III *Utrum in divinis ponenda sit tertia persona procedens per modum mutuae caritatis.* > The numbered footnotes below correspond to markers in both the Latin body above and the English translation below. Tertio quaeritur, utrum sit necesse ponere tertiam personam procedentem per modu...
### Question III *Whether in God a third person is to be posited proceeding by way of mutual charity.* Thirdly it is asked whether it is necessary to posit a third person proceeding by way of mutual charity. And that it is so, it seems. 1. John 17[^1]: «That they may be one, even as we are»: the Lord prays and asks ...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 10, Art. 2, Q. 1
[ "Utrum amor sive caritas sit proprium Spiritus sancti", "Whether love or charity is proper to the Holy Spirit" ]
St. Bonaventure
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<!-- page 200 --> ### Articulus II. *De proprietate Spiritus sancti.* ### Quaestio I. *Utrum amor sive caritas sit proprium Spiritus sancti.* Circa primum, quod caritas sit proprium Spiritus sancti, sic ostenditur. 1. Augustinus decimo quinto de Trinitate[^1]: «Sicut in illa Trinitate non solus Spiritus sanctus est ...
### Article II. *On the property of the Holy Spirit.* ### Question I. *Whether love or charity is proper to the Holy Spirit.* Concerning the first, that charity is proper to the Holy Spirit, it is shown thus. 1. Augustine, in the fifteenth book *On the Trinity*[^1]: "Just as in that Trinity not only the Holy Spirit i...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 10, Art. 2, Q. 2
[ "Utrum Spiritus sanctus sit nexus sive unitas Patris et Filii", "Whether the Holy Spirit is the bond or unity of the Father and the Son" ]
St. Bonaventure
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<!-- page 202 --> ### Quaestio II. *Utrum Spiritus sanctus sit nexus sive unitas Patris et Filii.* Secundo quaeritur, utrum Spiritus sanctus proprie sit nexus vel unitas amborum. Et quod sic, videtur hoc modo. 1. Augustinus *sexto de Trinitate*[^1]: «Non est aliquis duorum, quo uterque coniungitur»; sed coniungitur ...
### Question II. *Whether the Holy Spirit is the bond or unity of the Father and the Son.* Secondly it is asked whether the Holy Spirit is properly the bond or unity of them both. And that it is so, seems to be the case in this way. 1. Augustine, *On the Trinity*, Book VI[^1]: «There is not anything of the two by whi...
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 10, Art. 2, Q. 3
[ "Utrum Spiritus sanctus proprie sit spiritus", "Whether the Holy Spirit is properly *spirit*" ]
St. Bonaventure
[ "en", "la" ]
{ "title": "Opera Omnia (Quaracchi critical edition)", "publisher": "Collegii S. Bonaventurae", "years": "1882-1902", "volume": 1, "pagination": "pp. 203-204" }
<!-- page 203 --> ### Quaestio III *Utrum Spiritus sanctus proprie sit spiritus.* Tertio et ultimo quaeritur, utrum Spiritus sanctus proprie sit spiritus. Et quod sic, videtur hoc modo: 1. Quia persona Spiritus sancti isto nomine propriissime designatur, quod dicitur Spiritus sanctus[^1]; sed hoc nomen[^2] *sanctus...
<!-- page 203 --> ### Question III *Whether the Holy Spirit is properly* spirit. Thirdly and lastly it is asked whether the Holy Spirit is properly *spirit*. And that it is so, seems to be the case in this way: 1. Because the person of the Holy Spirit is most properly designated by this name when he is called *Holy...
{ "notes": [ { "id": "1", "la": "Codd. LO hic addunt: *sic Filius et Spiritus sanctus conveniunt originaliter in Patre, sed*.", "en": "Codices LO here add: *thus the Son and the Holy Spirit agree originally in the Father, but*." }, { "id": "2", "la": "Post *non coarctat hoc* ...
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bon-sent-I-d10-dubia
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 10, Dubia
[ "Dubia circa litteram Magistri", "Doubts concerning the text of the Master" ]
St. Bonaventure
[ "en", "la" ]
{ "title": "Opera Omnia (Quaracchi critical edition)", "publisher": "Collegii S. Bonaventurae", "years": "1882-1902", "volume": 1, "pagination": "pp. 205-207" }
<!-- page 205 --> > The numbered footnotes below correspond to markers in both the Latin body above and the English translation; each entry pairs **La.** (Latin) with **En.** (English). ### Dub. I. In parte ista sunt dubitationes circa litteram, et primum de hoc quod dicit, quod *Spiritus sanctus est amor Patris siv...
### Dub. I. In this part there are doubts concerning the text, and first concerning what he says, namely that *the Holy Spirit is the love of the Father, or charity, or love (dilection).* It is asked therefore whether *caritas* and *dilectio* differ; and that they do is seen through Isidore[^1], who says: *Amor* belon...
{ "notes": [ { "id": "1", "la": "Colligi potest ex his verbis VIII. *Etymolog.* c. 2: *Omnis autem dilectio carnalis non dilectio, sed magis amor dici solet. Dilectionis autem nomen tantum in melioribus rebus accipi solet.* Idem dicit I. *Differentiarum*, sub verbo *amare* et *diligere*: *Alii dixerun...
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bon-sent-I-d11-littera
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 11
[ "Littera Magistri — De processione Spiritus sancti a Patre et Filio", "Lombard's text — On the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son" ]
St. Bonaventure
[ "en", "la" ]
{ "title": "Opera Omnia (Quaracchi critical edition)", "publisher": "Collegii S. Bonaventurae", "years": "1882-1902", "volume": 1, "pagination": "pp. 207-208" }
<!-- page 207 --> ## Distinctio XI ### Cap. I *Quod Spiritus sanctus procedit a Patre et Filio, quem tamen Graeci a Filio procedere diffitentur.* Hic dicendum est, Spiritum sanctum esse a Patre et Filio, et procedere a Patre et Filio, quod multi haeretici negaverunt. Quod autem de utroque procedat, «multis divinoru...
<!-- page 207 --> ## Distinction XI ### Chapter I *That the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son, although the Greeks deny that He proceeds from the Son.* Here it must be said that the Holy Spirit is from the Father and the Son, and proceeds from the Father and the Son, which many heretics have denied. ...
{ "notes": [ { "id": "1", "la": "August. *de Trin.* XV. c. 28. n. 45. — Plerique textus s. Scripturae, qui sequuntur, apud eundem exhibentur, sed alio ordine et multis interpositis verbis. Primus textus Apostoli est Gal. 4, 6, ubi Vulgata cum Augustino et edd. 1, 2, 5, 7, 8 habet *corda vestra* pro *c...
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bon-sent-I-d11-divisio
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 11, Divisio Textus
[ "Commentarius in Distinctionem XI — Divisio textus et tractatio quaestionum", "Commentary on Distinction XI — Division of the text and treatment of the questions" ]
St. Bonaventure
[ "en", "la" ]
{ "title": "Opera Omnia (Quaracchi critical edition)", "publisher": "Collegii S. Bonaventurae", "years": "1882-1902", "volume": 1, "pagination": "p. 208" }
<!-- page 208 --> ## Commentarius in Distinctionem XI *De aeterna processione Spiritus sancti quantum ad principium, a quo procedit.* «*Hic dicendum est, Spiritum sanctum esse a Patre et Filio.*» ### Divisio textus Supra egit Magister de processione Spiritus sancti in comparatione ad ipsum procedentem; haec est se...
<!-- page 208 --> ## Commentary on Distinction XI *On the eternal procession of the Holy Spirit as regards the principle from which He proceeds.* "*Here it must be said that the Holy Spirit is from the Father and the Son.*" ### Division of the text Above the Master treated of the procession of the Holy Spirit in r...
{ "notes": [ { "id": "1", "la": "Sequimur plures codd. ut F H T W etc. cum ed. 1 ponendo *agit* loco *agitur*.", "en": "We follow many codices (F H T W etc.) with ed. 1 in setting *agit* in place of *agitur*." }, { "id": "2", "la": "Vat. praeter fidem mss. et ed. 1 omittit *i...
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bon-sent-I-d11-a1-q1
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Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity
Dist. 11, Art. 1, Q. 1
[ "Utrum Spiritus sanctus a Patre et a Filio procedat", "Whether the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son" ]
St. Bonaventure
[ "en", "la" ]
{ "title": "Opera Omnia (Quaracchi critical edition)", "publisher": "Collegii S. Bonaventurae", "years": "1882-1902", "volume": 1, "pagination": "pp. 209-213" }
<!-- page 209 --> ### Articulus unicus. ### Quaestio I. *Utrum Spiritus sanctus a Patre et a Filio procedat.* Quod autem solum a Patre procedat, probant Graeci ratione et auctoritate. 1. *Ratione* sic: emanatio Spiritus sancti est processio; sed processio est motus ab uno in alium: ergo si recte est processio in div...
### Sole Article. ### Question I. *Whether the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son.* That He proceeds from the Father alone, the Greeks try to prove by reason and by authority. 1. *By reason* thus: the emanation of the Holy Spirit is procession; but procession is motion from one to another: therefore if ...
{ "notes": [ { "id": "1", "la": "Aristot. verba vide supra d. 10. n. 1. q. 1. ad 4. Cod. W in textu agendo agit loco agitur.", "en": "For Aristotle's words see above d. 10, art. 1, q. 1, ad 4. Codex W in the text reads *agendo agit* in place of *agitur*." }, { "id": "2", "la"...
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