Bonaventure

The numbered footnotes below correspond to markers in both the Latin body above and the English translation. Quaracchi restarts footnote numbering on each printed page, so the labels here are page-qualified: notes 1–3 of page 956.

COMMENTARIUS IN DISTINCTIONEM XLVI.

De statu et conditione animarum damnatarum.

Sed quaeritur hic de valde malis etc.

DIVISIO TEXTUS.

Supra egit Magister de statu et conditione animarum bonarum. In hac parte agit de statu et conditione animarum damnatarum¹. Unde in hac parte Magister quaerit, utrum animae damnatae recipiant unquam mitigationem in poena per benignitatem misericordiae, an solummodo puniantur per severitatem iustitiae. Et haec pars dividitur in duas. In prima quaerit et determinat. In secunda ostendit, qualiter misericordia Dei in omni² opere currit cum iustitia, ibi: Sed quomodo iustitiam Dei et pietatem etc.

Prima pars habet duas. In prima investigat et opponit. In secunda determinat et solvit, ibi: Unde non incongrue dici potest etc.

Similiter secunda pars habet duas. In prima comparat misericordiam et iustitiam ad invicem. In secunda vero comparat ad operationem, ibi: Quod autem quaedam opera misericordiae etc. Et illa secunda pars habet duas. In prima ostendit, quod quaedam opera aptantur misericordiae, quaedam iustitiae. In secunda vero determinat, quomodo illud intelligitur: Universae viae Domini misericordia et veritas³, ibi: Post haec considerari oportet. — Et sic duo determinat hic principaliter, scilicet utrum poenae malorum recipiant mitigationem. Secundo vero, quomodo misericordia et veritas eandem respiciant operationem.

TRACTATIO QUAESTIONUM.

Ad intelligentiam praesentis distinctionis secundum duo, quae determinat Magister in littera, duo principaliter quaeruntur.

Primo quaeritur, utrum poena malorum recipiat mitigationem.

Secundo quaeritur, quomodo misericordia et veritas eandem respiciant operationem.

Circa primum quaeruntur quatuor.

Primo quaeritur, utrum aliqua mitigatio poenae fiat damnatis propter suffragia Ecclesiae.

Secundo, utrum fiat mitigatio propter pietatem misericordiae.

Tertio, utrum Deus agat misericordius cum uno quam cum altero.

Quarto, utrum agat iustius cum uno quam cum altero.

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COMMENTARY ON DISTINCTION XLVI.

On the state and condition of the souls of the damned.

But it is asked here concerning the utterly wicked etc.

DIVISION OF THE TEXT.

Above the Master treated of the state and condition of the souls of the good. In this part he treats of the state and condition of the souls of the damned¹. Hence in this part the Master asks whether the damned souls ever receive any mitigation in their punishment through the kindness of mercy, or whether they are punished solely through the severity of justice. And this part is divided into two. In the first he inquires and determines. In the second he shows in what manner the mercy of God runs together with justice in every² work, there: But how the justice of God and his loving-kindness etc.

The first part has two. In the first he investigates and raises objections. In the second he determines and resolves, there: Hence it can not unfittingly be said etc.

Likewise the second part has two. In the first he compares mercy and justice to one another. In the second he compares them to [God's] operation, there: But that certain works [are attributed] to mercy etc. And that second part has two. In the first he shows that certain works are fitted to mercy, certain to justice. In the second he determines how that saying is to be understood: All the ways of the Lord are mercy and truth³, there: After these things it must be considered. — And thus he determines two things here principally, namely whether the punishments of the wicked receive mitigation. Secondly, how mercy and truth regard the same operation.

TREATMENT OF THE QUESTIONS.

For the understanding of the present distinction, according to the two things which the Master determines in the text, two questions are principally asked.

First it is asked whether the punishment of the wicked receives mitigation.

Secondly it is asked how mercy and truth regard the same operation.

Concerning the first, four questions are asked.

First it is asked whether any mitigation of punishment is granted to the damned on account of the suffrages of the Church.

Secondly, whether a mitigation is granted on account of the loving-kindness of mercy.

Thirdly, whether God acts more mercifully with one than with another.

Fourthly, whether he acts more justly with one than with another.

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