PL 6 · cols. 821–822

Sancti Augustini fragmentum de extremo judicio

Editors' preface

ADMONITIO IN SEQUENS FRAGMENTUM.

ADMONITION ON THE FOLLOWING FRAGMENT.

Primus anno 1679 subsequens fragmentum vulgavit Stephanus Baluzius sub nomine Lactantii, hoc unico fretus argumento, quod illud ad calcem manuscriptorum quorumdam Divinarum Institutionum legerit. Sed pace tam docti viri dixerim, id non sufficere. Nusquam enim his in manuscriptis Lactantio tribuitur, immo potius in codice Regio 3977 sub S. Augustini nomine exscribitur, his verbis: Augustinus in libro XX de Civitate Dei. At ideo scriptor amanuensis fragmentum istud subjecit Lactantio, ut ejus ac millenariorum depelleret errores, quibus passim, ac praecipue librum VII Divinarum Institutionum sparg⟨i⟩t auctor noster. (Hanc annotationem ex Examine doctrinae Sanctorum Patrum viri doctiss. D. des Essarts decerpsimus).

Stephen Baluze first published the following fragment in the year 1679 under the name of Lactantius, relying on this single argument, that he had read it at the end of certain manuscripts of the Divine Institutes. But, by the leave of so learned a man, I would say that this is not enough. For nowhere in these manuscripts is it attributed to Lactantius; on the contrary, in the Royal codex 3977 it is copied out under the name of St Augustine, in these words: "Augustine in Book XX of the City of God." But the copyist appended this fragment to Lactantius for this reason, to dispel his errors and those of the millenarians, which our author scatters here and there, and especially through Book VII of the Divine Institutes. (We have excerpted this annotation from the Examination of the Doctrine of the Holy Fathers by the most learned M. des Essarts.)

SANCTI AUGUSTINI FRAGMENTUM DE EXTREMO JUDICIO.

A FRAGMENT OF SAINT AUGUSTINE ON THE LAST JUDGEMENT.

Nullus vel negat, vel dubitat, per Jesum Christum tale, quale Sacris Litteris praenuntiatur, novissimum futurum esse judicium, nisi qui eisdem Litteris nescio qua incredibili animositate, seu caecitate non credit, quae jam veritatem suam orbi demonstravere terrarum. In illo itaque judicio, vel circa illud judicium, has res didicimus esse venturas, Eliam Thesbiten, fidem Judaeorum Antichristum persecuturum, Christum judicaturum, mortuorum resurrectionem,

No one denies or doubts that there will be a last judgement through Jesus Christ, such as is foretold in the Sacred Scriptures, except one who, by I know not what incredible animosity or blindness, does not believe those same Scriptures, which have already shown their truth to the whole world. In that judgement, then, or about the time of that judgement, we have learned that these things will come: Elijah the Tishbite, the faith of the Jews, Antichrist who will persecute, Christ who will judge, the resurrection of the dead,

Editors' notes and page, col. 821

Footnotes

(a) ‹anchor: Institutionum legerit› · call in col 821

Reperitur in mss. quibusdam recentioribus: 1° in tribus Regiis, 2° in uno Victorino, 3° in Sorbonico uno, 4° in tribus Anglicanis; sed sine Lactantii nomine.

It is found in certain more recent manuscripts: 1st, in three Royal ones; 2nd, in one of Saint-Victor; 3rd, in one of the Sorbonne; 4th, in three English ones; but without Lactantius's name.

VARIORUM NOTAE. (Praenuntiatur) ‹anchor: Sacris Litteris praenuntiatur› · lemma in col 821 Praenuntiatur. Sic reposui ex nov. S. Augustini editione et mss. praeter 1 Colb., in quo est pronuntiatur, ut in Baluziana editione.

Praenuntiatur ("is foretold"). So I have restored it from the new edition of St Augustine and the manuscripts, except one Colbert manuscript, which has pronuntiatur ("is pronounced"), as in Baluze's edition.

(Esse) ‹anchor: futurum esse judicium› · lemma in col 821 Esse. Additum ex mss. 1 Reg., 1 Colb., Em. et S. Augustin.

Esse ("to be"). Added from the manuscripts: one Royal, one Colbert, Em., and St Augustine.

(Qua incredibili) ‹anchor: nescio qua incredibili› · lemma in col 821 Qua incredibili. Vide in Epitome, c. 67, circa med., alias c. 8, circa finem.

Qua incredibili ("by what incredible"). See the Epitome, ch. 67, about the middle; otherwise ch. 8, near the end.

(Illud) ‹anchor: vel circa illud› · lemma in col 821 Illud. Ita lego cum mss. 1 Reg., 1 Colb., Sorbon., Vict., Em. et ed. nov. S. Augustini. Alter Colb. et ed. Baluz.

Illud ("that"). So I read with the manuscripts: one Royal, one Colbert, the Sorbonne, Saint-Victor, Em., and the new edition of St Augustine. The other Colbert manuscript and Baluze's edition [as printed; the reading is not given].

(Thesbiten) ‹anchor: Eliam Thesbiten› · lemma in col 821 Thesbiten. Sic legunt S. Augustinus et mss. Lactantiani, praeter unum Colb., qui cum edit. Baluz. habet Thesbitem.

Thesbiten ("the Tishbite"). So read St Augustine and the manuscripts of Lactantius, except one Colbert manuscript, which with Baluze's edition has Thesbitem.

(Fidem) ‹anchor: Thesbiten, fidem Judaeorum› · lemma in col 821 Fidem. Ita reposui ex mss. 1 Reg., Colb., Sorb., Vict., Em., Merton., S. Augustino. Alter Colb. et ed. Baluz. ferunt fide.

Fidem ("faith", accusative). So I have restored it from the manuscripts: one Royal, Colbert, the Sorbonne, Saint-Victor, Em., Merton, and St Augustine. The other Colbert manuscript and Baluze's edition give fide (ablative).

(Diremptionem) ‹anchor: malorumque diremptionem› · lemma in col 822 Diremptionem. Id est, separationem. Vict. in marg. discussionem; mss. 5 et ed. Baluz. direptionem, male. Cum S. Augustino lego diremptionem, quae vox, licet insolens et minime latina, idem est ac diremptus Ciceroni, qui ait: Interitus est quasi discessus, et secretio, et diremptus earum partium, quae ante interitum junctione aliqua tenebantur, I Tuscul., 71.

Diremptionem, that is, separation. The Saint-Victor manuscript has discussionem ("examination") in the margin; five manuscripts and Baluze's edition have direptionem ("plundering"), wrongly. With St Augustine I read diremptionem: the word, though unusual and hardly Latin, is the same as Cicero's diremptus, where he says: "Death is as it were a departure, a setting apart, and a separation of those parts which before death were held together by some union" (Tusculan Disputations I, 71).

(Ejusdemque) ‹anchor: conflagrationem, ejusdemque renovationem› · lemma in col 822 Ejusdemque. Sic restituo ex mss. 1 Reg., Sorbon., Vict., 1 Colb., Em. et S. August. Alter Colb. et ed. Baluz., ejus denique.

Ejusdemque ("and of the same"). So I restore it from the manuscripts: one Royal, the Sorbonne, Saint-Victor, one Colbert, Em., and St Augustine. The other Colbert manuscript and Baluze's edition have ejus denique ("then of it").

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Editors' prose

ADMONITIO IN SEQUENS FRAGMENTUM.

ADMONITION

Étienne Baluze first published the following fragment in the year 1679 under the name of Lactantius, relying on this single argument, that he had read it at the end of certain manuscripts of the Divine Institutes. But, by the leave of so learned a man, I would say that this does not suffice. For nowhere in these manuscripts is it to Lactantius

tribuitur, immo potius in codice Regio 3977 sub S. Augustini nomine exscribitur, his verbis: Augustinus in libro xx de Civitate Dei. At ideo scriptor amanuensis fragmentum istud subjecit Lactantio, ut ejus ac millenariorum depelleret errores, quibus passim, ac praecipue librum vii Divinarum Institutionum spargit auctor noster. (Hanc annotationem ex Examine doctrinae Sanctorum Patrum viri doctiss. D. des Essarts decerpsimus).

attributed; rather, in the Royal codex 3977 it is copied out under the name of St Augustine, in these words: "Augustine, in Book XX of the City of God." But the copyist set this fragment after Lactantius for this reason, that he might drive off his errors and those of the millenarians, with which our author besprinkles [his work] here and there, and especially Book VII of the Divine Institutes. (We have culled this annotation from the Examen doctrinae Sanctorum Patrum of that most learned man, M. des Essarts.)

SANCTI AUGUSTINI FRAGMENTUM DE EXTREMO JUDICIO.

A FRAGMENT OF SAINT AUGUSTINE

No one either denies or doubts that there is to be through Jesus Christ a last judgement such as is foretold in the Sacred Letters, except one who, by some incredible animosity or blindness, does not believe those same Letters, which have already shown their truth to the whole world. In that judgement, then, or about that judgement, we have learnt that these things are to come: Elijah the Tishbite, the faith of the Jews, Antichrist persecuting, Christ judging, the resurrection of the dead,

bonorum malorumque diremptionem, mundi conflagrationem, ejusdemque renovationem. Quae omnia quidem ventura esse credendum est. Sed quibus modis, et quo ordine veniant, magis tunc docebit rerum experientia, quam nunc ad perfectum hominum intelligentia valet consequi. Existimo tamen, eo quo a me commemorata sunt, ordine esse ventura.

the separation of the good and the wicked, the burning of the world, and its renewal. All these things, indeed, must be believed to be coming. But in what ways and in what order they come, the experience of the events will then teach better than the understanding of men can now attain to perfectly. I think, however, that they will come in the order in which I have related them.

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running head: 821 S. AUGUSTINI FRAGMEN[TUM] (cut off at the image edge)
marginal letters: A ‹mus, et verax, ad lucem›; B ‹Primus anno 1679›; C ‹Nullus vel negat›; D (none)
old-edition numerals: (none)
other: a full-width band stands across cols 821/822 in mid-page: the 3 paragraph(s) above it in col 822 are set here, after the 2 above it in col 821 (reading order, moved on receipt); the band itself (its title lines) is not set by the volunteer page: set it here, at the move, with full_width
other: the column opens with the end of the previous work (another unit); not set here: the unit begins at Nullus vel negat, vel dubitat
running head: 821 S. AUGUSTINI FRAGMENTUM. 822
marginal letters: A ‹mus, et verax, ad lucem› (end of the previous work, unset); B ‹Primus anno 1679›
old-edition numerals: (none)

PL 6:822

bonorum malorumque diremptionem, mundi conflagrationem, ejusdemque renovationem. Quae omnia quidem ventura esse credendum est. Sed quibus modis, et quo ordine veniant, magis tunc docebit rerum experientia, quam nunc ad perfectum hominum intelligentia valet consequi. Existimo tamen, eo quo a me commemorata sunt, ordine esse ventura.

the separation of the good and the wicked, the burning of the world, and its renewal. All these things, indeed, must be believed to be coming. But in what ways and in what order they will come, the experience of the events will then teach better than the understanding of men can now attain to perfectly. I think, however, that they will come in the order in which I have recounted them.

Editors' notes and page, col. 822

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running head: …STINI FRAGMENTUM. 822 (left part cut off at the image edge)
marginal letters: A dum spiritus hos regit artus; B tio tribuitur, immo potius; C bonorum malorumque diremptionem
old-edition numerals: (none)
other: "dum spiritus hos regit artus," is printed centred on its own line (verse quotation) and belongs to the previous work, which ends in this column at "a Domino consequamur." (not set here). Full-width title "…IONITIO / …S FRAGMENTUM." (cut off at left) stands between the previous work's Variorum notae and the B paragraph: set under the col 821 rail. Full-width title "…TINI FRAGMENTUM / …EMO JUDICIO." stands between the B paragraph and the C paragraph: set under the col 821 rail, in reading order. Editors' matter: the Admonitio paragraph "tio tribuitur, immo potius…" (des Essarts annotation). Its first syllables "tio" end the word Lactan-tio broken from col 821 and are set whole there. "sparg⟨i⟩t": letter i lost in the type. The Variorum notae at the foot of both sections are not set in the text.
other: the paragraph of this column above the full-width band (and the band itself) is set under col 821 (reading order, moved on receipt; carried out by QA Q3)
running head: 821 S. AUGUSTINI FRAGMENTUM. 822
marginal letters: B ‹tio tribuitur, immo potius›; C ‹Nullus vel negat, vel dubitat› (col 821) / ‹bonorum malorumque diremptionem› (col 822); D (none visible)
old-edition numerals: (none)
other: EDITORS' MATTER: the first paragraph (tribuitur ... decerpsimus) completes the editors' Admonitio begun in col 821 (word Lactan-tio set whole there). The title band SANCTI AUGUSTINI FRAGMENTUM / DE EXTREMO JUDICIO is printed full width. The Nullus paragraph begins in col 821 (Nullus ... mortuorum resurrectionem,) under the col 821 rail and resumes in col 822 at bonorum malorumque diremptionem, where the col 822 rail stands. Augustinus in libro xx de Civitate Dei printed in italics with xx and vii in small capitals. sparg t: a letter lost to damaged type, read as spargit. No comma printed between Judaeorum and Antichristum; set as printed. Variorum notae at the page foot not set.