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COMMENTARIUS IN DISTINCTIONEM XLV.

De statu et conditione bonarum animarum post mortem.

Praeterea sciendum est, quod omnes animae, ut ait Augustinus etc.

DIVISIO TEXTUS.

Supra egit Magister de reparatione corporum; hic agit de statu animarum post mortem; et dividitur haec pars in duas. In prima parte determinat de statu et conditione bonarum animarum. In secunda de conditione et statu malarum, distinctione quadragesima sexta, ibi: Sed quaeritur hic de valde malis etc.

Prima pars habet duas. In prima determinat de animarum receptaculis. In secunda parte determinat de suffragiis, quae animabus possunt fieri, ibi: Neque negandum est, ut ait Augustinus, defunctorum animas etc. Et illa secunda pars habet duas. In prima determinat de suffragiis, quae viventes impartiuntur mortuis. In secunda determinat de suffragiis sive adiutoriis, quae mortui impartiuntur vivis, ibi: Sed forte quaeris: nunquid preces supplicantium etc.

Prima pars habet duas. In prima determinat veritatem. In secunda movet dubitationes, ibi: Solet moveri quaestio de duobus, uno divite etc. Et prima pars habet duas. In prima determinat quae sunt illa quae prosunt defunctis. In secunda, quae sunt illa quae non prosunt, ibi: De pompis vero exsequiarum idem Augustinus etc. — Similiter secunda pars, in qua movet quaestiones, duas habet. In prima parte determinat hanc quaestionem, utrum suffragia¹ prosint omnibus aequaliter. In secunda vero inquirit de

infirmo, cui non possunt subvenire suffragia Ecclesiae, qualiter habeat liberari, ibi: Sed iterum quaeritur de aliquo mediocriter bono¹ etc.

Summa igitur istius distinctionis in tribus consistit: primo in animarum receptaculis; secundo in suffragiis, quae vivi impartiuntur mortuis; tertio vero in suffragiis, quae mortui impartiuntur vivis. Et in his totum clauditur.

TRACTATIO QUAESTIONUM.

Ad intelligentiam huius partis secundum tria, quae determinat Magister in littera, principaliter tria quaeruntur.

Primo quaeritur de receptaculis animarum exutarum.

Secundo, de suffragiis, quae recipiunt a vivis.

Tertio, de suffragiis, quae impendunt vivis².

Circa primum quaeruntur tria.

Primo quaeritur de receptaculis animarum ante adventum Christi.

Secundo quaeritur, utrum post adventum Christi habuerint loca determinata.

Tertio, utrum egrediantur ad exteriora.

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COMMENTARY ON DISTINCTION XLV.

On the state and condition of good souls after death.

Moreover it must be known that all souls, as Augustine says, etc.

DIVISION OF THE TEXT.

Above the Master treated of the restoration of bodies; here he treats of the state of souls after death; and this part is divided into two. In the first part he determines concerning the state and condition of good souls. In the second, concerning the condition and state of evil souls, in the forty-sixth distinction, there: But it is asked here concerning the very evil etc.

The first part has two [subdivisions]. In the first he determines concerning the receptacles of souls. In the second part he determines concerning the suffrages which can be made for souls, there: Nor is it to be denied, as Augustine says, that the souls of the dead etc. And that second part has two. In the first he determines concerning the suffrages which the living bestow upon the dead. In the second he determines concerning the suffrages or helps which the dead bestow upon the living, there: But perhaps you ask: do the prayers of those who supplicate etc.

The first part has two. In the first he determines the truth [of the matter]. In the second he raises doubts, there: A question is wont to be raised concerning two men, one rich etc. And the first part has two. In the first he determines what those things are which profit the dead. In the second, what those things are which do not profit, there: But concerning the pomp of funerals the same Augustine etc. — Likewise the second part, in which he raises questions, has two. In the first part he determines this question, whether suffrages¹ profit all equally. In the second he inquires concerning

the infirm man, whom the suffrages of the Church cannot assist, how he may come to be freed, there: But again it is asked concerning someone moderately good¹ etc.

The sum, therefore, of this distinction consists in three things: first, in the receptacles of souls; second, in the suffrages which the living bestow upon the dead; third, in the suffrages which the dead bestow upon the living. And in these the whole is comprised.

TREATMENT OF THE QUESTIONS.

For the understanding of this part according to the three things which the Master determines in the text, three things are principally asked.

First it is asked concerning the receptacles of souls that have been stripped [of their bodies].

Second, concerning the suffrages which they receive from the living.

Third, concerning the suffrages which they bestow upon the living².

Concerning the first, three things are asked.

First it is asked concerning the receptacles of souls before the coming of Christ.

Second it is asked whether after the coming of Christ they had determinate places.

Third, whether they go forth to outward things.

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