Dist. 2, Divisio Textus
Book IV: On the Sacraments · Distinction 2
## COMMENTARIUS IN DISTINCTIONEM II.
De Sacramentis in speciali.
Iam nunc ad Sacramenta novae legis accedamus.
DIVISIO TEXTUS.
Haec est secunda pars, in qua Magister agit de Sacramentis in speciali. Et habet haec pars duas partes. In prima determinat quaedam praeambula. In secunda vero determinat de unoquoque per se, ibi: Post haec videndum est, quid sit baptismus, distinctione tertia.
Prima pars habet duas partes. In prima parte determinat praeambula ad omnia Sacramenta, scilicet tempus institutionis et numerum. In secunda vero determinat praeambulum specialiter ad baptismum, ibi: Nunc vero de baptismi Sacramento videamus.
Prima iterum pars habet duas. In prima determinat numerum. In secunda vero institutionis tempus, ibi: Si vero quaeritur, quare non fuerunt etc. — Nunc vero de baptismi Sacramento etc. Haec est secunda pars, in qua agit de praeambulo ad baptismum Christi, quod quidem fuit baptismus Ioannis, et habet haec pars tres partes. In prima Magister determinat de utilitate, sive ad quid fuit. In secunda vero de eius institutione sive denominatione, ibi: Sed quaeritur, quare dictus est baptismus Ioannis. In tertia vero agit de usu sive de iteratione1, ibi: Hic considerandum est, si baptizati etc.
TRACTATIO QUAESTIONUM.
Ad intelligentiam praesentis2 distinctionis secundum duo, quae determinat Magister, duo principaliter quaeruntur.
Primo quaeritur de institutione Sacramentorum quantum ad primam partem.
Quantum vero ad secundam quaeritur de baptismo Ioannis.
Circa primum quaeruntur tria.
Primo quaeritur, utrum omne tempus fuerit idoneum ad institutionem Sacramentorum.
Secundo, utrum in diversis temporibus debuerint diversa institui.
Tertio, utrum in tempore gratiae debuerint institui unum, vel plura.
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## COMMENTARY ON DISTINCTION II.
On the Sacraments in particular.
Now let us approach the Sacraments of the new law.
DIVISION OF THE TEXT.
This is the second part, in which the Master treats of the Sacraments in particular. And this part has two parts. In the first it determines certain preliminaries. In the second it determines concerning each one individually, at: After these things it must be seen what baptism is, in the third distinction.
The first part has two parts. In the first part it determines the preliminaries to all the Sacraments, namely the time of institution and the number. In the second it determines the preliminary specially to baptism, at: But now let us see concerning the Sacrament of baptism.
The first part again has two [parts]. In the first it determines the number. In the second the time of institution, at: But if it is asked why they were not etc. — But now concerning the Sacrament of baptism etc. This is the second part, in which it treats of the preliminary to the baptism of Christ, which indeed was the baptism of John, and this part has three parts. In the first the Master determines concerning [its] usefulness, or to what end it was. In the second concerning its institution or naming, at: But it is asked why it was called the baptism of John. In the third it treats of [its] use or repetition1, at: Here it must be considered whether those baptized etc.
TREATMENT OF THE QUESTIONS.
For the understanding of the present2 distinction, according to the two things which the Master determines, two questions are principally asked.
First it is asked concerning the institution of the Sacraments, as to the first part.
But as to the second, inquiry is made concerning the baptism of John.
Concerning the first, three things are asked.
First it is asked whether every time was suitable for the institution of the Sacraments.
Second, whether in diverse times diverse [Sacraments] ought to have been instituted.
Third, whether in the time of grace one ought to have been instituted, or several.
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- 1Non pauci codd. perperam narratione, edd. variatione, quae etiam voci usu praemittunt forma.Not a few codices wrongly read narratione (narration), the editions variatione (variation), which also prefix forma (form) to the word usu (use).
- 2Codd. EGIZ praedictae, cod. L sequentis, edd. huius.Codices E, G, I, Z read praedictae (aforesaid), codex L sequentis (following), the editions huius (of this).