Bonaventure

## Commentarius in Distinctionem XXX.

De nominibus relativis, quae temporaliter et communiter de Deo dicuntur.

Sunt enim quaedam, quae ex tempore de Deo dicuntur.

Divisio textus.

The numbered footnotes below correspond to markers in both the Latin body above and the English translation that follows. Each note is given first in Latin (`La.`), then in literal English (`En.`).

Supra egit Magister de relativis, quae conveniunt Deo proprie et aeternaliter¹³. Hic agit de his quae conveniunt Deo temporaliter et communiter, et habet haec pars duas. In prima Magister agit de relativis, quae ex tempore de Deo dicuntur. In secunda de his quae pluribus personis conveniunt, sed tamen appropriari possunt, ut similis et aequalis, infra distinctione trigesima prima: Praeterea considerari oportet, cum tres personae.

Prima pars habet quatuor partes. In prima ostendit, aliqua nomina dici de Deo ex tempore, exemplificans de pluribus. In secunda, quia exemplum videbatur inconveniens de hoc nomine dominus, opponit et solvit, ibi: Sed hic aliquis dicet, quod non ex tempore. In tertia vero, quia dictum videbatur falsum, quod aliquid ex tempore diceretur de Deo, ideo movet et solvit dubium, ibi: Quomodo ergo obtinebimus, nihil secundum accidens etc. In quarta vero ex praedeterminatione solvit quoddam²⁴ dubium in praecedentibus quaesitum, ibi: Hic potest solvi quaestio superius proposita.

Tractatio quaestionum.

Ad intelligentiam eorum quae dicuntur in hac distinctione, tria quaeruntur.

Primo, utrum aliquid dicatur de Deo ex tempore.

Secundo, dato quod sic, quaeritur, utrum ea quae dicuntur de Deo ex tempore, dicantur per se, vel per accidens.

Tertio, utrum dicantur secundum substantiam, an secundum relationem.

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## Commentary on Distinction XXX.

On relative names which are said of God temporally and commonly.

"For there are certain things which are said of God in time."

Division of the text.

Above, the Master treated of the relatives which belong to God properly and eternally¹³. Here he treats of those which belong to God temporally and commonly, and this part has two [subdivisions]. In the first, the Master treats of the relatives which are said of God in time. In the second, of those which belong to several persons, yet can be appropriated, such as similar and equal, below in distinction thirty-one: "Moreover, it must be considered, when the three persons."

The first part has four parts. In the first he shows that certain names are said of God in time, giving examples from many [cases]. In the second, because the example concerning this name lord seemed unsuitable, he raises an objection and resolves it, there: "But here someone will say, that not from time." In the third, however, because what was said seemed false — that something is said of God from time — he raises and resolves a doubt, there: "How then shall we maintain that nothing is according to accident etc." In the fourth, moreover, from what has been previously determined, he resolves a certain²⁴ doubt raised in the preceding [pages], there: "Here the question proposed above can be resolved."

Treatment of the questions.

For the understanding of the things said in this distinction, three [questions] are asked.

First, whether anything is said of God in time.

Second, granted that this is so, it is asked whether the things which are said of God in time are said per se [essentially], or according to accident.

Third, whether they are said according to substance, or according to relation.

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