Dist. 24, Part 1, Divisio Textus
Book IV: On the Sacraments · Distinction 24
## COMMENTARIUS IN DISTINCTIONEM XXIV.
PARS I.
De Sacramento ordinis quoad ea quae ad illud disponunt.
Nunc ad considerationem sacrae ordinationis accedamus etc.
DIVISIO TEXTUS.
Haec est sexta pars, in qua de sexto Sacramento agit1. Posset tamen dividi contra totam praecedentem. In praecedentibus enim egit de Sacramentis, quae respiciunt determinatam personam. Hic agit de his quae respiciunt multitudinem ecclesiasticam, et primo de ordine, secundo de matrimonio2. Qualitercumque dividatur et ordinetur praedicta pars, ista, in qua agit de ordinis Sacramento, duas habet. In prima enim determinat de ipso Sacramento. In secunda de dispensatione huius Sacramenti3, ibi4: Solet quaeri, si haeretici ab Ecclesia praecisi etc.
Prima pars duas habet. In prima determinat de his quae disponunt ad ordinem, scilicet bona vita et tonsura. In secunda de ipsis ordinibus, ibi: Ostiarii iidem et ianitores sunt. Prima pars dividitur in duas. In prima ostendit, quod cum septem sint ordines, propter significandam scilicet gratiam septiformem, quod nemo digne accipit ordines, qui non est in gratia; et haec est dispositio interior. In secunda vero determinat de dispositione exteriori, quae quidem est tonsura, ibi: In hoc igitur Sacramento septiformis etc.
TRACTATIO QUAESTIONUM.
Ad intelligentiam huius partis quaeritur de ordine in generali, de quo secundum duo, quae in littera5 determinantur, duo principaliter quaeruntur.
Primo quaeritur de ordinis signaculo.
Secundo quaeritur de ordinis Sacramento.
Et cum ordinis signaculum sit tonsura vel corona, circa hoc quatuor quaeruntur.
Primo quaeritur, utrum ordinandi debeant coronari vel tonsurari.
Secundo, dato quod sic, quaeritur, utrum corona illa sit Sacramentum.
Tertio, utrum in susceptione coronae fiat abrenuntiatio temporalium.
Quarto, utrum Ecclesia talibus teneatur ad temporale subsidium.
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## COMMENTARY ON DISTINCTION XXIV.
PART I.
On the Sacrament of order, as regards the things which dispose toward it.
Now let us approach the consideration of sacred ordination, etc.
DIVISION OF THE TEXT.
This is the sixth part, in which he treats of the sixth Sacrament1. It could, however, be divided over against the whole preceding [part]. For in the preceding [parts] he treated of the Sacraments which regard a determinate person. Here he treats of those things which regard the multitude of the Church, and first concerning order, secondly concerning matrimony2. In whatever way the aforesaid part be divided and ordered, this [part], in which he treats of the Sacrament of order, has two [parts]. For in the first he determines concerning the Sacrament itself. In the second, concerning the dispensation of this Sacrament3, at4: It is wont to be asked whether heretics cut off from the Church etc.
The first part has two [parts]. In the first it determines concerning the things which dispose toward order, namely a good life and the tonsure. In the second, concerning the orders themselves, at: Doorkeepers are the same as porters. The first part is divided into two. In the first it shows that, since there are seven orders — namely for the signifying of sevenfold grace — no one worthily receives orders who is not in grace; and this is the interior disposition. In the second it determines concerning the exterior disposition, which indeed is the tonsure, at: In this Sacrament, therefore, the sevenfold etc.
TREATMENT OF THE QUESTIONS.
For the understanding of this part inquiry is made concerning order in general, concerning which — according to the two things which are determined in the text5 — two questions are principally asked.
First it is asked concerning the seal of order.
Secondly it is asked concerning the Sacrament of order.
And since the seal of order is the tonsure or crown, concerning this four things are asked.
First it is asked whether those to be ordained ought to be crowned or tonsured.
Secondly, granted that they ought, it is asked whether that crown is a Sacrament.
Thirdly, whether in the reception of the crown there is made a renunciation of temporal things.
Fourthly, whether the Church is bound toward temporal support for such persons.
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- 1Cfr. supra d. 2. dub. 1. et d. 23. dub. 1. — Inferius pro in qua cod. G quae.Cf. above, distinction 2, dubium 1, and distinction 23, dubium 1. — Below, for in qua (in which), codex G [reads] quae (which).
- 2Hug., loc. cit. c. 12.Hugh [of St. Victor], in the place cited, chapter 12.
- 3Ed. 1 infra dist. 25. — Superius pro enim plures codd. tantum.Edition 1 [places this] below, in distinction 25. — Above, for enim (for), several codices [read] tantum (only).
- 4Cfr. supra d. XIII. c. 1. circa med.Cf. above, distinction 13, chapter 1, near the middle.
- 5Cfr. divisio textus. — Inferius pro vel corona edd. cum aliquot codd. cum corona.Cf. the division of the text. — Below, for vel corona (or the crown), the editions, together with some codices, [read] cum corona (with the crown).