Dist. 20, Divisio Textus
Book II: On the Creation of Things · Distinction 20
# COMMENTARIUS IN DISTINCTIONEM XX.
## De procreatione posteritatis.
Post haec videndum est, qualiter primi parentes etc.
DIVISIO TEXTUS.
Supra egit Magister de duratione immortalitatis; in hac parte agit de procreatione posteritatis: vel aliter, et in idem redit, supra egit de conservatione individui; hic agit de conservatione speciei, quae quidem est per filiorum procreationem. Dividitur autem pars ista in partes tres. In prima determinat, qualiter primi parentes filios procreassent. In secunda determinat, quales filii nascerentur, ibi: Si vero quaeritur, quales, si non peccassent etc. In tertia breviter epilogat, quae praedeterminata1 sunt, ibi: Talis erat hominis institutio ante peccatum.
Prima pars habet duas. In prima determinat de modo generationis. In secunda de tempore translationis, ibi: De termino vero temporis, quo transferrentur etc. Similiter secunda pars principalis habet duas. In prima determinat, quales nascerentur filii quantum ad corpus. In secunda, quales nascerentur quantum ad animam, ibi: Et cum de corpore humano non sit absurdum etc. Aliarum partium subdivisiones et continentia manifesta2 sunt in littera.
TRACTATIO QUAESTIONUM.
Ad intelligentiam autem huius partis, quae est de procreatione liberorum in statu innocentiae, quaedam incidunt dubitabilia.
Et primo quaeritur, utrum in statu innocentiae fuisset sexuum commixtio.
Secundo, utrum in illa commixtione esset seminum decisio.
Tertio, utrum in illa seminis decisione esset delectationis intensio.
Quarto quaeritur, utrum in illa commixtione esset integritatis corruptio.
Quinto quaeritur, utrum in omni coitu esset prolis generatio.
Sexto quaeritur, utrum aequalis esset per generationem masculorum et feminarum multiplicatio.
ARTICULUS UNICUS.
De procreatione liberorum in statu innocentiae.
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# Commentary on Distinction XX.
## On the procreation of posterity.
After these things it must be seen in what manner the first parents etc.
DIVISION OF THE TEXT.
Above the Master treated of the duration of immortality; in this part he treats of the procreation of posterity: or, put otherwise (and it comes to the same), above he treated of the conservation of the individual, here he treats of the conservation of the species, which indeed is through the procreation of children. Now this part is divided into three parts. In the first he determines in what manner the first parents would have procreated children. In the second he determines what sort of children would have been born, there: But if it is asked, of what sort, if they had not sinned etc. In the third he briefly recapitulates the things which have been predetermined1, there: Such was the constitution of man before sin.
The first part has two. In the first he determines concerning the mode of generation. In the second concerning the time of translation, there: But concerning the limit of the time, at which they would be translated etc. Likewise the second principal part has two. In the first he determines what sort of children would be born with respect to the body. In the second, what sort would be born with respect to the soul, there: And since concerning the human body it is not absurd etc. The subdivisions of the other parts and their content are manifest2 in the text [of the Master].
TREATMENT OF THE QUESTIONS.
For the understanding of this part, which concerns the procreation of children in the state of innocence, certain matters worthy of doubt arise.
And first it is asked, whether in the state of innocence there would have been a commingling of the sexes.
Second, whether in that commingling there would have been an emission of seeds.
Third, whether in that emission of seed there would have been an intensity of delight.
Fourth it is asked, whether in that commingling there would have been a corruption of integrity.
Fifth it is asked, whether in every coitus there would have been a generation of offspring.
Sixth it is asked, whether through generation there would have been an equal multiplication of males and females.
THE ONLY ARTICLE.
On the procreation of children in the state of innocence.
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- Vat. primo determinata.The Vatican edition reads primo determinata ("first determined").
- Non pauci codd. et ed. 1 manifestata.Not a few codices and the first edition read manifestata ("made manifest"). ---