Dist. 16, Divisio Textus
Book III: On the Incarnation of the Word · Distinction 16
## COMMENTARIUS IN DISTINCTIONEM XVI. ### De passione doloris et passibilitate specialiter.
Verumtamen magis movent ac difficiliorem afferunt quaestionem etc.
DIVISIO TEXTUS.
Supra egit Magister de passionibus in Christo repertis in quadam generalitate. In hac autem parte specialiter descendit ad determinandum de doloris passione et passibilitate. Dividitur autem pars ista in duas. In quarum prima inquirit, utrum passio doloris fuerit in Christo secundum veritatemp345-1. In secunda vero, utrum fuerit in eo secundum patiendi necessitatem, ibi: Hic oritur quaestio ex praedictis etc., ubi signatur distinctio decima sexta.
Prima pars dividitur in tres partes. In quarum prima ponit Magister dubitationem circa passionem doloris in Christo, quae ex verbis Hilarii habet ortum. In secunda vero subiungit verba Hilarii, quae videntur esse dubia, ibi: Ait enim sic Hilarius in decimo libro de Trinitate. In tertia vero illa verba explanat, ibi: Audisti, lector, verba Hilarii etc.
Similiter secunda pars, in qua agit de patiendi necessitate, tres habet particulas. In prima movet dubitationemp345-2. In secunda vero ponit determinationem illius quaestionis, ibi: Ad quod dici potest, Christum voluntate etc. In tertia vero subiungit quoddam dictum notabile ad maiorem praecedentium explanationem, ibi: Et est hic notandum, Christum de omni statu hominis etc.
TRACTATIO QUAESTIONUM.
Ad intelligentiam autem huius partis incidit hic quaestio de passione doloris in Christo, circa quam principaliter quaeruntur duo. Primo enim inquirendum est de passione doloris, prout respicit animam et carnem communiter. Secundo vero, prout respicit animam specialiter.
Circa primum quaeruntur tria.
Primo quaeritur de doloris veritate.
Secundo vero de doloris acerbitate.
Tertio vero de dolendi sive patiendi necessitate.
ARTICULUS I.
De passione doloris, prout respicit animam et carnem communiter.
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## COMMENTARY ON DISTINCTION XVI. ### On the passion of pain and on passibility specially.
Nevertheless, they move [us] more and bring forward a more difficult question, etc.
DIVISION OF THE TEXT.
Above, the Master treated of the passions found in Christ under a certain generality. But in this part he descends specially to determine concerning the passion of pain and concerning passibility. Now this part is divided into two. In the first of these he inquires whether the passion of pain was in Christ according to truthp345-1. In the second, whether it was in him according to the necessity of suffering, where it says: Here arises a question from what has been said, etc., where the sixteenth distinction is marked.
The first part is divided into three parts. In the first of these the Master sets out a doubt concerning the passion of pain in Christ, which has its origin from the words of Hilary. In the second he adds the words of Hilary, which seem to be doubtful, where it says: For Hilary speaks thus in the tenth book On the Trinity. In the third he explains those words, where it says: You have heard, reader, the words of Hilary, etc.
Likewise the second part, in which he treats of the necessity of suffering, has three little parts. In the first he raises a doubtp345-2. In the second he sets out the determination of that question, where it says: To which it can be said that Christ by [his] will, etc. In the third he adds a certain notable saying for the greater explanation of the foregoing, where it says: And here it is to be noted that Christ, of every state of man, etc.
TREATMENT OF THE QUESTIONS.
Now for the understanding of this part there arises here a question concerning the passion of pain in Christ, concerning which principally two things are asked. For first it must be inquired concerning the passion of pain, insofar as it regards the soul and the flesh in common. Second, insofar as it regards the soul specially.
Concerning the first, three things are asked.
First it is asked concerning the truth of the pain.
Second, concerning the bitterness of the pain.
Third, concerning the necessity of grieving or of suffering.
ARTICLE I.
On the passion of pain, insofar as it regards the soul and the flesh in common.
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- Edd. cum pluribus codd. perperam exhibent virtutem, et mox edd. solae omittunt verba ubi signatur distinctio decima sexta. — A verbis Hic oritur quaestio etc., a quibus in nostra editione oritur 3. cap. d. 16, tum apud B. Albertum tum apud S. Thomam incipit d. 16; cfr. supra pag. 344, nota 1.The editions, with several codices, wrongly give virtutem, and presently the editions alone omit the words where the sixteenth distinction is marked. — From the words Here arises a question, etc., from which in our edition the 3rd chapter of d. 16 begins, the d. 16 begins both in Blessed Albert and in St. Thomas; cf. above, p. 344, note 1.
- Edd. quaestionem.The editions [read] quaestionem [question].