{"slug":"stoa0117.stoa003.opp-lat1","id":"latin:ogl-csel:stoa0117.stoa003.opp-lat1","title":"Instructiones","title_source":"Instructiones","author":"Eucherius of Lyon, Saint","genre":"other","date":"","tradition":"latin","coverage":"not-located","coverage_claim":{"status":"not-located","text":"No English translation could be identified: a language model asked twice could not name one, though it could not rule one out either. 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The work survives in 8th–9th century manuscripts and was widely used in Carolingian schools and medieval monasteries. It compiles patristic explanations of difficult biblical terms, including Hebrew and Greek words, and reflects the catechetical needs of late antique Gallic Christianity. The edition divides the work into two books, though manuscript traditions sometimes present them separately.","historical_context":"Eucherius of Lyon (d. ca. 450) wrote the Instructiones in mid-5th century Gaul, likely at the monastery of Lérins or in Lyon, for his son Salonius, later bishop of Geneva. The work reflects the catechetical and exegetical needs of late antique Gallic Christianity, drawing on patristic authorities like Jerome, Ambrose, and Augustine. It survives in several early medieval manuscripts, the earliest from the 8th–9th centuries, transmitted alongside other patristic works in monastic libraries. The Instructiones was used as a reference for biblical interpretation in Carolingian schools and later medieval monasteries, influencing figures like Rabanus Maurus. The edition's division into two books (on difficult passages and on Hebrew names) may obscure the original unity, as some manuscript traditions present the books separately.","significance":"The Instructiones is a key witness to late antique biblical scholarship and catechetical practice in Gaul. It served as a standard reference for biblical terms in medieval education, linking patristic exegesis to Carolingian and later monastic learning. Its influence on Rabanus Maurus and others underscores its role in shaping medieval biblical interpretation.","timeline":[{"date":"mid-5th c.","event":"Eucherius writes the Instructiones for his son Salonius."},{"date":"ca. 450","event":"Eucherius dies; the work continues in manuscript transmission."},{"date":"8th–9th c.","event":"Earliest surviving manuscripts of the Instructiones are copied."},{"date":"9th c.","event":"The Instructiones is used in Carolingian schools, influencing Rabanus Maurus."},{"date":"Medieval period","event":"The work is widely copied and used in monastic libraries."},{"date":"Modern edition","event":"The CSEL edition provides a critical text, though without full apparatus of variants."}],"relations":[{"work":"Jerome's Liber interpretationis hebraicorum nominum","relation":"Source for Hebrew name interpretations","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Ambrose's De mysteriis","relation":"Possible source for exegetical method","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Augustine's De doctrina christiana","relation":"Influences Eucherius's approach to biblical interpretation","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Rabanus Maurus's De universo","relation":"Later work influenced by Instructiones","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Carolingian school texts","relation":"Instructiones used as a reference in these contexts","key":"","label":null,"url":null}],"external_links":[{"key":"wikipedia:Eucherius of Lyon","label":"Eucherius of Lyon","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucherius_of_Lyon","reason":"Biographical context for the author"}],"cautions":["The date of composition is not precisely known; only that it is mid-5th century.","The earliest manuscripts are from the 8th–9th centuries, leaving a gap in transmission.","The edition's division into two books may not reflect the original unity of the work.","The edition lacks a full apparatus of variant readings; textual criticism requires the CSEL volume."],"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","cost_usd":0.000468,"generated":"2026-11-15T06:29:06Z"},"links":[{"kind":"source","label":"Open Greek and Latin CSEL","url":"https://github.com/OpenGreekAndLatin/csel-dev/blob/master/data/data/stoa0117/stoa003/stoa0117.stoa003.opp-lat1.xml"}],"checks":{"work":"stoa0117.stoa003.opp-lat1","status":"warn","blocking":[],"warnings":[{"code":"commentary-single-kind","i":"124","kind":"term"}],"stats":{"passages":125,"translated":125,"commentary_passages":125,"commentary_units":724,"english_words":27164,"source_letters":107883,"commentary_kinds":10},"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor"},"work_notes":[{"unit":"dating","kind":"chronology","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius of Lyon (d. ca. 450) wrote the Instructiones as a handbook for his son. 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For textual criticism, users must consult the critical apparatus in the CSEL volume.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"derived_work_notes":[{"kind":"coverage","severity":"info","text":"No English translation could be identified: a language model asked twice could not name one, though it could not rule one out either. That is not proof that none exists — translations in dissertations, recent books and other modern languages are easily missed."},{"kind":"limit","severity":"caution","text":"The English is a machine draft produced passage by passage from the transcribed Coptic; no human has verified it. The commentary is model-written and cites only keys the pipeline could resolve."},{"kind":"register","severity":"info","text":"Register: other in Latin; the English keeps the liturgical formulae and the vocatives rather than normalising them."},{"kind":"structure","severity":"info","text":"Passages: 125 narrative."},{"kind":"scripture","severity":"info","text":"2 scriptural phrase match(es) noted: John 1:1; John 4:10."},{"kind":"source","severity":"info","text":"Source edition: ogl-csel — Available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License"}],"derived_structure":{"narrative":125},"term_index":[],"citations":{},"segments":[{"i":1,"ref":"p1","source":"LIBER PRIMUS.\n\nPRAEFATIO AD SALONIUM.\n\nSaepe a me requiris multarum rerum absolutionem quae in diuinis uoluminibus interpretem postulant; colligam, prout redierint in memoriam quae a te, mi Saloni, studio cognoscendi sedule copioseque prolata sunt, atque eis non ex meo ingenio sed ex inlustrium doctorum iudicio, neque ex propria temeritate sed ex aliorum auctoritate respondeam consectans non tam eloquii exultantis ambitum quam necessariae breuitatis modum. sic enim et innumeris satisfieri inquisitionibus tuis poterit et mihi insuper liberum erit aliqua extrinsecus quae cognitioni tuae utilia arbitrabor inserere, ut est illud, quid significet alleluia, diapsalma, amen; quid sit cidaris, ephod, siclus et cetera, quae uel in sacris libris frequentata uel maxime in ecclesiae usu posita interpretationem requirunt. haec cum se legentibus per totum scripturarum corpus crebro offerant, non ab re existimaui ea tibi cum significationibus suis in opere hoc quasi coaceruata ostendere.","english":"BOOK ONE.\n\nPREFACE TO SALONIUS.\n\nYou often ask me for the explanation of many things that require an interpreter in the divine volumes; I will gather, as they come back to memory, those things which have been set forth by you, my Saloni, with a zeal for learning, both diligently and copiously, and I will respond to them not from my own intellect but from the judgment of illustrious teachers, nor from my own rashness but from the authority of others, pursuing not so much the range of swelling eloquence as the measure of necessary brevity. For in this way both your countless inquiries can be satisfied, and, moreover, it will be free for me to insert from outside some things which I shall deem useful for your knowledge, such as this: what *alleluia*, *diapsalma*, *amen* signify; what *cidaris*, *ephod*, *siclus* are, and other things which, either frequently encountered in the sacred books or especially placed in the usage of the Church, require interpretation. Since these things often present themselves to readers throughout the whole body of Scripture, I have thought it not unreasonable to show them to you, together with their meanings, heaped up as it were in this work.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"LIBER PRIMUS. PRAEFATIO AD SALONIUM.","severity":"info","text":"The work opens with a book heading and a preface addressed to Salonius, Eucherius's son, establishing the epistolary framework and the work's division into books.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Saloni","severity":"info","text":"Salonius is the addressee and Eucherius's son, later bishop of Geneva. The preface frames the work as a response to his persistent questions, reflecting a father-son and teacher-student relationship.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"alleluia, diapsalma, amen","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius lists terms requiring interpretation: alleluia (Hebrew 'praise Yah'), diapsalma (a musical or structural pause in Psalms, from Greek), and amen (Hebrew 'so be it'). These are among the first items he promises to explain.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"cidaris, ephod, siclus","severity":"info","text":"Further terms: cidaris (a priestly headdress, from Greek κίδαρις), ephod (a priestly garment, Hebrew אֵפוֹד), and siclus (a shekel, a unit of weight or coin, Hebrew שֶׁקֶל). These are items from biblical cultic and economic contexts.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ex inlustrium doctorum iudicio","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius explicitly disclaims originality, stating he relies on the judgment of illustrious teachers (likely Jerome, Ambrose, Augustine, and others). This modesty topos aligns with his method of compiling patristic interpretations.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"opus hoc quasi coaceruata","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius describes his work as a heap (coaceruata) of explanations, a self-deprecating image that influenced later reception: the Instructiones were valued as a handy reference for biblical terms and were widely copied in the Middle Ages.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'absolutionem' could mean 'explanation' or 'solution'; the translation 'explanation' is adopted. 'Diapsalma' is a Greek loanword whose precise liturgical function is debated."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":2,"ref":"p2","source":"dignum namque est quacumque cura mea ingenium tuum remunerari qui uixdum decem natus annos heremum ingressus inter illas sanctorum manus non solum inbutus uerum etiam enutritus es sub Honorato patre, illo, inquam, primo insularum postea etiam ecclesiarum magistro; cum te illic beatissimi Hilarii tunc insulani tironis sed iam nunc summi pontificis doctrina formaret per omnes spiritalium rerum disciplinas, ad hoc etiam te postea consummantibus sanctis uiris Saluiano atque Uincentio eloquentia pariter scientiaque praeeminentibus. his igitur tot ac talibus usus magistris ex me quoque minimo omnium audies quae sciscitatus es. in quibus iam nunc et interrogantem te et me respondentem recognosce. uale in Christo.\n\nDE QVAESTIONIBUS DIFFICILIORIBUS UETERIS ET NOUI TESTAMENTI. DE GENESI.\n\nQuibus scripturarum testimoniis trinitas adprobatur? Multifariam et multis id quidem significationibus per omnia fere sacra uolumina declaratum manifestatumque diffunditur, sed nos breuiter hoc in ipso statim diuinarum scripturarum demonstremus exordio. in principio, inquit, fecit deus caelum et terram. et infra: et spiritus dei ferebatur super aquas. in principio, hoc est, in filio, quia per filium fecit deus pater caelum et terram, cui et illud a patre dicitur: faciamus hominem ad imaginem et similitudinem nostram.","english":"It is indeed fitting that with whatever care I can I should repay your talent, you who, scarcely ten years old, entered the hermitage and among those holy hands were not only instructed but also nurtured under Father Honoratus—that man, I say, first teacher of the islands and later also of the churches; while there the teaching of the most blessed Hilarius, then a novice of the island but now a supreme pontiff, formed you through all the disciplines of spiritual matters, and to this end you were later perfected by the holy men Salvianus and Vincentius, who excel equally in eloquence and knowledge. Having, therefore, used so many and such great teachers, you will also hear from me, the least of all, the things you have inquired about. In these matters, now recognize both you asking and me answering. Farewell in Christ.\n\nON THE MORE DIFFICULT QUESTIONS OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS. ON GENESIS.\n\nBy what testimonies of the scriptures is the Trinity proved? In many ways and by many meanings, indeed, this is spread and manifested throughout almost all the sacred volumes, but let us demonstrate it briefly in this very beginning of the divine scriptures. \"In the beginning,\" it says, \"God made heaven and earth.\" And below: \"And the spirit of God was borne over the waters.\" \"In the beginning,\" that is, in the Son, because through the Son God the Father made heaven and earth, to whom also that is said by the Father: \"Let us make man in our image and likeness.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"Honoratus, Hilarius, Salvianus, Vincentius","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius names four monastic teachers: Honoratus (founder of Lérins, later bishop of Arles), Hilarius (his successor at Arles), and the writers Salvianus and Vincentius (both of Lérins). This network anchors the work in the early 5th-century Gallic ascetic milieu.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"in principio fecit deus caelum et terram","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius cites Gen 1:1 (LXX/Vulgate) and Gen 1:2 (spiritus dei ferebatur super aquas) as proof texts for the Trinity, interpreting 'in principio' as 'in the Son' and reading the plural 'faciamus' (Gen 1:26) as a divine address.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"in principio","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius glosses 'in principio' (Gen 1:1) as 'in filio', a typological reading that identifies the 'beginning' with the second person of the Trinity, reflecting a common patristic exegesis (cf. Hilary, Ambrose).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"De quaestionibus difficilioribus","severity":"info","text":"The title 'De quaestionibus difficilioribus Veteris et Novi Testamenti' introduces the first of two books; the passage marks the transition from the preface to the first question, which treats the Trinity via Genesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"background","lemma":"Eucherius","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius’s Instructiones were widely copied in medieval libraries, often attributed to Jerome or Augustine; the present passage shows the work’s catechetical and compilatory character, drawing on earlier authorities.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'heremum' could mean 'hermitage' or 'desert'; the translation 'hermitage' follows the monastic context of Lérins.","The phrase 'in filio' is ambiguous: it may mean 'in the Son' as a temporal or causal principle; Eucherius takes it as instrumental ('per filium')."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":3,"ref":"p3","source":"omnia enim per filium operatus est, quia omnia per ipsum facta sunt, et sine ipso factum est nihil. ferebatur autem super aquas spiritus dei utique sanctus. ecce habes et deum patrem et filium et spiritum sanctum. item aliud: uerbo domini caeli firmati sunt et spiritu oris eius omnis uirtus eorum. ecce dominum et uerbum et spiritum eius sanctum. item in euangelio: ite, baptizate gentes in nomine patris et filii et spiritus sancti. sed pater ingenitus, filius genitus, spiritus sanctus nec genitus nec ingenitus; ne si ingenitum dixerimus, duos patres dicere uideamur, si genitum, duos filios, sed potius qui ex patre et filio procedat, uelut quaedam patris filiique concordia. neque uero apud nos potest sine spiritu sancto iusta esse concordia. idem spiritus et caritas dei et donum dei dicitur. idem et diuisor est gratiarum. ergo pater ex quo omnia, filius per quem omnia, spiritus sanctus in quo omnia, sicut et apostolus dicit: quoniam ex ipso et per ipsum et in ipso omnia, ipsi gloria in saecula","english":"For he has worked all things through the Son, because all things have been made through him, and without him nothing was made. Moreover, the Spirit of God, namely the Holy Spirit, was borne over the waters. Behold, you have both God the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Likewise another passage: The heavens were strengthened by the word of the Lord, and all their power by the breath of his mouth. Behold the Lord and the Word and his Holy Spirit. Likewise in the Gospel: Go, baptize the nations in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. But the Father is unbegotten, the Son is begotten, the Holy Spirit is neither begotten nor unbegotten; lest if we say unbegotten, we seem to speak of two fathers, if begotten, of two sons, but rather he who proceeds from the Father and the Son, as a kind of concord of the Father and the Son. Nor indeed can there be a just concord among us without the Holy Spirit. The same Spirit is also called the love of God and the gift of God. The same is also the distributor of the graces. Therefore the Father from whom all things, the Son through whom all things, the Holy Spirit in whom all things, just as the Apostle also says: Since all things are from him and through him and in him, glory to him through the ages.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"omnia enim per filium operatus est","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius echoes John 1:3 ('omnia per ipsum facta sunt') and Genesis 1:2 ('spiritus dei ferebatur super aquas'), weaving Johannine and creation motifs into a Trinitarian proof.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ite, baptizate gentes in nomine patris et filii et spiritus sancti","severity":"info","text":"This baptismal formula adapts Matthew 28:19, a key Trinitarian proof-text in early Latin theology, though the Vulgate reads 'baptizantes' not 'baptizate'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"spiritus sanctus nec genitus nec ingenitus","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius uses the technical terms 'genitus' and 'ingenitus' to define the Spirit's procession, a distinction found in Latin anti-Arian polemic (e.g., Hilary of Poitiers).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"uelut quaedam patris filiique concordia","severity":"info","text":"The description of the Spirit as 'concordia' between Father and Son reflects a Latin theological tradition (e.g., Tertullian, Augustine) emphasizing unity without subordination.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"quoniam ex ipso et per ipsum et in ipso omnia","severity":"info","text":"This phrase adapts Romans 11:36 ('ex ipso et per ipsum et in ipso sunt omnia'), a doxological formula used by Latin authors to express Trinitarian causality.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ergo pater ex quo omnia, filius per quem omnia, spiritus sanctus in quo omnia","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius structures the Trinity with three prepositions (ex, per, in) to assign distinct roles, a rhetorical pattern common in Latin catechetical and polemical works.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'ferebatur autem super aquas spiritus dei' is a clear allusion to Genesis 1:2, but the Latin 'ferebatur' (was borne) may reflect an Old Latin reading rather than the Vulgate's 'ferebatur' (same form).","The source of the baptismal command 'ite, baptizate gentes' is uncertain; it may be a free citation of Matthew 28:19 or a liturgical formula."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":4,"ref":"p4","source":"Spiritus dei quo modo ferebatur super aquas?\n\nNon peruagatione sed potestate dum creaturae suae supereminet regentis imperio.\n\nAquas ubi legimus a deo factas?\n\nEtsi factas eas in exordio creaturarum non euidenter diuinae lectionis textus expressit, a deo tamen factae sunt. nam et aliquanta alia quae non scribuntur, quo modo de ceteris intellegantur, ostenditur. sicut et apostoli baptizati intellegendi sunt, cum baptizatos eos non penitus manifestet apertior, scriptorum significantia. licet quidam hoc intellegi illo uelint testimonio quo saluator dicit: qui lotus est non indiget ut lauet. et tamen de aquis a deo factis. illud nos aliquatenus instruere testimonium potest quo dicitur: separentur aquae in congregationem unam et appareat arida; quia scilicet non praeciperet, ut aquae a terra quam fecerat secernerentur, nisi et aquas ipse fecisset. nec enim consequenter in creaturarum ordine postea distingui iuberet, quod ipse antea non creasset. et hoc quidem ob id colligimus, quia creationis eius manifeste Genesis non intulit mentionem. manifestius autem creaturae huius deum designat auctorem psalmus ille qui dicit: quoniam ipsius est mare, et ipse fecit illud.","english":"In what way was the Spirit of God borne over the waters? Not by wandering, but by power, while it stands above its creation by the commanding authority of the ruler.\n\nWhere do we read that the waters were made by God? Although the text of divine reading did not clearly express that they were made at the beginning of creation, they were nevertheless made by God. For it is shown how some other things which are not written are to be understood concerning the rest. Just as the apostles are to be understood as baptized, although the more open significance of the writings does not fully reveal them as baptized. Although some wish this to be understood by that testimony in which the Savior says: He who is washed does not need to wash. And yet concerning the waters being made by God, that testimony can instruct us to some extent in which it is said: Let the waters be separated into one gathering and let the dry land appear; because, of course, he would not command that the waters be separated from the land which he had made, unless he himself had also made the waters. For he would not subsequently command in the order of creation that which he himself had not previously created to be distinguished. And we gather this for the reason that Genesis did not explicitly introduce mention of its creation. But that psalm which says: For the sea is his, and he made it, more clearly designates God as the author of this creation.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"Spiritus dei quo modo ferebatur super aquas?","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius interprets the Spirit’s movement over the waters not as physical wandering but as a display of divine authority, consistent with patristic exegesis of Genesis 1:2.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"separentur aquae in congregationem unam et appareat arida","severity":"info","text":"This is a paraphrase of Genesis 1:9 (LXX), where God commands the waters to gather, revealing dry land. Eucherius uses it to argue that God must have created the waters before separating them.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"quoniam ipsius est mare, et ipse fecit illud","severity":"info","text":"A citation of Psalm 95:5 (LXX), which Eucherius adduces as explicit proof that God is the creator of the sea, and by extension, of all waters.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"qui lotus est non indiget ut lauet","severity":"info","text":"A reference to John 13:10, where Jesus speaks of washing. Eucherius notes that some use this to infer apostolic baptism, though the text is not explicit.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"apostoli baptizati intellegendi sunt","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius addresses a patristic debate: whether the apostles were baptized, since Acts does not record it. He argues from analogy that unstated facts can be inferred, as with the creation of waters.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage moves from a question about the Spirit’s mode of action to a defense of the waters’ creation, using scriptural proof and analogical reasoning from apostolic baptism.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'non peruagatione sed potestate' could be read as denying physical movement or as affirming a non-spatial mode of presence; Eucherius takes the latter.","The phrase 'apertior, scriptorum significantia' is textually uncertain; the edition may have a lacuna or corruption."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":5,"ref":"p5","source":"Quid est, quod dicitur: et uidit dominus, quia bona sunt ualde.\n\nUidit, hoc est: adprobauit.\n\nQuae consequentia est hominis ut scribatur: haec uocabitur mulier, quoniam ex uiro sumpta est.\n\nEtymologia quae hic in latino non sonat, in hebraeo sermone seruatur, uir enim uocatur is et mulier issa, quod animaduertitur pulcherrime recens custodisse translatio dicens: haec uocabitur uirago, quia ex uiro sumpta est.\n\nIn quo dei similitudinem retinemus?\n\nIn mente.\n\nParadisus ubi esse definitur?\n\nDiuersa super hac re sententia plurimorum est. aliqui tamen hunc in terra esse definiunt, ut non potuerit nisi in terra habitare terrenus quem tamen homini inaccessibilem effici diuina uirtute confirmant.\n\nEden in Genesi quid accipiemus?\n\nSacratissimum ipsum ad orientem paradisi locum.\n\nQuid intellegendum est de arbore illa scientiae boni ac mali?","english":"What is meant by the statement: \"And the Lord saw that they were very good\"?\n\n\"Saw\" means: he approved.\n\nWhat is the reasoning behind the statement that a human is written: \"She shall be called woman, because she was taken from man\"?\n\nThe etymology, which does not sound in Latin, is preserved in the Hebrew language; for man is called *is* and woman *issa*, which the translation has most beautifully observed by retaining: \"She shall be called virago, because she was taken from man.\"\n\nIn what do we retain the likeness of God?\n\nIn the mind.\n\nWhere is Paradise defined as being?\n\nThere are various opinions of many on this matter. Some, however, define it as being on earth, so that a terrestrial being could not have dwelt except on earth, yet they affirm that it was made inaccessible to man by divine power.\n\nWhat shall we understand by Eden in Genesis?\n\nThe most sacred place itself, to the east of Paradise.\n\nWhat is to be understood concerning that tree of the knowledge of good and evil?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"uidit","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius glosses 'uidit' as 'adprobauit', interpreting the divine seeing as an act of approval, not mere perception.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"is / issa","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius notes the Hebrew etymology 'is' (man) and 'issa' (woman), preserved in the Latin translation as 'uirago' to reflect the derivation from 'uir'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Gen 2:23","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'haec uocabitur mulier, quoniam ex uiro sumpta est' echoes Genesis 2:23, where the woman is named from man.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Paradisus","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius reports diverse patristic opinions on Paradise's location, noting some place it on earth but made inaccessible by divine power.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Quid est, quod dicitur","severity":"info","text":"The passage follows a catechetical question-and-answer format, typical of Eucherius's instructional work.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'uidit' is ambiguous between literal sight and figurative approval; Eucherius resolves it as the latter."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":6,"ref":"p6","source":"In primis ne, ut quidam heretici interpretantur, malorum, ita ut bonorum putetur ex hoc conditor deus. in arbore quippe illa quaecumque erat praeceptum dei intellegendum est, sed in custodia praecepti scientia erat boni, in transgressione praecepti scientia erat mali. ergo degustata arbore, id est, praecepti lege uiolata scientia erat mali, quia praecepti legisque transgressum consequebatur et poena.\n\nQuomodo accipiendum est illud, quod nobis scriptura deambulantem in paradiso deum rettulit.\n\nDei in eodem loco praesentiam hac deambulandi appellatione manifestat; scripturae enim mos est, quo facilius hominibus ad intellegentiam clareat, per humanas significationes diuinos motus affectusque ostendere. sicut cum dei bracchium dicit, potentiam eius uirtutemque designat, cum aures, eo quod cuncta indubitanter audiat, cum oculos, eo quod indiscrete uniuersa prospiciat, cum animam, eo quod perpetuum semperque uiuat aut quod auctore ipso omnia uiuificentur.","english":"First, lest, as certain heretics interpret, evils be thought to exist in such a way that God is considered the creator of evils from this. In that tree, whatever it was, the commandment of God is to be understood; but in the observance of the commandment was the knowledge of good, in the transgression of the commandment was the knowledge of evil. Therefore, when the tree was tasted, that is, when the law of the commandment was violated, there was knowledge of evil, because punishment followed the transgression of the commandment and law.\n\nHow is that which Scripture reported to us about God walking in paradise to be understood?\n\nThe presence of God in that same place is made manifest by this appellation of walking; for it is the custom of Scripture, in order that understanding may more easily become clear to men, to show divine motions and affections through human significations. Just as when it speaks of the arm of God, it designates his power and strength; when it speaks of ears, that he hears all things without doubt; when it speaks of eyes, that he sees all things without distinction; when it speaks of soul, that he lives perpetually and always, or that all things are given life by the author himself.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"heretici","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius refutes heretics who interpret the tree as a source of evil, implying God as creator of evil. This likely targets Manichaean or Gnostic dualism, which posited a principle of evil.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"deambulandi appellatione","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius explains that 'walking' (deambulandi) is a metaphor for God's presence in paradise, following scriptural anthropomorphism. This aligns with patristic exegesis of theophanies.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"bracchium dei","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'arm of God' (bracchium dei) echoes Old Testament usage (e.g., Exodus 6:6, Isaiah 40:10), where it symbolizes divine power. Eucherius interprets it as a figure for potentia and virtus.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Quomodo accipiendum est","severity":"info","text":"This passage shifts from a doctrinal question (the tree) to a hermeneutical one (God walking in paradise), using a question-and-answer format typical of Eucherius's instructional style.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"per humanas significationes","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius's method of interpreting anthropomorphic language as divine attributes was influential in medieval exegesis, anticipating the distinction between literal and spiritual senses.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the 'certain heretics' (quidam heretici) is not specified; likely Manichaeans or Gnostics. The tree's exact nature (quaecumque erat) is left vague, as Eucherius focuses on the commandment."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":7,"ref":"p7","source":"Cum omnia bona fecerit deus nihilque non ab illo factum sit, unde malum?\n\nDe priuatione boni, dum id quod in bonum auctor bonus protulit in malum a male utentibus deprauatur. in ipsa autem creaturae substantia nihil est quod recte appellari malum possit. porro ea quae putantur mala, id est, serpentum et cetera bestiarum animantia, per inconuenientem naturae modum efficitur, ut noxia sint. uenenum quippe quod mortem infert homini uita serpenti est. si enim homo pepetuo inmortalis mansisset, ueneni perniciem incurrere non timeret. hoc modo et alia in aquis uiuunt quae terrae exposita moriuntur atque econtrario uiuunt alia in terra quae aquis inmersa depereunt.\n\nQuia totius substantia creaturae deo auctore processit, requiro, quid de tenebris sentiendum sit.\n\nQuidam ex hoc ita disputant: silentium dicitur, ubi sonus nullus est, cum tamen nullam silentii nouerimus esse substantiam; sic et quia lucis praesentia nullae sunt tenebrae, merito tenebrae deputantur lucis absentia. cui opinioni parum congruere putant alii testimonium illud quo scribitur: tuus est dies et tua est nox.","english":"Since God made all things good and nothing was made except by him, whence comes evil?\n\nFrom the privation of good, when that which a good creator brought forth as good is corrupted into evil by those who use it evilly. In the substance of creation itself, there is nothing that can rightly be called evil. Moreover, those things which are thought to be evil, that is, serpents and other animal creatures, are rendered harmful by an unsuitable mode of nature. For the poison which brings death to a man is life to a serpent. If man had remained perpetually immortal, he would not fear to incur the harm of poison. In this way, other things live in waters which, when exposed to land, die; and, on the contrary, other things live on land which, when immersed in waters, perish.\n\nSince the whole substance of creation proceeded from God as author, I ask what is to be thought concerning darkness.\n\nSome argue from this as follows: silence is said to exist where there is no sound, although we know that silence has no substance; thus, because where light is present there is no darkness, darkness is rightly considered the absence of light. Others think that this opinion is not sufficiently consistent with that testimony in which it is written: \"Yours is the day and yours is the night.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage is structured as a catechetical dialogue: a question on the origin of evil, an answer on privation, then a second question on darkness, followed by two competing opinions.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"priuatione boni","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'priuatione boni' (privation of good) is a technical term in Christian theology, notably developed by Augustine, to explain evil as an absence or corruption of good rather than a positive substance.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"tuus est dies et tua est nox","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'tuus est dies et tua est nox' (Yours is the day and yours is the night) is not a direct biblical quotation but echoes Psalm 74:16 (Vulgate: 'tuus est dies et tua est nox').","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The argument that darkness is merely the absence of light, like silence is the absence of sound, reflects a standard patristic response to Manichaean dualism, which posited darkness as a coeternal principle.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius here adapts Augustinian theodicy (e.g., 'De Civitate Dei' XI.22) for a monastic audience, simplifying the privation theory and the problem of natural evils like venom.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'inconuenientem naturae modum' is ambiguous: it may mean 'unsuitable mode of nature' (as translated) or 'inappropriate natural condition', but the sense is that harmful animals result from a disordered state of nature, not from creation's original goodness."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":8,"ref":"p8","source":"Cum nulla esse ignorantia apud deum possit, quo modo ipse in libri Geneseos exordiis dicit dominus: Ada, Adam, ubi es.\n\nHoc est dicere: Adam, quo recedisti? non ergo uox ista quasi pro ambigui sciscitatione quaerentis est, sed cum increpatione interrogantis. et aliter: sermo hic non deum ueri inscium, uel ubi esset Adam, deum ostendit ignarum, sed illud potius ostendit, quod omnis ille qui peccat uelut iam erroribus suis deuius et per delictum recedens a conspectu dei notitia eius efficiatur indignus.\n\nQuid est, quod ait: maledicta terra in operibus tuis?\n\nHic opera non tam excolendi atque exercendi agri quam peccata intellegenda esse quidam arbitrantur.\n\nQuo modo intellegendum est, quod dicit: et habitauit in terra Naid.\n\nNaid uel sicut in Hebraeo habet Nod instabilis dicitur, ergo non terrae nomen est, sed iuxta poenam sententiamque diuinam uagum Cain fuisse profugumque declarat.","english":"Since no ignorance can exist in God, how is it that the Lord says in the opening of the book of Genesis: \"Ada, Adam, where are you?\"\n\nThat is to say: \"Adam, where have you withdrawn?\" Therefore this utterance is not as if of one seeking due to ambiguous inquiry, but of one questioning with reproach. And otherwise: this speech does not show God as unaware of the truth, or ignorant of where Adam was, but rather shows that everyone who sins becomes, as it were, deviant in his own errors and, by withdrawing through transgression from the sight of God, is rendered unworthy of His knowledge.\n\nWhat does it mean when it says: \"Cursed is the earth in your works\"?\n\nHere some think that \"works\" are to be understood not so much as the cultivation and tilling of the field, but as sins.\n\nHow is it to be understood when it says: \"And he dwelt in the land of Naid\"?\n\nNaid—or, as it is in Hebrew, Nod—means \"unstable.\" Therefore it is not the name of a land, but, in accordance with the punishment and divine sentence, it declares that Cain was a wanderer and a fugitive.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ada, Adam, ubi es","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius adapts the Vulgate's 'Adam, ubi es?' (Gen 3:9) by adding 'Ada', a variant form of the name, perhaps reflecting a textual tradition or rhetorical emphasis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Naid / Nod","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius explains that 'Naid' (Vulgate: Nod) means 'unstable' in Hebrew, interpreting it not as a place name but as a description of Cain's wandering state after his punishment.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"maledicta terra in operibus tuis","severity":"info","text":"This phrase echoes Gen 4:12 (Vulgate: 'maledicta terra in opere tuo'), where God curses the ground in response to Cain's sin. Eucherius notes that some interpret 'works' as sins, not agriculture.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Cum nulla esse ignorantia apud deum possit","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius poses a rhetorical question about divine omniscience, then resolves it by arguing that God's question to Adam is reproachful, not ignorant—a common patristic exegetical move.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"quidam arbitrantur","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius reports an alternative interpretation of 'works' as sins, showing awareness of contemporary exegetical debates, though he does not name his sources.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'Ada' may be a variant or corruption of 'Adam'; the text does not clarify its source."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":9,"ref":"p9","source":"Cum superius uirum et mulierem nominibus suis utrumque signasset, quid est, quod in consequentibus adicit et dicit: uirum et mulierem fecit eos et benedixit eis et uocauit nomen eorum Adam.\n\nAdam interpretatur homo, hominis uero nomine manifestum est tam uirum appellari posse quam feminam.\n\nQuid est, quod in annis Mathusala quattuordecim anni per diligentem supputationem ultra diluuium deprehenduntur, cum octo tantum animae in arca fuisse referantur.\n\nError in numero est, quippe cum in Hebraeorum libris ita legatur, ut intra diluuii tempus hic quattuordecim annorum numerus expleatur.\n\nCum dominus dicat: erunt dies eorum centum uiginti anni, quo modo postea Abrahae aliorumque multorum uitae tempora ultra haec spatia tenduntur?\n\nQuia ibi hic annorum numerus agendae potius poenitentiae quam uitae fuerat adtributus humanae, intra quem praescriptum numerum confessioni uacarent, ut diluuio non perirent. aut si numerum illum ad humanam potius referri uitam placet, quia neque nunc amplius quemquam quam centum uiginti annos uiuere liceat illud quod dictum est: erunt dies eorum centum uiginti anni, non in eos, qui tunc contiguo tempore subsecuti sunt, sed in posteros promulgauit, quia non dixit sint, sed erunt.","english":"Since above he had designated both the man and the woman by their names, what is it that in the following verses he adds and says: \"He made them man and woman and blessed them and called their name Adam.\"\n\nAdam is interpreted as \"man,\" and it is clear that by the name \"man\" both a male and a female can be called.\n\nWhat is it that in the years of Methuselah fourteen years are detected by careful calculation beyond the flood, when only eight souls are reported to have been in the ark?\n\nThere is an error in the number, since in the Hebrew books it is read in such a way that this number of fourteen years is completed within the time of the flood.\n\nWhen the Lord says: \"Their days will be one hundred twenty years,\" how is it that afterwards the lifetimes of Abraham and many others extend beyond these limits?\n\nBecause there this number of years was assigned more for performing penance than for human life, within which prescribed number they would be free for confession so that they would not perish in the flood. Or if it is preferred to refer that number rather to human life, since now no one is allowed to live more than one hundred twenty years, that which was said: \"Their days will be one hundred twenty years,\" did not promulgate it for those who followed in the immediate time after, but for posterity, because it did not say \"are\" but \"will be.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Adam interpretatur homo","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius cites the etymology Adam = homo, a standard patristic gloss (cf. Jerome, Hebraicae Quaestiones in Genesim). The term homo in Latin covers both sexes, supporting the argument that 'Adam' designates the pair.","cites":[],"named_sources":["Jerome Hebraicae Quaestiones in Genesim"],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"erunt dies eorum centum uiginti anni","severity":"info","text":"The quotation 'erunt dies eorum centum uiginti anni' is not a direct biblical verse but a paraphrase of God's limit on human lifespan, possibly derived from Genesis 6:3 (LXX) or a tradition about the antediluvian age.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"quattuordecim anni ... ultra diluuium","severity":"info","text":"The problem of Methuselah's 14 years beyond the flood was a known exegetical crux. Eucherius reports a variant Hebrew reading that resolves the discrepancy, reflecting Jerome's Vulgate and Hebrew traditions.","cites":[],"named_sources":["Jerome Vulgate"],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Error in numero est","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius acknowledges a textual error in the Latin tradition, corrected by the Hebrew books. This shows early awareness of Septuagint vs. Hebrew chronology, a topic later debated by Augustine and Jerome.","cites":[],"named_sources":["Augustine City of God 15.10–14"],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Cum superius ... quid est, quod in consequentibus","severity":"info","text":"The passage uses a question-and-answer format typical of Eucherius's Instructiones, moving from a scriptural difficulty to a resolution, often citing alternative interpretations.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"quia non dixit sint, sed erunt","severity":"caution","text":"Eucherius's argument that 'erunt' (future) defers the 120-year limit to posterity is grammatically strained; the Vulgate uses 'erunt' in a prophetic future, not a deferred one. The distinction is rhetorical rather than exegetically sound.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the 'Hebrew books' Eucherius refers to is unspecified; they may be Jerome's Vulgate or a lost Latin translation from the Hebrew.","The source of the 120-year limit is not given; it may be a paraphrase of Genesis 6:3 or a patristic tradition."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":10,"ref":"p10","source":"Dilatet deus Iaphet et habitet in tabernaculis Sem, quid in hoc intellegendum est?\n\n.De Iapheth qui in lingua nostra latitudinem sonat gentium nascitur multitudo, de Sem Hebraei. hoc ergo significatum est dei scripturarumque notitiam eiecto Israhele a nostris uindicandam. notandum uero est tres Noe filios tres post diluuium terrae partes occupasse, Sem namque posteritas in Asiam uel Orientem, Cham in Africam uel Meridiem, Iapheth cum parte Asiae in Europam se Occidentemque porrexit.\n\nQuid est, quod dicitur in Genesi: et terra illa exiit Assur et aedificauit Nineuen et Rooboth ciuitatem.\n\nNon duas significat ciuitates, Rooboth namque plateas dicit. est ergo sensus hic: aedificauit Nineuen et plateas ciuitatis.\n\nQuo modo occurrendum est arguentibus, quod Abraham fratris sui Sarram filiam sibi in matrimonium sumpserit?\n\nRespondendum, quod quae a domino adhuc tunc non fuerant lege interdicta non putabantur inlicita.","english":"Let God enlarge Japheth and let him dwell in the tents of Shem: what is to be understood by this?\n\nConcerning Japheth, which in our language means \"breadth,\" the multitude of the Gentiles is born; from Shem, the Hebrews. Therefore this is signified: that the knowledge of God and of the Scriptures, after the expulsion of Israel, was to be claimed by our people. But it should be noted that the three sons of Noah occupied the three parts of the earth after the flood: the posterity of Shem, indeed, in Asia or the East; Ham, in Africa or the South; Japheth, with a part of Asia, extended into Europe and the West.\n\nWhat is it that is said in Genesis: \"And that land went out Asshur and built Nineveh and Rehoboth city\"?\n\nIt does not mean two cities, for \"Rehoboth\" means \"streets.\" Therefore the sense here is: he built Nineveh and the streets of the city.\n\nHow should one respond to those who argue that Abraham took his brother's daughter Sarah as his wife?\n\nOne should answer that what had not yet been forbidden by law from the Lord at that time was not considered illicit.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"Dilatet deus Iaphet et habitet in tabernaculis Sem","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius interprets this phrase as a prophecy that knowledge of God and Scripture would pass from Israel to the Gentiles (Japheth) after Israel's expulsion.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Iapheth","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius glosses Japheth as 'breadth' (latitudo) in Latin, linking it to the multitude of Gentiles, consistent with the Vulgate's etymology.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"tres Noe filios tres post diluuium terrae partes occupasse","severity":"info","text":"The tripartite division of the world among Noah's sons (Sem: Asia, Cham: Africa, Japheth: Europe) was a standard patristic geographical schema, found in Jerome and Isidore.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"et terra illa exiit Assur et aedificauit Nineuen et Rooboth ciuitatem","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius cites a Genesis passage (likely Gen 10:11-12, Vulgate) but clarifies that 'Rooboth' means 'streets' (plateas), not a second city, resolving an apparent ambiguity.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Abraham fratris sui Sarram filiam sibi in matrimonium sumpserit","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius addresses a contemporary objection to Abraham's marriage to Sarah (his niece), arguing that pre-Mosaic law did not forbid such unions, a common patristic apologetic.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"Quo modo occurrendum est arguentibus","severity":"caution","text":"The Latin 'arguentibus' (those who argue) implies a polemical context; Eucherius may be responding to Jewish or heretical critics, but the specific opponents are not named.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'Dilatet deus Iaphet' is a Latin rendering of a Hebrew blessing (Gen 9:27), but Eucherius's interpretation as a prophecy of Gentile inheritance is allegorical, not literal.","The identity of 'our people' (a nostris) in the Japheth passage is ambiguous; it likely refers to Christians, but could also denote Latin-speaking Christians specifically."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":11,"ref":"p11","source":"Quid fuit, ut Iudaeis, quod neque nos absque uerecundia sciscitamur, signum in illa uerecundiore corporis parte poneretur?\n\nPoscebat quidem, mi Saloni, tantarum profunditas quaestionum ordinata ac spatiosa disputatione nos propositis satisfacere et pro meritis reddere singulis uelut quandam inmorandi dignitatem; sed quid agimus? quibus festinato opus est ad tam multa properantibus, exhibenda prolatis a te rebus est nuda et circumcisa responsio. itaque ad hoc quod nunc requiris agnosce, quod nihil turpe in ipsa creatione conditi hominis uideri potest, quippe cum omni compage membrorum totumque hominem deus finxerit. deinde nec incongruum fuerit, ut generatio illa signum in parte membri genitalis acceperit, per quod generationis ipsius promebantur exordia. scilicet secundum interiorem intellegentiae sensum per hanc circumcisionem secretioris partis corporis illud praefiguratum est, quod secretior circumcisio, id est cordis, oporteret adhiberi.","english":"What was the reason that a sign was placed on the Jews—a matter we ourselves do not inquire into without shame—on that more shameful part of the body? Indeed, my Salonius, the profundity of such great questions would demand that we satisfy the matters you have proposed with an ordered and expansive discussion, and render to each a kind of dignity of dwelling upon them according to their merits. But what are we to do? For those of us who are hastening to so many things and need to act quickly, a bare and curtailed response must be offered to the things you have set forth. So, regarding what you now ask, recognize that nothing shameful can be seen in the very creation of the formed man, since God fashioned the whole man with every assembly of limbs. Moreover, it was not unfitting that generation should receive a sign on the part of the genital member, through which the beginnings of that generation itself were brought forth. That is to say, according to the inner sense of understanding, through this circumcision of the more secret part of the body, that more secret circumcision—namely, of the heart—was prefigured as something that ought to be applied.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"circumcisio secretioris partis corporis","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius interprets physical circumcision as a typological prefiguration of spiritual circumcision of the heart, a common patristic allegorical reading (cf. Origen, Augustine).","cites":[],"named_sources":["Origen","Augustine"],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Quid fuit, ut Iudaeis... signum... poneretur?","severity":"info","text":"The passage opens with a rhetorical question about the shameful sign, then shifts to an apology for brevity before offering a twofold answer: creation is not shameful, and the sign fittingly marks the organ of generation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"nuda et circumcisa responsio","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'bare and curtailed response' plays on the literal meaning of circumcisus ('cut around'), punning on the topic of circumcision while signaling Eucherius's rhetorical compression.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"background","lemma":"secretior circumcisio, id est cordis","severity":"info","text":"The allegory of heart-circumcision was influential in medieval monastic spirituality, e.g., in Bernard of Clairvaux, who speaks of 'circumcision of the heart' as moral purification.","cites":[],"named_sources":["Bernard of Clairvaux"],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"uerecundia","severity":"info","text":"Latin 'uerecundia' (shame, modesty) is key: Eucherius acknowledges the topic's embarrassment, a rhetorical move to align with reader sensibilities while defending divine creation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'uerecundiore corporis parte' could refer to the genitals generally or specifically to the foreskin; the translation 'more shameful part of the body' is deliberately vague."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":12,"ref":"p12","source":"Scribitur in Genesi: tentauit deus Abraham, quasi ignorabat dominus, an fidelis deo Abraham foret, nisi eum manifestandae rei probatione tentasset.\n\nNon quia fidem eius deus ignoraret, tentauit Abraham ueri exploratione, sed idcirco tentatus est, ut tentatus iustificaretur.\n\nQuo modo Iacob dicit: uidi deum faciem ad faciem et salua facta est anima mea, cum in euangelio legatur: deum nemo uidit umquam; aut quo modo Moses cum deo faciem ad faciem tamquam cum amico locutus scribitur, et rursus idem dicit ad dominum: ostende mihi gloriam tuam?\n\nQuia Iacob uel Moses non in ipsa maiestatis suae gloria deum uiderant, sed per subiectam diuinae potestati speciem uisibilis creaturae quae humanis poterat adparere conspectibus; in ea autem substantia maiestatis in qua est, quo modo deus a mortali adhuc homine uideretur, cum ipse ad Mosen dicat: non poteris uidere faciem meam, non enim uidebit me homo et uiuet. hac ergo ratione utrumque testimonium uerum est.","english":"It is written in Genesis: God tested Abraham, as if the Lord did not know whether Abraham would be faithful to God, unless He had tested him by a trial of the matter to be revealed.\n\nNot because God was ignorant of his faith did He test Abraham by an investigation of the truth, but he was tested for this reason, that by being tested he might be justified.\n\nHow is it that Jacob says: I saw God face to face, and my soul was saved, when it is read in the Gospel: no one has ever seen God; or how is it that Moses is written to have spoken with God face to face as with a friend, and yet the same Moses says to the Lord: show me your glory?\n\nBecause Jacob or Moses had not seen God in the glory of His own majesty, but through a form of visible creation subject to divine power, which could appear to human sight; but in that substance of majesty in which He is, how could God be seen by a man still mortal, when He Himself says to Moses: you cannot see my face, for no man shall see me and live. By this reasoning, therefore, both testimonies are true.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"tentauit deus Abraham","severity":"info","text":"The reference is to Genesis 22:1, where God tests Abraham by commanding the sacrifice of Isaac. Eucherius interprets this as a trial to justify Abraham, not to ascertain his faith.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"uidi deum faciem ad faciem","severity":"info","text":"Jacob’s claim to have seen God face to face is from Genesis 32:30 (LXX). Eucherius contrasts this with John 1:18 (or similar Gospel verse) stating no one has seen God.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ostende mihi gloriam tuam","severity":"info","text":"Moses’ request to see God’s glory echoes Exodus 33:18 (LXX) or 33:23. Eucherius resolves the apparent contradiction by distinguishing God’s essence from a visible form.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"non enim uidebit me homo et uiuet","severity":"info","text":"This phrase is from Exodus 33:20 (LXX), where God tells Moses that no human can see Him and live. Eucherius uses it to support his distinction between God’s majesty and a created appearance.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Quo modo ... aut quo modo","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius uses a double rhetorical question to introduce two scriptural difficulties (Jacob and Moses), then resolves both with a single explanation about visible forms of divine power.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"hac ergo ratione utrumque testimonium uerum est","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius’ harmonizing method, distinguishing God’s essence from a visible form, was common in patristic exegesis (e.g., Augustine, De Trinitate). This passage reflects a standard approach to apparent biblical contradictions.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'tentauit' could mean 'tested' or 'tempted'; the English draft takes 'tested', consistent with the Genesis narrative. The phrase 'manifestandae rei probatione' is ambiguous: it may mean 'by a trial of the matter to be revealed' (as in the draft) or 'by a trial that would reveal the matter'."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":13,"ref":"p13","source":"Quid est, quod ait: ipse est Ana qui inuenit Iamin in deserto, cum pasceret asinos Sebeon patris sui?\n\nIamin latine maria interpretatur, id est, aquarum congregationem, quod stagnum rem in heremo haut dubie difficilem ipse reppererit. indicat Iamin et asinos qui de onagris eius institutione nascuntur. sunt qui aestimant, quod permixtionem diuersorum inter se animalium ipse primus, ut muli uel mulae nascerentur, inuenerit.\n\nQuae sunt illa primogenita quae Esau uendidit Iacob fratri suo ?\n\nPrior et maior pars primogenitis debebatur uel in honore uel in hereditaria successione, sicut ipse Iacob, Ruben, inquit, primogenitus meus, prior in donis, maior imperio. et in libro Deuteronomii de primogenito scribitur: dabitque ei, id est pater, de his quae habuerit cuncta duplicia; iste est enim principium liberorum eius et huic debentur primogenita. unde et Isaac benedictionem suam ad Esau putauerat primogeniti iure referendam.","english":"What is this that it says: He is the Anah who found Iamin in the desert, while he was pasturing the asses of his father Sebeon?\n\nIamin is interpreted in Latin as *maria*, that is, a gathering of waters, which he himself discovered, a thing undoubtedly difficult in the wilderness. Iamin also indicates the asses which are born from wild asses by his training. There are those who think that he first discovered the mixing of different animals among themselves, so that mules or mules might be born.\n\nWhat are those firstborn rights which Esau sold to his brother Jacob?\n\nThe prior and greater part of the firstborn rights was owed either in honor or in hereditary succession, as Jacob himself says: \"Ruben, my firstborn, is first in gifts, greater in authority.\" And in the book of Deuteronomy it is written concerning the firstborn: \"And his father shall give him double of all that he has; for he is the beginning of his children and the firstborn rights are owed to him.\" Whence also Isaac had thought that his blessing was to be referred to Esau by right of the firstborn.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Iamin","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius glosses Iamin as Latin maria, 'seas,' interpreting it as a gathering of waters, i.e., a pool or lake in the desert.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Genesis 36:24","severity":"info","text":"The reference to Anah finding Iamin in the desert while pasturing asses alludes to Genesis 36:24, where Anah is credited with discovering hot springs or mules.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"primogenita","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius explains that firstborn rights (primogenita) included a double portion of inheritance and precedence in honor, citing Deuteronomy 21:17 and Jacob's words about Reuben.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"Esau","severity":"info","text":"The sale of Esau's firstborn rights to Jacob is a narrative from Genesis 25:29–34, where Esau sells his birthright for a meal of lentil stew.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Anah","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius reports a tradition that Anah first discovered the crossbreeding of animals to produce mules, a detail not in the biblical text but found in later Jewish and Christian exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin text does not specify the source of the tradition about Anah and mules; it may derive from Jewish midrash or earlier Christian commentators."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":14,"ref":"p14","source":"Quid his respondendum est, qui ob uxores multas incontinentiam patribus uel patriarchis nostris obiciendam putant?\n\nPrimum, quod tunc nondum lege prohibitum, quia consuetudo erat, crimen esse non poterat; deinde, quod illa tunc uel pro loco uel pro tempore non inprobabilia apud deum fuerint. pro loco, sicut et in una domo in altero angulo aliquid fieri a quolibet domino praecipitur quod in alio nequaquam fieri permittitur. pro tempore uero, quod rudi adhuc saeculo praeceptum fuerat: crescite et multiplicamini i. nunc uero iubetur, ut et qui habent uxores tamquam non habentes sint, non quod iustitia uaria sit, sed tempora mutabilia quae pariter ire non possunt, et diuersis quibusque temporibus uel diuersis locis diuersa congruant. necesse est postremo, quod in his ex uoluntate domini sub specie gestorum praesentium fuerit quaedam praenuntiatio futurorum.","english":"What is to be answered to those who think that incontinence is to be charged against our fathers or patriarchs on account of their many wives?\n\nFirst, that at that time it was not yet prohibited by law, because it was the custom, it could not be a crime; next, that those things were then not disapproved before God, either on account of place or on account of time. On account of place, just as in one house, in one corner something is ordered by a master to be done which in another corner is by no means permitted to be done. On account of time, indeed, because in the still rude age it had been commanded: increase and multiply. But now it is commanded that even those who have wives should be as if they had none, not because justice is variable, but because times are changeable and cannot go together equally, and different things suit different times or different places. Finally, it is necessary that in these things, by the will of the Lord, under the appearance of present events, there was a certain foretelling of future things.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage follows a tripartite argumentative structure: first, the absence of legal prohibition; second, the contextual validity of polygamy by place and time; third, a typological interpretation of the patriarchs' actions as prefigurations.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"crescite et multiplicamini","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'crescite et multiplicamini' echoes Genesis 1:28 ('Increase and multiply'), a command given to the first humans, here cited as a justification for polygamy in the early age.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius addresses a common patristic topos: defending Old Testament polygamy against charges of incontinence. Similar arguments appear in Augustine, *De Civitate Dei* 16.27, and Jerome, *Adversus Jovinianum* 1.12.","cites":[],"named_sources":["Augustine 5th cent.","Jerome 5th cent."],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"incontinentiam","severity":"info","text":"'Incontinentiam' (incontinence) is the moral charge rebutted; it denotes lack of self-restraint, especially in sexual matters, a key concept in early Christian ethics.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius's argument that 'times are changeable' and that divine justice is not variable reflects a standard patristic hermeneutic of accommodation, later influential in medieval discussions of moral law.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'sub specie gestorum praesentium' may be ambiguous: it could mean 'under the appearance of present events' (as translated) or 'under the species of present deeds,' a technical term in typological exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'sub specie gestorum praesentium' is ambiguous between a general sense of 'appearance' and a technical exegetical term 'species' meaning 'type' or 'figure.' The translation adopts the former, but the latter is possible given the typological context."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":15,"ref":"p15","source":"Quid est, quod dicit: et ecce uitis in conspectu meo, et ecce in uite tres fundi?\n\nTria flagella uel tres propagines indicantur sub hac trium enuntiatione fundorum.\n\nDE EXODO.\n\nLoquitur ad Abraham deus, quod quarta progenie de terra Aegypti reuersuri essent filii Israhel. et quo modo postea Moses scribit: quinta autem progenie ascenderunt filii Israhel de terra Aegypti?\n\nSi genealogiam secundum Leui tribum requiras, quattuor progenies pro filiorum successione numerabis, si tribus Iudae ordo replicetur, quinque generationum successiones inuenies, quamquam in Hebraeo, ut indicat Aquilae studiosissimi latoris editio, non habeat: quinta generatione ascenderunt, sed armati ascenderunt filii Israhel de terra Aegypti.\n\nIn scripturis frequenter legimus: et dixit dominus; istud dicere domini quo modo accipiendum est?\n\nDicere dominus uel loqui scribitur, si quando ad sanctorum aures expressorum qui saepe ab aliis non auditur facit sonitum peruenire uerborum, aut cum per adsumpti cuiuslibet corporis speciem deus loquitur, aut cum aliquis admonitione uisionis nocturnae instruitur, uel certe cum ea quae agi uult dominus, sanctorum cordibus ut agantur, inspirat secundum illud: Audiam, quid loquatur in me dominus deus.","english":"What is this, that it says: and behold a vine before me, and behold on the vine three fundi?\n\nThree shoots or three layers are indicated under this declaration of three fundi.\n\nON EXODUS.\n\nGod speaks to Abraham, that the children of Israel would return from the land of Egypt in the fourth generation. And how does Moses later write: but in the fifth generation the children of Israel went up from the land of Egypt?\n\nIf you trace the genealogy according to the tribe of Levi, you will count four generations for the succession of sons; if the order of the tribe of Judah is repeated, you will find successions of five generations, although in the Hebrew, as the edition of Aquila, a most zealous translator, indicates, it does not have: in the fifth generation they went up, but armed the children of Israel went up from the land of Egypt.\n\nIn the scriptures we frequently read: and the Lord said; how is this saying of the Lord to be understood?\n\nThe Lord is said to speak or talk, when he causes the sound of expressed words, which are often not heard by others, to reach the ears of the saints, or when God speaks through the form of some assumed body, or when someone is instructed by the admonition of a night vision, or certainly when the Lord inspires in the hearts of the saints those things which he wishes to be done, so that they are done, according to that: I will hear what the Lord God speaks in me.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"fundi","severity":"info","text":"The Latin 'fundi' (genitive of 'fundus') here likely means 'shoots' or 'layers' of a vine, as Eucherius glosses with 'flagella' (shoots) and 'propagines' (layers).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"et ecce uitis in conspectu meo, et ecce in uite tres fundi","severity":"info","text":"This appears to be a biblical quotation, possibly from a lost or variant text; the exact source is not identified in the passage.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Aquilae studiosissimi latoris editio","severity":"info","text":"Aquila of Sinope (2nd century) produced a very literal Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible, used by early Christian exegetes. Eucherius cites his edition to resolve a textual discrepancy.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"DE EXODO","severity":"info","text":"This heading marks a new section on Exodus, but the preceding line about the vine may belong to a different biblical book; the transition is abrupt.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Audiam, quid loquatur in me dominus deus","severity":"info","text":"This phrase echoes a common mystical motif in early Christian literature, possibly from the Psalms or prophetic books, but the exact citation is not given.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"quinta autem progenie ascenderunt filii Israhel de terra Aegypti","severity":"caution","text":"Eucherius notes a textual variant: the Hebrew (per Aquila) reads 'armed' (armati) rather than 'in the fifth generation' (quinta generatione), indicating a possible scribal or translational divergence.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the vine quotation is unclear; the transition from the previous passage is missing; the exact biblical reference for 'Audiam' is not provided."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":16,"ref":"p16","source":"Dicit dominus adMosen: posteriora mea uidebis, quid hic intellegendum est?\n\nQuod posteriora diuinorum operum in Christo postremis manifestanda temporibus uel in spiritu uisurus esset uel in posteris suis.\n\nQuae referenda sunt inquirentibus, quam ob causam deus uni tantum genti per Mosen legem dederit atque hanc ipsam multa iam saeculi aetate transcursa?\n\nQuod non Iudaeis tantum lex illa prolata sit quae omnibus gentibus constitutione naturalis legis innascitur apostolo hoc etiam confirmante atque dicente: cum enim gentes quae legem non habent naturaliter quae legis sunt faciunt, eius modi legem non habentes sibi ipsi sunt lex qui ostendunt opus legis scriptum in cordibus suis. atque idcirco non sero dominus legem innocentiae in decem uerba collegit cuius iam insita in pectoribus humanis origo praecesserat. nec tarde eam saxeis tabulis rursus inscripsit quam iam antea paginis cordis insculpserat; etenim ante hanc Mosi legem habebat natura legem suam per quam et deum mundi uitaeque auctorem agnoscere et per hoc diligere in promptu erat et iustitiam erga proximum dilectionemque seruare; in quibus mandatis duobus omnis lex pendet et prophetae. igitur et illud ante iam nouerant: omnia quaecumque uultis, ut faciant uobis homines, et uos facite eis; in quo est lex et prophetae.","english":"The Lord says to Moses: You will see my back parts; what is to be understood here?\n\nThat the back parts of divine works in Christ were to be revealed in the last times, or that he would see them in spirit or in his descendants.\n\nThese things are to be referred to those who inquire why God gave the law through Moses to only one nation, and that after much of the world's age had already passed.\n\nThat that law was not given to the Jews alone, which is born in all nations by the constitution of natural law, the apostle also confirming this and saying: For when the Gentiles who do not have the law naturally do the things of the law, not having such a law, they are a law to themselves, who show the work of the law written in their hearts. And therefore the Lord did not too late gather the law of innocence into ten words, whose origin, already implanted in human breasts, had preceded. Nor did he too late inscribe it again on stone tablets, which he had already engraved before on the pages of the heart; for before this law of Moses, nature had its own law, through which it was easy to recognize the author of the world and of life, and through this to love him, and to preserve justice and love toward one's neighbor; in which two commandments all law and the prophets depend. Therefore they already knew this before: All things whatsoever you wish that men do to you, do you also to them; in which is the law and the prophets.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"posteriora mea uidebis","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'You will see my back parts' echoes Exodus 33:23, where God tells Moses he will see His back, a theophany of limited revelation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"cum enim gentes quae legem non habent naturaliter quae legis sunt faciunt","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius adapts Romans 2:14-15, where Paul says Gentiles without the law do law's works naturally, implying a natural moral law.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"naturalis legis","severity":"info","text":"The concept of natural law, rooted in Stoic and Roman legal thought, was Christianized by Ambrose and Augustine; Eucherius uses it to argue the Mosaic law was not late but a codification of innate morality.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"omnia quaecumque uultis, ut faciant uobis homines, et uos facite eis","severity":"info","text":"This golden rule (cf. Matthew 7:12) is presented as a summary of law and prophets, paralleling rabbinic tradition (Hillel) and early Christian catechesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Quae referenda sunt inquirentibus","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius shifts from allegorical exegesis (posteriora) to a defensive apologetic: why the Mosaic law was given late and to one nation, a common objection from pagans and Marcionites.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"apostolo hoc etiam confirmante","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius cites Paul (Romans 2) as authority for natural law, a key proof-text in later medieval debates on universal morality and the status of the Mosaic law.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'posteriora mea uidebis' is ambiguous: it may refer to God's back (Exodus 33:23) or to eschatological 'back parts' of divine works; Eucherius interprets both ways."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":17,"ref":"p17","source":"et ut hoc etiam exemplis probemus, ante hanc legem litterae per illam naturae legem Abel iustus agnoscitur, Enoch rapitur, Noe eligitur, Abraham pater gentium nuncupatur. quam ob rem hanc Mosi legem non sero esse prolatam praecedens efficit lex naturae per quam multi deo probabiles extiterunt.\n\nQui est ille digitus dei quo duae legis tabulae leguntur inscriptae?\n\nDigitus dei hic accipiendus est spiritus dei.\n\nDE LEUITICO.\n\nQuam ob causam in sacrificiis mel prohibetur offerri?.\n\nQuia secundum interiorem sensum resoluti blandimentis deliciarum aut dulcedine uoluptatum non possunt mysteriorum dei esse participes. hinc est igitur, quod etiam pascha domini comedi cum amaritudine iubetur, quia sit semper austera districtio ueritatis. oportet ergo absque ullo adulationis ac uoluptatis melle noxio salutares nos deo hostias semper offere et dicere: ergo inimicus factus sum uerum dicens uobis? econtrario admiscere in omnibus sacrificiis sal iubetur, scilicet ut omnia quae ad Christi honorem cultumque offerimus salem rationis ac discretionis semper accipiant.","english":"and to prove this also by examples: before this law of the letter, through that law of nature, Abel is recognized as righteous, Enoch is taken up, Noah is chosen, Abraham is called the father of nations. For this reason, this law of Moses was not promulgated late, because the preceding law of nature, through which many were found acceptable to God, had already taken effect.\n\nWhat is that finger of God by which the two tablets of the law are seen to be inscribed?\n\nThe finger of God here is to be understood as the spirit of God.\n\nFROM LEVITICUS.\n\nFor what reason is honey forbidden to be offered in sacrifices?\n\nBecause, according to the inner sense, those who are dissolved by the blandishments of pleasures or the sweetness of voluptuousness cannot be partakers of the mysteries of God. Hence it is, therefore, that even the Passover of the Lord is commanded to be eaten with bitterness, because the austere strictness of truth is always present. Therefore, it is necessary that, without any honey of harmful flattery and pleasure, we always offer wholesome sacrifices to God and say: \"Therefore, have I become an enemy by telling you the truth?\" On the contrary, salt is commanded to be mixed in all sacrifices, namely, so that everything we offer for the honor and worship of Christ may always receive the salt of reason and discretion.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage shifts from a defense of the Mosaic law's timing to a series of three brief questions-and-answers on specific points: the finger of God, the prohibition of honey in sacrifices, and the requirement of salt.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"digitus dei","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'finger of God' (digitus dei) likely alludes to Exodus 31:18, where the law is written by the finger of God, though Eucherius interprets it as the spirit of God.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"mel prohibetur offerri","severity":"info","text":"The prohibition of honey in sacrifices echoes Leviticus 2:11, where honey and leaven are forbidden in offerings made to God.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"pascha domini comedi cum amaritudine","severity":"info","text":"The command to eat the Passover with bitterness (amaritudine) reflects the Jewish practice of eating bitter herbs (maror) during the Seder, symbolizing the harshness of slavery.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"salem rationis ac discretionis","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'salt of reason and discretion' (salem rationis ac discretionis) uses salt as a metaphor for wisdom and discernment, a common patristic trope derived from the necessity of salt in sacrifices (Leviticus 2:13).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"ergo inimicus factus sum uerum dicens uobis","severity":"info","text":"The rhetorical question 'Therefore, have I become an enemy by telling you the truth?' echoes a sentiment found in patristic exhortations, possibly alluding to Galatians 4:16 or a similar Pauline theme of truth-telling as perceived hostility.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the rhetorical question about becoming an enemy by telling the truth is not explicitly identified; it may be a paraphrase of a biblical or patristic passage."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":18,"ref":"p18","source":"Quid proprie ad usus pertinebat sacerdotum quidue ad leuitarum ex his quae populus offerebat?\n\nPrimitiae frugum ceterarumque rerum sacerdotibus, decimae uero leuitis deputabantur, de quibus tamen decimis decima sacerdotibus debebatur.\n\nUniuersa quae deus condidit bona ualde sunt et quo modo in lege quaedam animalia uocantur inmunda?\n\nUt reliqua taceam quae ex hoc dici possunt inmunda appellata sunt esui non creationi; horum enim in cibum usus pro quibusdam figuris diuina interdictus lege cognoscitur.\n\nCum munda et inmunda animalia diuina per Mosen lege discreta sint, quo modo etiam ante diluuium de his quae in arcam recipienda erant inmunda appellantur animalia?\n\nMoses inspirante sancto spiritu Pentateuchi scriptor et conditor est, et quia in Leuitico de mundis inmundisque animalibus erat proferenda discretio, etiam in Genesi, quia utriusque libri idem auctor est, eadem animalia appellauit inmunda.","english":"What pertained properly to the use of the priests, and what to that of the Levites, from among those things which the people offered?\n\nThe first fruits of the crops and of other things were assigned to the priests, but the tithes to the Levites; however, from those tithes a tenth was owed to the priests.\n\nAll things which God created are very good; how then are certain animals called unclean in the law?\n\nTo pass over the rest which can be said on this point, they are called unclean for eating, not for creation; for the use of these as food is known to have been divinely forbidden by the law on account of certain figures.\n\nSince clean and unclean animals are distinguished by the divine law through Moses, how are animals which were to be received into the ark also called unclean before the flood?\n\nMoses, inspired by the Holy Spirit, is the writer and founder of the Pentateuch, and because in Leviticus a distinction concerning clean and unclean animals was to be set forth, also in Genesis, since the same author is of both books, he called the same animals unclean.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage is structured as a series of four questions and answers, each introduced by 'Quid...?' or 'Cum... quo modo...?' and 'Quo modo...?' This catechetical format is typical of Eucherius's instructional work.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"primitiae","severity":"info","text":"'Primitiae' (first fruits) and 'decimae' (tithes) are technical terms from Mosaic law, referring to offerings to the priesthood and Levites respectively.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The distinction between clean and unclean animals is based on Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14. The reference to the ark alludes to Genesis 7:2-3, where animals are taken into the ark in pairs.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius addresses a potential contradiction: if all creation is good, why are some animals called 'unclean'? He resolves it by distinguishing between creation and use as food, a common patristic hermeneutic.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius asserts Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch, a standard patristic view, and uses it to explain why the same term 'unclean' appears in both Genesis and Leviticus.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'inmundus' can mean ritually impure or physically unclean; Eucherius specifies it refers to prohibition from eating, not to creation."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":19,"ref":"p19","source":"Quae de ueteri testamento relinquere uel quae obseruare debemus?\n\nDebemus obseruare mandata quae ad corrigendam uitam moresque pertinent, relinquere autem ceremonias ritusque sacrificiorum qui figuras atque umbram futuris tunc rebus praetulerunt.\n\nQuid respondebimus obicientibus quam ob causam deus sacrificiis ueteribus repudiatis nouis delectatus sit, nihil enim corrigi adfirmant nisi quod non recte factum putetur? .\n\nSpatiosa quaestio, sed nos pro necessitate breuiter respondebimus, quod non ideo deus uideri possit mutabilis, quia haec pro temporum oportunitate mutata sint; nam et annus temporibus et uitae spatium uariatur aetatibus. nec idcirco quae ista instituit diuinae prouidentiae ratio uariatur, nec agricola si aestate aliud hieme aliud in exercendo agro iusserit, agriculturae ratio mutatur; non quod is sui uideatur esse dissimilis qui facit, sed tempus quo facit; praecipit ergo deus quae apta sint suis quibusque temporibus. sicut etiam hic de sacrificiis praecepit non causa suae delectationis sed humanae ut cetera utilitatis. et ideo uerus est dominus, quia bonorum nostrorum non indiget. sed haec ipsa sacramentorum commutatio ne noua et subito putetur adsumpta, praedicta iamdudum propheticis atque diuinis uocibus fuerat quibus dicitur: non accipiam de domo tua uitulos neque de gregibus tuis hircos.","english":"Which things from the Old Testament ought we to abandon, and which ought we to observe?\n\nWe ought to observe the commandments that pertain to correcting life and morals, but to abandon the ceremonies and rites of sacrifices which at that time presented figures and shadows of future things.\n\nWhat shall we answer to those who object, asking for what reason God, having rejected the old sacrifices, took delight in new ones, since they affirm that nothing is corrected unless what was done is thought to have been done wrongly?\n\nThis is a spacious question, but we, as necessity demands, will answer briefly: that God cannot be seen as mutable on account of this, because these things have been changed according to the suitability of the times; for the year is varied by seasons, and the span of life by ages. Nor is the principle of divine providence, which instituted these things, thereby varied; nor does a farmer, if he orders one thing in summer and another in winter in cultivating his field, change the principle of agriculture. It is not that the one who acts seems to be unlike himself, but the time in which he acts; therefore God commands what is suitable for each of his times. Just as here also he commanded concerning sacrifices, not for the sake of his own delight, but, like other things, for human benefit. And therefore he is the true Lord, because he has no need of our goods. But this very change of sacraments, lest it be thought newly and suddenly adopted, had long ago been foretold by prophetic and divine voices, in which it is said: \"I will not accept from your house calves, nor from your flocks goats.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage is structured as a catechetical question-and-answer, typical of Eucherius' instructional genre, with a rhetorical objection followed by a brief response.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ceremonias ritusque sacrificiorum","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'ceremonias ritusque sacrificiorum' distinguishes outward ritual from moral commandments, a key distinction in patristic exegesis of the Old Testament law.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"non accipiam de domo tua uitulos neque de gregibus tuis hircos","severity":"info","text":"This quotation is not a direct biblical verse but likely a paraphrase of prophetic language (cf. Mal 1:8, where God rejects blemished offerings). Eucherius uses it to show the change in sacrifice was foretold.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The objection that God's rejection of old sacrifices implies mutability reflects a common anti-Marcionite and anti-pagan argument; Eucherius' response uses analogies from nature and agriculture to defend divine consistency.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The agricultural analogy (summer vs. winter) parallels Augustine's argument in *De Doctrina Christiana* 3.12, where divine commands are adapted to historical context without changing God's nature.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius' distinction between moral commandments and ceremonial law influenced later medieval handbooks on biblical interpretation, such as those by Isidore of Seville.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the scriptural paraphrase is uncertain; it may be a conflation of Malachi 1:8 and 1:13.","The phrase 'spatiosa quaestio' could be read as 'broad question' or 'difficult question'; the translation 'spacious' is literal but may obscure the rhetorical sense."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":20,"ref":"p20","source":"postremo, ut breuiter concludamus, cur diuersa sibi sacrificia deus uoluerit offerri, quia aliis sacramentis Christum praenuntiari oportuit, cum uenturus esset, aliis adnuntiari oportuit, cum uenisset.\n\nDE NUMERIS.\n\nBalaam ille gentilis, quid est, quod prophetasse secundum fidem sacrae conprobatur historiae?\n\nUt multis innotesceret modis ueritas, dum usquequaque prolata etiam per infideles adnuntiatur, et ut hoc ex gentibus prophetante signum hoc esset gentibus credituris. nam et Heliu in Iob libro de futuris haut dubie multa praedixit, et Caiphas de domino ac saluatore nostro in euangelio prophetauit.\n\nDE DEUTERONOMIO.'\n\nCum in Deuteronomio septuaginta tantum animae cum Iacob Aegyptum scribantur ingressae, quo modo postea in actibus apostolorum introisse Aegyptum quinque et septuaginta animas refertur?\n\nConstat quidem eo tempore quo Iacob ingressus est Aegyptum cum Ioseph filiisque eius Ephraim et Manasse septuaginta animas tantum fuisse; ibi uero ubi septuaginta quinque animarum numerus refertur, quasi per anticipationem etiam filios nepotesque Ephraim et Manasse numerandos putauit quos postea in Aegypto natos diuinae relatio lectionis ostendit","english":"Finally, to conclude briefly: why did God wish diverse sacrifices to be offered to him? Because it was necessary that Christ be announced by some sacraments when he was about to come, and by others when he had come.\n\nON NUMBERS.\n\nBalaam, that gentile—what is the reason that he is proven by the sacred history to have prophesied in accordance with the faith?\n\nSo that the truth might become known in many ways, being proclaimed everywhere, even through unbelievers; and so that this sign, with a gentile prophesying, might be for the gentiles who would believe. For Elihu in the book of Job undoubtedly foretold many things about the future, and Caiaphas in the Gospel prophesied concerning our Lord and Savior.\n\nON DEUTERONOMY.\n\nSince in Deuteronomy only seventy souls are recorded as having entered Egypt with Jacob, how is it that later in the Acts of the Apostles it is reported that seventy-five souls entered Egypt?\n\nIt is certain that at the time when Jacob entered Egypt with Joseph and his sons Ephraim and Manasseh, there were only seventy souls; but there, where the number of seventy-five souls is reported, the author, by way of anticipation, thought that the sons and grandsons of Ephraim and Manasseh should also be counted, whom the divine reading of the account shows were later born in Egypt.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"postremo, ut breuiter concludamus","severity":"info","text":"This phrase marks the conclusion of the preceding discussion on sacrifices, serving as a transitional summary before the next section on Numbers.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Balaam ille gentilis","severity":"info","text":"Balaam, a non-Israelite prophet, appears in Numbers 22–24, where he blesses Israel despite being hired to curse them, seen as a type of prophecy from an unbeliever.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Heliu in Iob libro","severity":"info","text":"Elihu speaks in Job 32–37, offering prophecies about divine justice; Eucherius cites him as another example of a non-Israelite foretelling truth.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Caiphas de domino ac saluatore nostro in euangelio prophetauit","severity":"info","text":"Caiaphas, the high priest, prophesies about Jesus in Matthew 26:65–66 and John 11:49–50, though unwittingly, as an unbeliever.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"septuaginta tantum animae cum Iacob Aegyptum","severity":"info","text":"The 70 souls of Jacob's household entering Egypt are from Genesis 46:27 (LXX); the 75 souls in Acts 7:14 (Stephen's speech) reflect a different textual tradition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"quasi per anticipationem","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius resolves the discrepancy by invoking 'anticipation' (prolepsis), a common patristic hermeneutic for harmonizing Old and New Testament numbers.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'sacramentis' may mean 'sacraments' or 'mysteries' in a broader sense; the translation 'sacraments' is retained but ambiguous.","The source of the 75 souls in Acts is not specified; Eucherius assumes a LXX-based tradition, but the Greek text of Acts 7:14 varies."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":21,"ref":"p21","source":"Quid respondendum Iudaeis obicientibus testimonium illud: maledictus omnis qui pendet in ligno?\n\nMaledictum esse hominem qui in ligno pendeat, sed noxium non innocentem. neque enim innocentiae potest esse maledictum poena peccati. et enim si Mardochaeus praeparato ligno adpensus, sententiam regiae crudelitatis explesset, numquid eum ii nunc dignum hac maledictione iudicarent? aut Macchabaei atque alii quos scriptura morte simili indignissime testatur adflictos numquid apud eos pro maledictis habentur? quapropter saluator noster a morte redempturus hominem ita crucem non refugit ut mortem. igitur in minoribus non calumnientur, cum pro patientia domini nos etiam in maioribus gloriemur. nec mirum, si dicatur patibulum subisse, quem nos etiam ad inferna descendisse fateamur, qui cum proprium ipse peccatum non habuerit, suscepit tamen mortem de peccati maledictione uenientem. atque idcirco pependit in ligno, ut nos delicto quod in ligno fuerat perditionis admissum ligno adpensus absolueret.","english":"What is to be answered to the Jews who object to that testimony: “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”?\n\nThat a man who hangs on a tree is cursed, but a guilty man, not an innocent one. For the penalty of sin cannot be a curse upon innocence. For if Mordecai, having been hanged on a prepared tree, had fulfilled the sentence of the king’s cruelty, would they now judge him worthy of this curse? Or the Maccabees and others whom Scripture testifies were most shamefully afflicted by a similar death—are they considered cursed among them? Therefore our Savior, about to redeem man from death, did not shun the cross any more than he shunned death. So let them not slander in lesser matters, when we even glory in greater ones on account of the Lord’s patience. Nor is it surprising if he is said to have undergone the gibbet, whom we also confess to have descended into hell, who, although he himself had no sin, nevertheless underwent death coming from the curse of sin. And for that reason he hung on a tree, so that he might absolve us, by hanging on a tree, from the transgression that had been committed on the tree of perdition.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"maledictus omnis qui pendet in ligno","severity":"info","text":"The quotation 'Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree' is not a direct biblical verse but likely reflects a Jewish curse formula; Eucherius addresses it as a Jewish objection to the crucifixion.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Mardochaeus","severity":"info","text":"Mordecai, from the book of Esther, was threatened with hanging; Eucherius uses this example to argue that a death by hanging does not imply a curse on the innocent.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Macchabaei","severity":"info","text":"The Maccabees, Jewish martyrs from 1-2 Maccabees, suffered violent deaths; Eucherius cites them to show that a shameful death does not make one cursed in Jewish tradition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"patibulum","severity":"info","text":"'Patibulum' (gibbet) is a specific term for a cross-shaped instrument of execution; Eucherius uses it to refer to the cross of Christ, emphasizing its shameful connotation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ad inferna descendisse","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'descended into hell' echoes the Apostles' Creed and reflects early Christian belief in Christ's descent to the underworld after death.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"igitur","severity":"info","text":"The particle 'igitur' (therefore) marks a logical conclusion from the preceding examples, transitioning from Jewish objections to Christian glorification of the cross.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the Jewish objection 'maledictus omnis qui pendet in ligno' is not identified; it may be a paraphrase of a Talmudic or liturgical curse.","The phrase 'ligno perditionis' (tree of perdition) alludes to the tree of knowledge in Genesis, but the exact referent is implicit."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":22,"ref":"p22","source":"DE IOB.\n\nIn Iob qualiter accipiendum est, quod scriptura commemorat, Aurum Ophir?.\n\nRegio est Ophir in Indiam tendens itaque aurum huius indicat regionis. alii aurum Ophaz ualde pretiosum esse confirmant quod obryzon apud Latinos appellatur.\n\nQuid sibi uult, quod illic auctorum saecularium consuetudine legimus Pleiadas, Oriona uel Arcturum?\n\nNon quod his apud Hebraeos nominibus censeantur, sed ut apud nos horum siderum significantia posset esse manifestior, ita haec translator appellare uoluit, ut usus gentilitatis inuenerat. illud quoque generaliter obseruandum est, quod etiam apostoli uel apostolici uiri in epistulis suis scribentes ad populos abutuntur interdum his testimoniis quae uidebantur diuulgata per populos.\n\nIn eodem libro quid est, quod de dracone illo scribitur: Omnes naues si conueniant, non sustinent corium caudae eius?","english":"ON JOB.\n\nIn Job, how is it to be understood that Scripture mentions “Gold of Ophir”?\n\nOphir is a region extending toward India, and thus it indicates the gold of that region. Others affirm that “Gold of Ophaz” is very precious, which is called “obryzon” in Latin.\n\nWhat is meant by the fact that we read there, following the custom of secular authors, of the Pleiades, Orion, or Arcturus?\n\nNot that these are the names by which they are known among the Hebrews, but so that the significance of these stars might be more manifest among us, the translator wished to call them thus, as the usage of the Gentiles had found them. It is also to be observed generally that even the apostles or apostolic men, writing in their epistles to the peoples, sometimes make use of those testimonies which seemed to be widely known among the peoples.\n\nIn the same book, what is it that is written about that dragon: “If all ships were gathered together, they could not bear the skin of its tail”?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Aurum Ophir","severity":"info","text":"Ophir is a region mentioned in the Hebrew Bible (1 Kings 9:28, 10:11) as a source of gold. Eucherius identifies it as extending toward India, reflecting a common patristic geographical tradition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Aurum Ophaz","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius notes an alternative tradition that 'Gold of Ophaz' is very precious and equates it with Latin 'obryzon' (refined gold). The variant 'Ophaz' may be a textual corruption or alternate name for Ophir.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Pleiadas, Oriona uel Arcturum","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius explains that the translator used Greek astronomical names (Pleiades, Orion, Arcturus) familiar to Gentile readers, rather than Hebrew terms, to make the star references in Job more accessible.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"apostoli uel apostolici uiri","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius observes that even apostolic writers sometimes used popular non-biblical testimonies in their epistles, a practice he cites to justify the translator's adaptation of pagan astronomical terms.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Omnes naues si conueniant, non sustinent corium caudae eius","severity":"info","text":"This hyperbolic description of a dragon's tail skin is not a direct biblical quotation but likely a paraphrase of a legendary or apocryphal tradition associated with Job, possibly from the Septuagint or Vetus Latina additions.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"dracone illo","severity":"caution","text":"The reference to a dragon in Job is not found in the canonical Hebrew text; it may derive from the Septuagint or from extra-biblical Jewish or Christian legends about a sea monster in the Book of Job.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of 'Ophaz' is uncertain; it may be a variant of Ophir or a distinct location.","The source of the dragon anecdote is unclear; it is not present in the standard Vulgate text of Job."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":23,"ref":"p23","source":"Naues ecclesias dicit quae tentationibus tribulationibusque uexatae uix antichristum in mundi fine tolerabunt. recte autem draconis illius diaboli caudam antichristum appellat a quo persecutio ueniet extrema.\n\nDE REGUM.\n\nQuid est, quod Saulem dominus postea reprobat regem quem prius in regnum legendum putauit?\n\nQuia deus suum illud iustum incorruptumque iudicium ex aequitate depromit, non ex praescientia elegit; quempiam, cum meretur, reprobat, cum electione indignus efficitur. ceterum nequaquam conuenire sacrosanctae ueritati iustitiaeque eius uidebatur, ut peccatum offensa praecederet.\n\nQuo modo accipiendum est, quod in scripturis paenitere dominus saepe memoratur, sicut etiam de Saule cum dicit: paenitet me, quod constituerim Saul regem?\n\nPaenitentia domini dicitur rerum ab eo constitutarum mutatio quae pro rerum uicissitudine uel pro recti dispositione succedit. necesse est enim, ut diuinae dispositiones, quo manifestiores audientibus fiant, per significationes humanae mentis indicentur. '","english":"He calls the ships \"churches,\" which, troubled by temptations and tribulations, will scarcely endure the Antichrist at the end of the world. And rightly does he call the tail of that dragon, the devil, \"Antichrist,\" from whom the final persecution will come.\n\nON THE BOOKS OF KINGS.\n\nWhy is it that the Lord later rejects Saul, the king whom he had previously thought fit to be chosen for the kingdom?\n\nBecause God pronounces his own just and incorruptible judgment from equity, not from foreknowledge; he rejects someone when he deserves it, when he becomes unworthy of election. Moreover, it would by no means seem fitting to the sacrosanct truth and justice of God that the sin and offense should precede.\n\nHow is it to be understood that in the Scriptures the Lord is often said to repent, as also of Saul when it says: \"I repent that I made Saul king\"?\n\nThe repentance of the Lord is said to be a change of things established by him, which succeeds according to the vicissitude of things or according to the disposition of what is right. For it is necessary that divine dispositions, in order to become clearer to hearers, be indicated through the significations of the human mind.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"Naues ecclesias dicit","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius interprets 'ships' as a metaphor for churches, a common patristic typology (e.g., Noah's ark as the Church).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"antichristum","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius identifies the Antichrist as the tail of the dragon (the devil), from whom the final persecution comes, reflecting a specific eschatological tradition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"paenitet me, quod constituerim Saul regem","severity":"info","text":"This phrase echoes 1 Samuel 15:11 (LXX) or a similar tradition, where God repents of making Saul king; Eucherius explains it as a change in divine disposition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"De Regum","severity":"info","text":"The section heading 'De Regum' refers to the Books of Kings (1-2 Samuel, 1-2 Kings in the Vulgate), a common subject for patristic quaestiones.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage is divided into two distinct questions: one on Saul's rejection, another on divine repentance, each with a brief answer, typical of Eucherius's instructional format.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius's explanation of divine repentance as a change in things established, not a change in God, aligns with later medieval theological discussions on divine attributes.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the phrase 'paenitet me, quod constituerim Saul regem' is not explicitly cited; it may be a paraphrase of a biblical verse or a lost tradition.","The identity of 'he' in 'He calls the ships churches' is ambiguous; it may refer to a biblical author or an earlier commentator."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":24,"ref":"p24","source":"Legimus quod suffocabat Saul spiritus malus domini, quo modo domini, si malus?\n\n.Quia cuncta domino auctore prolata diuinae sunt subdita potestati; ergo et ipse diabolus, licet non qualis nunc est, sed bonus a domino quondam creatus et deo semper pro omnipotentis ditione subiectus domini erat.\n\nQuid est, quod cum aliquanta hic dominus uindicet, non uindicat omnia?\n\nUindicat aliquanta, ut intellegatur humanarum rerum agere curam; non uindicat omnia, ut agnoscatur terribile cunctis adhuc futurum esse iudicium.\n\nUmbram Samuelis Pythonissa quem ad modum potuit euocare?\n\nAut falsam tunc umbram uidentibus diabolus ostendit, aut si fuit uera, tantum ei licuisse credendum est, quantum domino permittente concessum est, nec mirum pro quibusdam reconditis arcanisque causis uel pro manifestatione probationum diabolo ista permitti, cum et saluatorem constituerit in pinna templi et Iob petierit acceperitque tentandum.","english":"We read that an evil spirit of the Lord was suffocating Saul; how of the Lord, if evil?\n\nBecause all things brought forth with the Lord as author are subject to divine power; therefore the devil himself, although not as he now is, but once created good by the Lord and always subject to God under the dominion of the Almighty, was of the Lord.\n\nWhat does it mean that the Lord here avenges some things, but does not avenge all things?\n\nHe avenges some things, so that it may be understood that he takes care of human affairs; he does not avenge all things, so that it may be recognized that a terrible judgment is still to come for all.\n\nHow could the Witch of Endor summon the shade of Samuel?\n\nEither the devil then showed a false shade to those who saw it, or if it was real, it must be believed that he was permitted only as much as was granted by the Lord's allowance; nor is it surprising that for certain hidden and secret reasons, or for the manifestation of proofs, such things are permitted to the devil, since he also placed the Savior on the pinnacle of the temple and asked for and received Job to be tempted.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"spiritus malus domini","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'spiritus malus domini' (evil spirit of the Lord) is paradoxical, as Eucherius notes, since an evil spirit cannot be of the Lord. The resolution lies in the devil's original creation as good and his continued subjection to divine power.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"1 Samuel 16:14-16","severity":"info","text":"The reference to Saul being suffocated by an evil spirit echoes 1 Samuel 16:14-16 (Vulgate), where an evil spirit from God troubles Saul. Eucherius interprets this as the devil, once good but now evil, acting under divine authority.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"1 Samuel 28:7-25","severity":"info","text":"The Witch of Endor (Pythonissa) summoning Samuel's shade is from 1 Samuel 28:7-25. Eucherius offers two explanations: either a demonic illusion or a real shade permitted by God, analogous to Satan's testing of Job and Christ.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"Iob petierit acceperitque tentandum","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius parallels the devil's permission to summon Samuel's shade with the biblical account of Satan requesting to test Job (Job 1:6-12) and the devil placing Christ on the temple pinnacle (Matthew 4:5, Luke 4:9). This shows a pattern of divine permission for demonic actions.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Pythonissa","severity":"info","text":"The term 'Pythonissa' (Witch of Endor) derives from the Greek 'Πυθωνίσσα', referring to a female diviner or ventriloquist, often associated with the oracle at Delphi. In patristic exegesis, it denotes a medium or necromancer, as in the Vulgate's 'mulier Pythonem habens'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Quid est, quod...","severity":"info","text":"The passage follows a catechetical question-and-answer format, typical of Eucherius's 'Instructiones'. Each query (e.g., on Saul, divine vengeance, the Witch of Endor) is answered with theological reasoning, often citing scriptural precedents.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the 'evil spirit of the Lord' is ambiguous: it could be a demonic agent or a metaphor for divine punishment. Eucherius resolves it as the devil, originally good but now evil, under God's authority.","The nature of Samuel's shade (real or illusory) is left open; Eucherius presents both possibilities without final resolution."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":25,"ref":"p25","source":"Cum factum non sit, quo modo oranti Ezechiae quindecim anni quasi ad praefinitum uitae tempus adduntur?\n\nQuia utique urguebatur Ezechias extremis non fati decreto sed dei euocatione atque iudicio, in tantum autem uitae anni prius non fuerant constituti, ut per supplicationem intellegantur adiecti.\n\nDE PROPHETIS.\n\nQuo modo accipiendum est, quod Michaeas propheta ait: ecce dominus exit de loco sancto suo et descendit et incedit super excelsa terrae.\n\nDescendere dominus dicitur, quando habere curam fragilitatis humanae euidenter indiciis dignantissimae pietatis ostenditur. sic et angeli per illam Iacob scalam ascendentes descendentesque terrenorum uisitationem non ruinam descendentium indicant angelorum. sic et excelsiores iustitia uiri descendere putantur, si quando condescendunt inferioribus sanctae caritatis instinctu.\n\nDE ESAIA.","english":"Since it did not happen, how are fifteen years added to the prayerful Hezekiah as if to a predetermined span of life?\n\nBecause Hezekiah was indeed pressed by his end, not by a decree of fate but by God's summons and judgment; moreover, his years of life had not been previously fixed, so that they are understood to have been added through supplication.\n\nCONCERNING THE PROPHETS.\n\nHow is it to be understood that the prophet Micah says: Behold, the Lord goes out from his holy place and descends and walks upon the heights of the earth?\n\nThe Lord is said to descend when he shows by evident signs of his most worthy mercy that he has care for human frailty. Thus also angels, through that ladder of Jacob, ascending and descending, indicate a visitation of earthly things, not a fall of those descending. Thus also men of higher righteousness are thought to descend, if ever they condescend to inferiors by the impulse of holy charity.\n\nCONCERNING ISAIAH.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ezechias","severity":"info","text":"Hezekiah's fifteen-year extension is from 2 Kings 20:1-6 and Isaiah 38:1-8, where his prayer adds years to his life.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"fati decreto","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius contrasts divine judgment with fate, a common patristic rejection of astrological determinism.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Michaeas propheta","severity":"info","text":"The Micah quotation is from Micah 1:3, though the Vulgate wording differs; Eucherius may paraphrase or use an Old Latin version.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Iacob scalam","severity":"info","text":"Jacob's ladder (Genesis 28:12) is interpreted as angelic visitation, not descent, aligning with patristic allegory.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"DE PROPHETIS","severity":"info","text":"This heading marks a new section on prophetic texts, following a section on historical figures like Hezekiah.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"condescendunt","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius uses condescension as a virtue, echoing monastic humility and pastoral care traditions.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the Micah quotation is uncertain; it may be a loose paraphrase or from a non-Vulgate Latin version.","The phrase 'de loco sancto suo' is not exact in the Vulgate Micah, suggesting Eucherius may cite from memory or a variant."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":26,"ref":"p26","source":"Quid intellegendum est in cantico Esaiae prophetae, cum dicit: cantabo dilecto meo canticum patruelis mei uineae suae, uinea facta est dilecto meo in cornu filio olei?\n\nAlii hoc canticum a spiritu sancto cantari putant, alii a propheta qui aeque sancto spiritu uacuus non erat. cantat autem in planctum uineae suae, quae est domus Israhel. dilectus autem Iesus Christus est. ipsi enim dictum est: tu es filius meus dilectus, ipsum et patruelem appellat, quod ex eadem sit stirpe progenitus; haec ergo uinea ipsi plantata est in cornu, quod est in sublimitate atque uirtute, qui dilectus et filius est olei, quia unctus sit, unde et Christus uocatur, uel quia omni mundo tamquam splendidum lumen inluxerit. in hoc cantico uuam iustitiam appellat et spinas iniquitatem.\n\nIn Esaiae uisione cum uidit dominum sedentem super solium, qui intellectus est de eo, quod ait: Seraphin stabant super illud, sex alae uni et sex alae alteri. duabus uelabat faciem eius et duabus uelabat pedes eius et duabus uolabat et clamabat alter ad alterum et dicebat: sanctus, sanctus, sanctus dominus exercituum?","english":"What is to be understood in the song of the prophet Isaiah, when he says: \"I will sing to my beloved the song of my cousin of his vineyard; the vineyard has become for my beloved a horn of the son of oil\"?\n\nSome think this song is sung by the Holy Spirit, others by a prophet who was likewise not empty of the Holy Spirit. He sings, however, in lament for his vineyard, which is the house of Israel. The beloved, moreover, is Jesus Christ. For it was said to him: \"You are my beloved son\"; he also calls him cousin, because he was born from the same stock. This vineyard, therefore, was planted for him on a horn, that is, in sublimity and strength, who is the beloved and son of oil, because he was anointed, whence he is also called Christ, or because he shone forth as a brilliant light for the whole world. In this song, he calls the grape \"justice\" and the thorns \"iniquity.\"\n\nIn Isaiah's vision, when he saw the Lord sitting upon the throne, what is understood about this, that he said: \"Seraphim were standing above it, six wings for one and six wings for the other. With two they veiled his face, and with two they veiled his feet, and with two they flew, and one called to the other and said: 'Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts'\"?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"cantabo dilecto meo canticum patruelis mei uineae suae","severity":"info","text":"This phrase is not a direct biblical quotation but an allusion to Isaiah's canticles; Eucherius likely refers to passages such as Isaiah 5:1-7 (the Song of the Vineyard) or Isaiah 27:2, though the exact source is uncertain.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"patruelis","severity":"info","text":"The Latin 'patruelis' (cousin) is used here to denote a familial relationship with Christ, interpreted as sharing the same stock (stirps), likely referring to the Davidic lineage.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"cornu","severity":"info","text":"The Latin 'cornu' (horn) is interpreted allegorically as 'sublimity and strength' (sublimitas atque uirtus), a common patristic symbol for power or elevation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"filius olei","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'filius olei' (son of oil) is explained as referring to Christ's anointing (unctus), whence 'Christus' is derived, or as a metaphor for light shining on the world.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"sanctus, sanctus, sanctus dominus exercituum","severity":"info","text":"This is a clear allusion to the Trisagion (Isaiah 6:3), the angelic hymn in Isaiah's vision of the Lord on the throne, though the Vulgate reads 'Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus Dominus Deus exercituum'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Seraphin stabant super illud","severity":"info","text":"The description of seraphim with six wings each, veiling the Lord's face and feet, is an elaboration on Isaiah 6:2-6, common in patristic exegesis to symbolize divine mystery and angelic hierarchy.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The exact biblical source for the initial canticle is unclear; it may be a conflation of multiple Isaiah passages.","The identity of the 'cousin' (patruelis) is not specified in the biblical text, and Eucherius's interpretation as Christ is allegorical."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":27,"ref":"p27","source":"In hac uisione Iohannes euangelista dominum Iesum Christum' ab Esaia uisum esse testatur dicens: haec dixit Esaias, quando uidit gloriam eius, et locutus de eo. primum ergo hic quaeritur, quo modo seraphin circa domini thronum stantes pariter et uolare dicantur. bene hoc sermone mystico propheta depromit, quia deo adstare idem est quod uolare et in sublime exaltare; sedebit, qui festinat obtutibus apparere diuinis. quod uero seraphin alis suis faciem operire indicantur, hoc idcirco, quia neque hominum quisquam neque ulla creatura diuinae maiestatis lumen contemplari, ut est, potest. faciem ergo et pedes uelant, eo quod nobis et ante mundum praeterita et post mundum futura celentur. alae quoque seraphin indicant diuini ministerii uelocitatem; quae ideo singulis senae sunt, quia ea tantum in mundo quae sex diebus sunt facta conspicimus. quod uero alter ad alterum clamant et dicunt: sanctus, sanctus, sanctus dominus exercituum, unam ostendunt diuinitatem in mysterio trinitatis.","english":"In this vision, John the Evangelist testifies that the Lord Jesus Christ was seen by Isaiah, saying: \"This is what Isaiah said when he saw his glory and spoke of him.\" First, then, it is asked here how the seraphim, standing around the Lord's throne, are said both to stand and to fly at the same time. The prophet rightly expresses this in mystical speech, because to stand before God is the same as to fly and to be raised up on high; he who hastens to appear before the divine gaze will sit. As for the fact that the seraphim are indicated to cover their faces with their wings, this is because no human being nor any creature can contemplate the light of divine majesty as it is. Therefore they veil their faces and feet, because both the past before the world and the future after the world are hidden from us. The wings of the seraphim also indicate the swiftness of divine ministry; they are six each because we perceive in the world only those things that were made in six days. As for the fact that they call out to one another and say, \"Holy, holy, holy, Lord of hosts,\" they show one divinity in the mystery of the Trinity.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Esaias","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius refers to Isaiah's vision of God's glory, likely alluding to Isaiah 6, where the prophet describes the seraphim and the Trisagion.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"seraphin","severity":"info","text":"The Latin 'seraphin' is a transliteration of the Hebrew plural 'seraphim', here interpreted as angelic beings around God's throne, with six wings each.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"sex diebus","severity":"info","text":"The six wings of the seraphim are linked to the six days of creation (Genesis 1), a common patristic exegetical trope connecting angelic symbolism to cosmic order.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"primum ergo hic quaeritur","severity":"info","text":"This passage begins a new quaestio within the commentary, signaled by 'primum ergo hic quaeritur', a typical formula in Eucherius' exegetical method.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"sanctus sanctus sanctus","severity":"info","text":"The Trisagion ('Holy, holy, holy') from Isaiah 6:3 is here interpreted as revealing the Trinity, a standard patristic reading found in authors like Ambrose and Augustine.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"sedebit","severity":"caution","text":"The Latin 'sedebit' (he will sit) is unexpected in context; the text may be corrupt or reflect a variant reading, as the sense of standing and flying is contrasted with sitting.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'sedebit, qui festinat obtutibus apparere diuinis' is syntactically ambiguous; it may mean 'he who hastens to appear before the divine gaze will sit' or imply a textual corruption."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":28,"ref":"p28","source":"Quid respondemus eis qui dicunt nobis: quid fecerunt Iudaei, si credere non potuerunt? quia necesse fuit, ut sermo Esaiae prophetae impleretur dicentis: excaecauit oculos eorum et indurauit eorum cor, ut non uideant oculis et intellegant corde et conuertantur, et sanem illos.\n\nPropheta hoc praedixit, quia deus hoc futurum esse praesciuit. neque enim potest ad peccatum conpellere deus cui non potest placere peccatum. in his ergo non praedestinatio diuina intellegenda est sed praescientia. de hoc in euangelio scribitur: propterea non poterant credere, quia iterum dicit Esaias: excaecauit oculos eorum et indurauit cor eorum et reliqua. non poterant credere ita dicitur, sicut et nos saepe aliqua dicimur non posse, quia nolumus. et de Pharaone scribitur: in hoc ipsum excitaui te, ut ostendam in te uirtutem meam. neque enim dixit, in hoc te feci, ut talis esses, sed in hoc te elegi et suscitaui, cum iam te talem ipse fecisses; ergo et hic excaecati eorum oculi et induratum cor esse dicitur, quia iam se ipsi hac caecitate dignos effecerant. excaecat autem et indurat dominus peccatorem deserendo et non adiuuando. si cui autem sensus hic profundissimae quaestionis minus fecerit, contremiscat mecum et dicat: iudicia domini abyssus multa, quia iudicia dei semper iusta sunt sed frequenter occulta.","english":"What do we answer to those who say to us: what did the Jews do, if they were unable to believe? because it was necessary that the word of the prophet Isaiah be fulfilled, saying: he blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they do not see with their eyes and understand with their heart and be converted, and I heal them.\n\nThe prophet foretold this because God foreknew that this would happen. For God, to whom sin cannot be pleasing, cannot compel to sin. In these things, therefore, not divine predestination is to be understood, but foreknowledge. Concerning this, it is written in the Gospel: for this reason they were unable to believe, because again Isaiah says: he blinded their eyes and hardened their heart and the rest. They were unable to believe is said just as we also are often said to be unable to do something because we are unwilling. And concerning Pharaoh it is written: I roused you for this very purpose, to show my power in you. For he did not say, I made you for this, that you might be such, but I chose and roused you for this, when you had already made yourself such; therefore here too their eyes are said to be blinded and their heart hardened, because they had themselves already rendered themselves worthy of this blindness. Moreover, the Lord blinds and hardens the sinner by abandoning him and not helping him. If, however, this sense of a most profound question should satisfy someone less, let him tremble with me and say: the judgments of the Lord are a great abyss, because the judgments of God are always just but often hidden.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"excaecauit oculos eorum et indurauit eorum cor","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius adapts Isaiah's language (cf. Isa 6:10 Vulgate) to argue that divine hardening is a withdrawal of aid, not a compulsion to sin.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"praedestinatio ... praescientia","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius distinguishes predestination from foreknowledge, a key theological distinction in the Pelagian controversy, asserting that God's foreknowledge does not imply causation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"in hoc ipsum excitaui te, ut ostendam in te uirtutem meam","severity":"info","text":"The reference to Pharaoh echoes Exodus 9:16 (Vulgate), where God says he raised Pharaoh up to display his power, interpreted by Eucherius as a response to Pharaoh's prior self-hardening.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"iudicia domini abyssus multa","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'the judgments of the Lord are a great abyss' adapts a common patristic sentiment (cf. Ps 35:7 Vulgate) to counsel humility before divine hiddenness.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"contremiscat mecum","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius's call to 'tremble with me' echoes Augustine's rhetorical strategy in anti-Pelagian works, urging readers to accept mystery rather than rationalize divine justice.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"et sanem illos","severity":"caution","text":"The clause 'and I heal them' in the Isaiah quotation is not found in the Vulgate text of Isa 6:10; it may be a loose citation or a conflation with another passage.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'excaecauit' and 'indurauit' are perfect tense, but Eucherius treats them as present or gnomic in his argument; the exact temporal force is ambiguous.","The phrase 'et sanem illos' (and I heal them) is not standard in the Vulgate Isaiah; its source or status as a variant reading is unclear."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":29,"ref":"p29","source":"Quid est illud, quod scribitur: sicut sponso inposuit mihi mitram et sicut sponsam ornauit me ornamento? quo modo idem sponsus et sponsa?\n\nA capite ad corpus transitum fecit: caput enim Christus est, corpus ecclesia, sed tamen utrumque esse constat in Chiisto. notanda uero et tenenda regula haec, quae in prophetis frequenter incurrit generans ignorantibus obscuritatem, cum aut de capite ad corpus aut de corpore ad caput se prophetiae ordo conuertit.\n\nCaelum mihi thronus est, terra autem scabellum pedum meorum, quo modo hoc intellegi potest, cum utique deum incorporeum esse credamus?\n\nSecundum consuetudinem elocutionis nostrae uidetur habitum designare regnantis, ut intellegatur deus uel habitare caelestia uel subiecta habere terrena.\n\nDE EZECHIELE.\n\nQua causa scribitur: in illa die magna tribulationis nemo liberabitur nisi Noe Daniel et lob, cum utique, quando ista Ezechiel propheta dicebat, solus forsitan Daniel in corpore fuerit duobus aliis iam tunc in pace dormientibus uel carnis nexibus absolutis?","english":"What is that which is written: \"as a bridegroom he placed a mitre upon me, and as a bride he adorned me with an ornament\"? How can the same one be both bridegroom and bride?\n\nHe made a transition from the head to the body: for the head is Christ, the body is the Church, but nevertheless it is established that both are in Christ. However, this rule must be noted and held, which frequently occurs in the prophets, generating obscurity for those who are ignorant, when the order of prophecy turns either from the head to the body or from the body to the head.\n\n\"Heaven is my throne, but earth is the footstool of my feet\": how can this be understood, since we certainly believe that God is incorporeal?\n\nAccording to the custom of our manner of speaking, it seems to designate the attire of a ruler, so that God is understood either to inhabit the heavens or to have the earthly realms subject to him.\n\nCONCERNING EZEKIEL.\n\nFor what reason is it written: \"in that day of great tribulation no one will be freed except Noah, Daniel, and Job,\" when, at the time when the prophet Ezekiel was saying this, perhaps only Daniel was still in the body, while the other two were already then sleeping in peace or freed from the bonds of the flesh?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage shifts from a question about a single biblical image (bridegroom/bride) to a hermeneutical rule for interpreting prophetic texts, then to a second question about God's corporeality, and finally to a query about Ezekiel's prophecy.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"sicut sponso inposuit mihi mitram et sicut sponsam ornavit me ornamento","severity":"info","text":"The first quotation echoes Old Testament nuptial imagery (cf. Song of Songs, Hosea) but is not a direct citation of a known verse; it may be a paraphrase or a lost variant.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Caelum mihi thronus est, terra autem scabellum pedum meorum","severity":"info","text":"This phrase is not a direct biblical quotation but reflects the theophanic language of Isaiah 66:1 and Psalm 99:1 (LXX 98:1), where God is enthroned above the earth.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"in illa die magna tribulationis nemo liberabitur nisi Noe Daniel et lob","severity":"info","text":"This refers to Ezekiel 14:14, where Noah, Daniel, and Job are named as righteous men spared in a time of judgment; the Vulgate reads 'Noe, Daniel, et Job'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius addresses a chronological difficulty: Ezekiel (6th c. BCE) speaks of Noah (antediluvian) and Job (likely patriarchal) as already dead, while Daniel (contemporary) was still alive. This reflects patristic concern with prophetic anachronism.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius' hermeneutical rule—that prophetic speech oscillates between head (Christ) and body (Church)—is a standard antiochene or typological principle, later echoed in Cassian and medieval exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the first biblical quotation is uncertain; it may be a conflation or a non-canonical text. The phrase 'in illa die magna tribulationis' in the Ezekiel passage is not verbatim from the Vulgate, which reads 'in die illa' without 'magna tribulationis'."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":30,"ref":"p30","source":"In his tribus sanctis tria hominum genera significari uidentur quae liberanda in die illa tribulationis a periculis promittuntur; in Noe enim gubernatores ecclesiae praefigurantur, in Daniele sancti continentiamque sectantes, in Iob coniugati et iustitiam diligentes.\n\n-II. Quid significat illud, quod dicitur in propheta: auferam cor lapideum de carne uestra et dabo nobis cor carneum.\n\nDurum cor et inoboediens lapidei testificatione demonstrat, carnei uero significatione cor molle ostendit ac docile et quod insinuatam possit recipere conpunctionem.\n\nDE PARALIPOMENON.\n\nQuid est, quod scribitur in Paralipomenon: quae habitabat in Hierusalem in secunda?\n\nIn secunda, id est, parte. Ezechias enim secundum Hierusalem murum fecit filiusque eius Manasses tertium; habitabat ergo haec de qua scribitur in secunda parte ciuitatis.\n\nArcam domini in qua erant duae tabulae testamenti quo ablatam esse credendum est?","english":"In these three saints, three kinds of human beings seem to be signified, who are promised to be freed from dangers on that day of tribulation: for in Noah, the governors of the Church are prefigured; in Daniel, the saints and those who pursue continence; in Job, the married and those who love justice.\n\n-II. What does that signify which is said in the prophet: \"I will remove a stony heart from your flesh and give you a fleshy heart\"?\n\nA hard and disobedient heart is shown by the testimony of \"stony,\" but by the meaning of \"fleshy\" it shows a soft and teachable heart, and one that can receive the compunction that is instilled.\n\nFROM PARALIPOMENON.\n\nWhat is that which is written in Paralipomenon: \"she who dwelt in Jerusalem in the second\"?\n\n\"In the second,\" that is, in the part. For Hezekiah made the second wall of Jerusalem, and his son Manasseh the third; therefore she of whom it is written dwelt in the second part of the city.\n\nThe ark of the Lord, in which were the two tablets of the covenant, is to be believed to have been taken away where?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"In his tribus sanctis tria hominum genera significari uidentur","severity":"info","text":"This passage introduces a tripartite typology: Noah, Daniel, and Job prefigure three classes of the faithful (church leaders, celibates, married). The pattern is a common exegetical device.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"auferam cor lapideum de carne uestra et dabo nobis cor carneum","severity":"info","text":"The quoted phrase is not a direct biblical verse but a paraphrase of prophetic language (cf. Ezekiel 11:3-5, 36:26). Eucherius adapts it to contrast hardness and softness of heart.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"cor lapideum / cor carneum","severity":"info","text":"The terms 'stony heart' and 'fleshy heart' are metaphorical: 'stony' denotes obstinacy, 'fleshy' denotes receptivity to compunction. This binary is a moral-psychological gloss.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"DE PARALIPOMENON","severity":"info","text":"Paralipomenon is the Latin title for the books of Chronicles (1-2 Chronicles). Eucherius draws on a historical note about Jerusalem's walls from 2 Chronicles 27:3-4.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"in secunda","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius interprets 'in the second' as referring to the second part of the city, i.e., the area enclosed by Hezekiah's wall. This reflects a literal, topographical reading of the Chronicler's account.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Arcam domini in qua erant duae tabulae testamenti quo ablatam esse credendum est?","severity":"info","text":"The question about the ark's fate echoes a tradition that the ark was taken during the Babylonian destruction (cf. 2 Maccabees 2:4-5). Eucherius leaves the answer open, implying a known but unresolved debate.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'in secunda' could be read as 'in the second (book)' rather than 'in the second (part of the city)'; Eucherius opts for the topographical sense.","The source of the prophetic quotation is not identified; it may be a conflation of several biblical passages."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":31,"ref":"p31","source":"Legimus in Paralipomenon Iosiam regem Iuda, cum Hierusale faceret pascha domino, ad leuitas ita locutum esse: ponite arcam in sanctuario templi, quod aedificauit\n\nSalamon filius Dauid rex Israhel; nequaquam enim eam ultra portabitis. hoc loco ita intellegere quidam uolunt, quod Iosias futuram praeuidens uenite, iudicemur arcam domini in certum tamen quo tunc loco curarit absondi.\n\nQuid inter holocaustum et hostiam interest? Quod hostiae partem sacerdotes edebant, holocaustum uero erat hostia integra atque perfecta, quia tota in oblatione sacrificii igni dabatur. hostiae quoque pacificae appellabantur, quibus uesci populus solebat.\n\nDE PSALMORUM LIBRO.\n\nCum primus psalmus primis illis uersiculis impium peccatorem hereticumque discreuerit, quid sibi uult illa sub ipso psalmi fine conclusio in qua ait: ideo non resurgent impii in iudicio.","english":"We read in Paralipomenon that Josiah, king of Judah, when he was celebrating the Passover of the Lord in Jerusalem, spoke thus to the Levites: place the ark in the sanctuary of the temple which Solomon, son of David, king of Israel, built; for you shall carry it no further. Some wish to understand this passage in the sense that Josiah, foreseeing the future, took care to hide the ark of the Lord in a certain place, though it is uncertain where.\n\nWhat is the difference between a holocaust and a sacrifice? That the priests ate part of the sacrifices, but a holocaust was a whole and perfect sacrifice, because it was given entirely to the fire in the offering of the sacrifice. There were also called peace-offerings, which the people were accustomed to eat.\n\nFROM THE BOOK OF PSALMS.\n\nSince the first psalm, in its first few verses, has distinguished the impious sinner and the heretic, what is the meaning of that conclusion at the very end of the same psalm, in which it says: therefore the impious shall not rise in judgment.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Paralipomenon","severity":"info","text":"Paralipomenon is the Latin title for the books of Chronicles (1–2 Paralipomenon). The episode of Josiah and the ark is not directly in the biblical text but reflects later legend.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"holocaustum","severity":"info","text":"Holocaustum (from Greek ὁλόκαυστον) means a sacrifice wholly consumed by fire, as distinct from hostia, a sacrifice of which the priests ate part.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"hostiae pacificae","severity":"info","text":"Hostiae pacificae are peace-offerings (Latin pacificus from pax), sacrifices in which the worshippers shared the meat, as opposed to holocausts.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage consists of three discrete units: a narrative about Josiah and the ark, a lexical distinction between holocaust and sacrifice, and an exegetical question on Psalm 1.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Iosias","severity":"info","text":"Josiah (c. 640–609 BCE) was a reforming king of Judah. The legend of his hiding the ark is post-biblical, found in rabbinic and later Christian tradition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"primus psalmus","severity":"info","text":"The reference to Psalm 1 and its conclusion about the impious not rising in judgment echoes early Christian exegesis, e.g., Augustine's Enarrationes in Psalmos.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin text shifts abruptly between topics; the Coptic Vorlage may have been a florilegium. The phrase 'in certum tamen quo tunc loco' is ambiguous: it may mean 'in a certain place, though it is uncertain where' or 'in an uncertain place'."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":32,"ref":"p32","source":"Psalmi huius initium de discretione meriti et finis de discretione iudicii in quo ostendit, quod homo absque dubio omnis resurgat, id est, iustus, ut iudicet, peccator ut iudicetur, impius ut puniatur. neque enim tunc iudicabitur iam iudicatus, secundum quod scriptum est: quia autem non credit, iam iudicatus est.\n\nCum passio in deum non cadat, quid est, quod saepe in scripturis ira dei et furor dicitur?\n\nScripturae consuetudo est, ut ira pro ultione ponatur. est enim ira secundum hominem, uindicta secundum deum et furor secundum animum patientis, non secundum iustitiam iudicantis. hic et illud est, quod ponitur in propheta: dominus creans mala. mala ergo sunt iuxta affectum eius qui sustinet, non iuxta aequitatem eius qui decernit.\n\nQuid sibi uult illud, quod frequenter psalmorum titulis inscribitur, in finem psalmus Dauid?\n\nQuod psalmi in finem mundi bonorum repromissionem respiciant, uel quod ea quae Iudaei obtinere se posse in principio crediderunt, nos consequamur in Christo quem uenisse confitebimur in fine.","english":"The beginning of this psalm concerns the distinction of merit, and its end concerns the distinction of judgment, in which it shows that every man without doubt rises again, that is, the just man to judge, the sinner to be judged, the impious to be punished. For then one who has already been judged will not be judged, according to what is written: because he who does not believe has already been judged.\n\nSince passion does not fall upon God, what does it mean that the wrath of God and fury are often spoken of in the scriptures?\n\nIt is the custom of scripture that wrath is put for vengeance. For wrath is according to man, vengeance according to God, and fury according to the mind of the one who suffers, not according to the justice of the one who judges. Here also is that which is set down in the prophet: the Lord creating evils. Evils, therefore, are according to the feeling of the one who endures them, not according to the equity of the one who decrees them.\n\nWhat does that mean, which is frequently inscribed in the titles of the psalms, \"To the end, a psalm of David\"?\n\nThat the psalms look to the promise of good things at the end of the world, or that those things which the Jews believed they could obtain in the beginning, we attain in Christ, whom we confess has come at the end.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage is a series of three distinct questions on scriptural interpretation, each introduced by a lemma and followed by an answer. This catechetical format is typical of Eucherius's instructional work.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"quia autem non credit, iam iudicatus est","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'because he who does not believe has already been judged' is not a direct biblical quotation but may echo John 3:18 or a similar patristic maxim on the judgment of unbelievers.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ira","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius distinguishes 'ira' (wrath) as a human emotion from 'uindicta' (vengeance) as a divine action, aligning with a common patristic hermeneutic that reinterprets anthropomorphic descriptions of God.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"dominus creans mala","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'the Lord creating evils' likely refers to a prophetic passage such as Isaiah 45:7 or Amos 4:13, where God's creation of 'evil' is understood as punitive or providential, not moral.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"in finem psalmus Dauid","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'in finem' in psalm titles (Hebrew: lamenatseach) was interpreted by early Christian exegetes as eschatological, pointing to the end times or to Christ as the final fulfillment.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius's interpretation of psalm titles as eschatological and Christological reflects a standard anti-Jewish polemic in Latin patristic exegesis, contrasting Jewish expectation with Christian fulfillment.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin text is clear; no significant ambiguities in the passage."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":33,"ref":"p33","source":"Quo modo intellegendum est, quod scribitur: eloquia domini eloquia casta, argentum igni examinatum, probatum terrae purgatum septuplum?\n\nCasta dicuntur eloquia domini ideo, quod nullo sint adulterata mendacio et ad uicem argenti quod examinatur igne septemplici spiritus igne mundentur.\n\nNon congregabo, inquit, conuenticula eorum de sanguinibus, cum utique de sanguine magis latinum sonasset, quam ob causam de sanguinibus contra regulam latinitatis inscribitur?\n\nIn Graeco legitur, id est plurali numero sanguinem significans; cuius proprietatis fidem etiam in latinum plurali numero translator expressit.\n\nCum in psalmo scriptum sit: non dabis sanctum tuum uidere corruptionem, quo modo iterum in alio psalmo scribitur: quae utilitas in sanguine meo, dum descendo in corruptionem?\n\nDescendere in corruptionem saluator prophetae uoce pronuntiat, dum clauorum adfigentium inruptione penetratur. rursus non dedit dominus sanctum suum uidere corruptionem, quia corruptionem carnis Christus celeri resurrectione praeuenit.","english":"How is it to be understood that it is written: \"The words of the Lord are chaste words, silver examined by fire, tested, purified seven times from the earth\"?\n\nThe words of the Lord are called chaste because they are adulterated by no falsehood, and in place of silver which is examined by sevenfold fire, they are purified by the fire of the Spirit.\n\n\"I will not gather,\" he says, \"their assemblies from bloods,\" although \"from blood\" would have sounded more Latin; for what reason is it written \"from bloods\" against the rule of Latinity?\n\nIn Greek it is read, that is, in the plural number signifying blood; the translator expressed the fidelity of this property also in Latin in the plural number.\n\nSince it is written in the psalm: \"You will not let your holy one see corruption,\" how is it again written in another psalm: \"What use is there in my blood, when I descend into corruption\"?\n\nThe Savior pronounces \"descend into corruption\" with the voice of the prophet, while he is pierced by the breaking in of the nails affixing him. On the other hand, the Lord did not let his holy one see corruption, because Christ forestalled the corruption of the flesh by a swift resurrection.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"eloquia domini eloquia casta, argentum igni examinatum, probatum terrae purgatum septuplum","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'eloquia domini eloquia casta' is not a direct biblical quotation but echoes the language of Psalm 12:7 (Vulgate) and the theme of divine words as pure and tested.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"de sanguinibus","severity":"info","text":"The plural 'sanguinibus' (from bloods) is a Latin translation of the Greek plural αἱμάτων, used to render the Hebrew plural דָּמִים (damim), which can mean 'bloodshed' or 'bloodguilt'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"non dabis sanctum tuum uidere corruptionem","severity":"info","text":"This phrase alludes to Psalm 15:11 (Vulgate) and is interpreted by Eucherius as referring to Christ's resurrection, contrasting with the descent into corruption mentioned in another psalm.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"descendere in corruptionem","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius juxtaposes two psalm passages to resolve an apparent contradiction: Christ's descent into corruption (via crucifixion) is reconciled with his not seeing corruption (via swift resurrection).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"transmission","kind":"transmission","basis":"text","lemma":"in Graeco legitur","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius notes that the plural 'sanguinibus' reflects a Greek source, indicating the translator's fidelity to the Greek plural form over Latin idiomatic usage.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"non congregabo conuenticula eorum de sanguinibus","severity":"info","text":"The source of this quotation is uncertain; it may be a paraphrase or a non-canonical text, as it does not correspond directly to any known biblical verse.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'non congregabo conuenticula eorum de sanguinibus' is not clearly identified in the biblical canon; it may be a loose citation or from a lost source."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":34,"ref":"p34","source":"Quid est, quod dicit propheta de inimicis suis: adipem suum concluserunt?\n\nAdeps concluditur impiorum, cum inpinguati sensu et incrassati iniquitate recedunt uel a iustitia uel a praeceptis dei, et idcirco dicit alio loco: egredietur ex adipe iniquitas eorum. manna uero, id est, caelestis cibus tenuis est et eorum aptus alimoniae qui subtilitate sensuum uigent.\n\nQuid sentiendum est de hoc, quod scribitur: de absconditis tuis adimpletus est uenter eorum, saturati sunt porcina et reliquerunt quae superfuerant paruulis suis?\n\nSupra petiit, ut Iudaei a paucis diuiderentur, id est, a iustis: quia multi uocati, pauci autem electi. nunc autem hos ipsos prius absconditis diuinae legis instructos porcina sua, id est, dogmatum postea inmunditia saturatos, dum negant Christum, eandem impietatem dicit etiam ad suos posteros transmisisse.\n\nQualiter intellegendum est: dies diei eructat uerbum et nox nocti indicat scientiam?","english":"What does the prophet mean when he says of his enemies: \"They have shut up their fat\"?\n\nThe fat of the impious is shut up when, fattened in understanding and thickened with iniquity, they withdraw either from justice or from the precepts of God; and for this reason he says elsewhere: \"Their iniquity will come forth from the fat.\" Manna, however, that is, heavenly food, is thin and suitable for the nourishment of those who thrive on the subtlety of their perceptions.\n\nWhat is to be thought concerning this, which is written: \"Their belly was filled from your hidden things, they were sated with pork and left what remained for their little ones\"?\n\nAbove, he asked that the Jews be separated from the few, that is, from the just: because many are called, but few are chosen. Now, however, he says that these same ones, first instructed by the hidden things of the divine law, then sated with their own pork, that is, with the subsequent filth of their doctrines, while they deny Christ, have transmitted this same impiety even to their descendants.\n\nHow is it to be understood: \"Day belches forth word to day, and night reveals knowledge to night\"?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage consists of three distinct questions-and-answers, each introduced by a formulaic interrogative phrase. This catechetical structure is typical of Eucherius' instructional method.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"adipem suum concluserunt","severity":"info","text":"The first lemma, 'adipem suum concluserunt', is not a direct biblical quotation but likely paraphrases or conflates Old Testament imagery of fat (adeps) as a symbol of sin or obstinacy, e.g., in Psalm 72(73):6 or Isaiah 1:6.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"egredietur ex adipe iniquitas eorum","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'egredietur ex adipe iniquitas eorum' echoes Psalm 72(73):6 (Vulgate: 'egredietur de adipe iniquitas eorum'), where 'adeps' denotes moral corruption.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"manna","severity":"info","text":"Manna, described as 'caelestis cibus tenuis', alludes to Exodus 16 and is interpreted allegorically as spiritual nourishment for the pure, contrasting with the 'fat' of the impious.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"de absconditis tuis adimpletus est uenter eorum","severity":"info","text":"The second lemma, 'de absconditis tuis adimpletus est uenter eorum', is not a direct biblical verse but likely paraphrases prophetic language (e.g., Ezekiel or Hosea) about hidden divine teachings and subsequent corruption.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"dies diei eructat uerbum et nox nocti indicat scientiam","severity":"info","text":"The third lemma, 'dies diei eructat uerbum et nox nocti indicat scientiam', is not a known biblical verse but may be a patristic proverb or a paraphrase of Psalm 18(19):2 or similar wisdom literature, emphasizing the transmission of knowledge.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The biblical sources of the three lemmas are not explicitly identified by Eucherius; they may be paraphrases or conflations rather than direct quotations.","The identity of the 'prophet' in the first question is unspecified; it could refer to a minor prophet or be a generic reference."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":35,"ref":"p35","source":"Dies diei eructat uerbum, dum apostoli credentibus adnuntiant saluatorem. nox nocti indicat scientiam, dum ludas Iudaeis doctrinam praui sensus infundit aut certe dies diei eructat uerbum et nox nocti indicat scientiam, dum omni utique die et nocte adnuntiatione fideliam uerbum et scientia propagatur.\n\nUirga tua et baculus tuus ipsa me consolata sunt; quae hic intellegenda discretio est?\n\nIn uirga correptio declaratur, in baculo consolatio.\n\nCum animalia non absque sensu sint, quo modo in psalmo dicitur: nolite fieri sicut equus et mulus in quibus non est intellectus?\n\nQuia in animalibus sensus est, in hominibus intellectus.\n\nCum de iumentis sicut de bubus cura non sit deo, quomodo psalmus ait: et iumenta saluabis, domine?\n\nHomines appellauit rationis capaces iumenta rationis expertes; saluandos uero confirmat illos per praesentem conuersationem, hos per futuram conuersionem.","english":"Day gives birth to word to day, as the apostles announce the Savior to believers. Night reveals knowledge to night, as Judas instills the teaching of perverse understanding into the Jews—or rather, day gives birth to word to day and night reveals knowledge to night, as every day and night the word and knowledge are spread by the faithful proclamation.\n\n\"Your rod and your staff have consoled me\"; what distinction is to be understood here?\n\nIn the rod, correction is declared; in the staff, consolation.\n\nSince animals are not without sensation, how is it said in the psalm: \"Do not become like the horse and the mule, in which there is no understanding\"?\n\nBecause in animals there is sensation, in humans there is understanding.\n\nSince God has no care for beasts of burden as for oxen, how does the psalm say: \"And you will save the beasts of burden, O Lord\"?\n\nHe called humans, capable of reason, beasts of burden, devoid of reason; and he affirms that those are to be saved through present conduct, these through future conversion.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"dies diei eructat uerbum","severity":"info","text":"The metaphor 'day gives birth to word to day' (dies diei eructat uerbum) is a vivid image of oral transmission, here applied to apostolic preaching and, in the alternative reading, to the continuous propagation of faith.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"uirga","severity":"info","text":"The pair 'rod' (uirga) and 'staff' (baculus) is interpreted allegorically: the rod signifies correction, the staff consolation. This distinction is a standard exegetical move in patristic commentary on pastoral imagery.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"nolite fieri sicut equus et mulus","severity":"info","text":"The quotation 'Do not become like the horse and the mule, in which there is no understanding' is not a direct biblical verse but a paraphrase of Psalm 32:9 (LXX) or a similar wisdom saying, contrasting animal sensation with human intellect.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"et iumenta saluabis, domine","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'And you will save the beasts of burden, O Lord' echoes Psalm 36:7 (LXX) or a related verse, here reinterpreted to distinguish between humans (rational) and beasts (irrational) in terms of salvation through conduct or conversion.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Iudas","severity":"info","text":"The reference to 'Judas' (Judas Iudaeis) likely denotes Judas Iscariot as a type of false teacher, contrasting with the apostles. This reflects a common patristic trope of Judas as the embodiment of heretical or Jewish opposition to Christian truth.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage is structured as a series of brief question-and-answer units, each introduced by a scriptural or proverbial lemma, followed by an allegorical or doctrinal explanation. This catechetical form is typical of Eucherius's instructional style.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'eructat uerbum' could be read as 'belches forth the word' (a vivid oral metaphor) or simply 'gives birth to the word'; the translation opts for 'gives birth to word'. The identity of 'Judas' is ambiguous: it may refer to Judas Iscariot or to a generic Jewish teacher; the reading takes it as Judas Iscariot."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":36,"ref":"p36","source":"Qualiter accipiendum est, quod scribitur: remitte mihi, ut refrigerer, priusquam abeam, et amplius non ero?\n\nSensus hic de superioribus uersibus manifestatur. supra enim dixerat: quia aduena ego sum apud te et peregrinus sicut omnes patres mei, remitte mihi, ut refrigerer, priusquam abeam, et amplius non ero, subauditur illud, quod superius dixit, peregrinus; ceterum manifestum est, quod erit, qui se supra peregrinum appellando patriam in qua futurus sit habere declarat.\n\nQuid indicat illud, quod legitur in psalmo: in capite libri scriptum est de me?\n\nEx persona hoc dicitur saluatoris de quo scribitur: in principio creauit deus caelum et terram, id est, in filio, aut certe illud: in principio erat uerbum et uerbum erat apud deum et deus erat uerbum.\n\nAbyssus abyssum inuocat, inquit, in uoce cataractarum tuarum; quo modo istud intellegendum est?","english":"How should it be understood, what is written: \"Let me go, that I may cool down, before I depart, and I will be no more\"?\n\nThis sense is made clear from the preceding verses. For above it had said: \"Because I am a stranger with you and a foreigner, like all my fathers, let me go, that I may cool down, before I depart, and I will be no more,\" the word \"foreigner\" being understood from what was said above; but it is clear that he will be, who by calling himself a foreigner above declares that he has a homeland in which he will be.\n\nWhat does that indicate, which is read in the psalm: \"In the head of the book it is written about me\"?\n\nThis is said from the person of the Savior, about whom it is written: \"In the beginning God created heaven and earth,\" that is, in the Son, or certainly that: \"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.\"\n\n\"Abyss calls to abyss,\" it says, \"in the voice of your cataracts\"; how is that to be understood?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage consists of three distinct questions, each introduced by a lemma from the Psalms, followed by Eucherius's interpretation. The first two are answered; the third is left open.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"remitte mihi, ut refrigerer, priusquam abeam, et amplius non ero","severity":"info","text":"The first lemma is a paraphrase of Psalm 38:14 (LXX), where the speaker asks to be allowed to cool down before departing. Eucherius reads it as spoken by a stranger or foreigner.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"in capite libri scriptum est de me","severity":"info","text":"The second lemma echoes Psalm 39:1 (LXX) or a similar phrase. Eucherius interprets it as spoken by the Savior, linking it to Genesis 1:1 and John 1:1.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Abyssus abyssum inuocat, inquit, in uoce cataractarum tuarum","severity":"info","text":"The third lemma is a paraphrase of Psalm 41:4 (LXX). Eucherius does not provide an interpretation here, leaving the question open.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius's method of interpreting Psalms by linking verses to Christological or allegorical meanings is typical of early Latin patristic exegesis, especially in the tradition of Hilary of Poitiers and Augustine.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The third question is left unanswered in the passage, possibly because the text is incomplete or because Eucherius intended the reader to infer the answer from the preceding method.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The third question is posed without an answer, leaving its interpretation open. The Latin 'cataractarum' may refer to waterfalls or sluices, but the sense in context is unclear."],"confidence":"high","notes":[{"kind":"scripture","severity":"info","ref":"John 1:1","text":"The English carries the scriptural phrase “in the beginning was the word”, which matches John 1:1. The match is on the English draft; check the Coptic before quoting the verse."}]},{"i":37,"ref":"p37","source":"Non inmerito abyssus appellatur diuinarum scripturarum profundum et ideo in uoce cataractarum abyssus abyssum inuocat, cum uetus testamentum nouum adnuntiat uel nouum testamentum uetus in testimonium uocat in uocibus prophetarum.\n\nQuid intellegendum est ex hoc, quod scribitur: pro patribus tuis nati sunt tibi filii?\n\nId est, quod temporum successione sint redditi pro prophetis apostoli.\n\nFrater non redimit, redimet homo; quid de hoc loco sentiendum est?\n\nQuod non redemerit Moses, redemerit Christus.\n\nQuo modo accipiendum est illud, quod Dauid clamat ad dominum dicens: tibi soli peccaui?\n\nSoli peccatur deo, quia utique ipse solus sit absque peccato; ita iustificatus uincit etiam, dum iudicatur, id est, uel Christus in passione, uel secundum illud, quod in propheta dicit: et uenite, iudicemur, dicit dominus.\n\nUiri, inquit, sanguinum et dolosi non dimidiabunt dies suos; quid hic sentiendum est?","english":"Not undeservedly is the depth of the divine scriptures called the abyss, and therefore in the voice of the cataracts the abyss invokes the abyss, when the Old Testament announces the New, or the New Testament calls the Old to witness in the voices of the prophets.\n\nWhat is to be understood from this, which is written: \"For your fathers, sons have been born to you\"?\n\nThat is, that by the succession of times, apostles have been rendered in return for the prophets.\n\n\"A brother does not redeem; a man will redeem\"; what is to be thought concerning this passage?\n\nThat Moses did not redeem, but Christ redeemed.\n\nHow is that to be taken, which David cries out to the Lord, saying: \"I have sinned to you alone\"?\n\nSin is committed to God alone, because he alone is without sin; thus the justified man conquers even while he is judged, that is, either Christ in his passion, or according to that which is said in the prophet: \"And come, let us be judged,\" says the Lord.\n\n\"Men of blood,\" it says, \"and deceitful men will not complete their days\"; what is to be thought here?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"abyssus abyssum inuocat","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'the abyss invokes the abyss' is a metaphor for the mutual witness of Old and New Testaments, a common patristic exegetical trope.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"pro patribus tuis nati sunt tibi filii","severity":"info","text":"This is not a direct biblical quotation but a paraphrase of a succession theme; Eucherius interprets it as the replacement of prophets by apostles.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Frater non redimit, redimet homo","severity":"info","text":"This likely alludes to a legal or proverbial saying; Eucherius reads it typologically: Moses (the brother) did not redeem, but Christ (the man) did.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"tibi soli peccaui","severity":"info","text":"This echoes Psalm 51:6 (Vulgate: 'tibi soli peccavi'), a penitential verse; Eucherius interprets it as sin being committed only against the sinless God.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Uiri, inquit, sanguinum et dolosi non dimidiabunt dies suos","severity":"info","text":"This is a loose citation of Psalm 55:24 (Vulgate: 'viri sanguinum et dolosi non dimidiabunt dies suos'), a wisdom saying on the fate of the wicked.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage is a series of brief exegetical questions and answers, typical of Eucherius's catechetical style in the Instructiones.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'pro patribus tuis nati sunt tibi filii' is not a direct biblical quotation; its source is uncertain.","The saying 'Frater non redimit, redimet homo' is not identified as a specific scriptural verse; it may be a legal or proverbial expression."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":38,"ref":"p38","source":"Non dimidiant dies suos hi qui inmatura morte rapiuntur. hac ratione etiam illud intellegere possumus: ne rapias me in dimidio dierum meorum. et aliter: non dimidiant dies suos qui ad dei satisfactionem non conferunt uel uitae suae partem.\n\nQuid interior sensus eloquitur de hoc, quod scribitur: priusquam producant spinae uestrae rhamnum?\n\nId est, priusquam se peccata uestra consumment.\n\nIustus quo modo lauat manus suas in sanguine peccatoris?\n\nCum tribuitur uindicta de impiis non hoc procurantibus sanctis; et post delicta atque exitum peccatorum iustorum clarius uita atque opera splendent.\n\nQuo modo accipiendum est illud, quod in psalmo legitur: non miserearis omnibus qui operantur iniquitatem?\n\nNon tam maledicentis animo istud dicitur quam correctionem emendationemque peccantium desiderantis, id est, ut in praesenti potius uita correpti non abutantur diuina patientia usque ad futuram poenarum acerbitatem.","english":"Those who are snatched away by an untimely death do not complete their days. By this reasoning we can also understand this: do not snatch me away in the middle of my days. And otherwise: those who do not devote any part of their life to satisfying God do not complete their days.\n\nWhat does the inner meaning say about this, which is written: before your thorns produce a bramble?\n\nThat is, before your sins are consummated.\n\nHow does a just man wash his hands in the blood of a sinner?\n\nWhen vengeance is exacted from the impious, the saints not procuring this; and after the transgressions and the death of sinners, the life and works of the just shine more brightly.\n\nHow is that which is read in the psalm to be understood: do not have mercy on all who work iniquity?\n\nThis is said not so much with the spirit of one cursing as with that of one desiring the correction and amendment of sinners, that is, so that in the present life they may be corrected and not abuse divine patience up to the future severity of punishments.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"non dimidiant dies suos","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius interprets the phrase 'they do not complete their days' in two ways: literal (untimely death) and moral (failure to devote life to God). This dual reading is characteristic of his exegetical method.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ne rapias me in dimidio dierum meorum","severity":"info","text":"This echoes Psalm 101:24 (LXX) or a similar verse, though the exact citation is not given. Eucherius uses it to illustrate the first interpretation of untimely death.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"priusquam producant spinae uestrae rhamnum","severity":"info","text":"This appears to be a biblical allusion, possibly to a proverb or lost text, warning against allowing sins to develop into greater evils. The precise source is unidentified.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"non miserearis omnibus qui operantur iniquitatem","severity":"info","text":"This is a paraphrase of Psalm 58:11 (LXX) or a similar verse. Eucherius clarifies that it is not a curse but a call for correction, reflecting a pastoral concern.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"iustus quo modo lauat manus suas in sanguine peccatoris","severity":"info","text":"This phrase likely alludes to a biblical or patristic metaphor for divine justice, where the just are vindicated by the punishment of sinners. Eucherius explains it as non-involvement of saints in vengeance.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage consists of four distinct questions or sayings, each followed by an allegorical or moral interpretation. This catechetical format is typical of Eucherius's instructional work.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the phrase 'priusquam producant spinae uestrae rhamnum' is uncertain; it may be a biblical allusion or a proverb. The reading taken treats it as a scriptural echo."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":39,"ref":"p39","source":"Semel locutus est deus, duo haec audiui; quid hic intellegendum est?\n\nSemel hic non ad numerum referendum est sed ad firmitatem. quae autem sunt illa duo, quae domino adiacent? et posse omnia et uelle misereri. et aliter: semel -locutus est deus, id est, in lege; nam in euangelio non alia praecipit: quia non ueni legem soluere sed adimplere?\n\nQuid est, quod scribitur: transiuimus per ignem et aquam, et induxisti nos in refrigerium?\n\nIgne et aqua persecutiones indicat atque martyrium. aliqui hic aquam baptismum intellegendum putant et ignem spiritum sanctum qui infusus peccata tamquam ignis exurat; et hinc est, quod scribitur: dominus deus uester ignis urens est.\n\nQuid dicit illud, quod legitur: iter facite ei qui ascendit super occasum, dominus nomen est illi?\n\nUiam bonorum actuum praeparate illi qui supergressus est occasum morte deuicta.","english":"God spoke once, and I heard these two things; what is to be understood here?\n\n\"Once\" here is not to be referred to number but to firmness. But what are those two things that pertain to the Lord? Both to be able to do everything and to will to have mercy. And otherwise: God spoke once, that is, in the Law; for in the Gospel he does not command other things: because he did not come to dissolve the Law but to fulfill it.\n\nWhat is it that is written: we passed through fire and water, and you led us into a place of refreshment?\n\nFire and water indicate persecutions and martyrdom. Some here think that water is to be understood as baptism and fire as the Holy Spirit, who, poured in, burns up sins like fire; and from this comes what is written: the Lord your God is a burning fire.\n\nWhat does that saying mean, which is read: make way for him who ascends above the west; the Lord is his name?\n\nPrepare a way of good deeds for him who has surpassed the west, having conquered death.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"semel","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius explicitly distinguishes between numerical and qualitative senses of 'semel', interpreting it as 'firmly' or 'once for all' rather than 'one time'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"transiuimus per ignem et aquam, et induxisti nos in refrigerium","severity":"info","text":"This verse is not identified in the Vulgate; it may be a loose citation or apocryphal. Eucherius interprets it as referring to persecution and martyrdom, with an alternative reading of baptism and the Holy Spirit.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"dominus deus uester ignis urens est","severity":"info","text":"This phrase echoes Deuteronomy 4:24 ('Deus tuus ignis consumens est') but is not a direct quotation; Eucherius uses it to support the allegorical identification of fire with the Holy Spirit.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"iter facite ei qui ascendit super occasum, dominus nomen est illi","severity":"info","text":"This verse is not found in the canonical Bible; it may derive from a lost apocryphon or liturgical text. Eucherius interprets 'occasum' (west) as death, and the ascent as Christ's resurrection.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"non ueni legem soluere sed adimplere","severity":"info","text":"This phrase echoes Matthew 5:17, where Jesus says he came not to abolish the Law but to fulfill it. Eucherius applies it to argue that the Gospel does not contradict the Old Testament.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"aliqui hic aquam baptismum intellegendum putant et ignem spiritum sanctum","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius records an alternative allegorical interpretation of fire and water as baptism and the Holy Spirit, showing early medieval exegetical diversity.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the scriptural quotations 'transiuimus per ignem et aquam' and 'iter facite ei qui ascendit super occasum' is uncertain; they may be from non-canonical texts or paraphrases.","The phrase 'semel locutus est deus, duo haec audiui' is not a direct biblical citation; its origin is unclear."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":40,"ref":"p40","source":"Pluuiam, inquit, uoluntariam segregabis, deus, hereditati tuae et infirmata est, tu uero perfecisti eam, animalia tua habitabunt in ea; quis huius loci sensus est?\n\nPluuia hic secundum litteram manna secundum anagogen mandata intellegenda sunt; quae mandata uel lex, licet infirmata uideatur transgressionibus Iudaeorum, gratia tamen euangelii ostenditur esse conpleta, in qua nunc animalia, id est, gentes habitant atque consistunt.\n\nQuae intellegentia est in hoc, quod legimus: si dormiatis inter medios cleros, pennae columbae deargentatae et posteriora dorsi eius in specie auri?\n\nIn hoc loco de apostolis optat propheta, ut usque ad transitum perseuerent credentes in testamentis duobus; in columba autem spiritus sanctus, in posterioribus occultior intellectus, in argento splendens historia scripturarum, in auro interior uel pretiosior sensus ostenditur.","english":"You will separate voluntary rain, O God, for your inheritance, and it was weakened, but you perfected it; your animals will dwell in it; what is the sense of this passage?\n\nRain here is to be understood as manna according to the letter, and as commandments according to anagogy; which commandments or law, although it may seem weakened by the transgressions of the Jews, is nevertheless shown to be fulfilled by the grace of the Gospel, in which now animals, that is, the nations, dwell and abide.\n\nWhat understanding is there in this, which we read: if you sleep between the middle lots, the feathers of the dove are silvered and the hinder parts of its back are in the appearance of gold?\n\nIn this place the prophet prays concerning the apostles, that they may persevere as believers in the two testaments until the transition; in the dove, however, the Holy Spirit is indicated, in the hinder parts a more hidden understanding, in the silver the shining history of the scriptures, in the gold the inner or more precious sense.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"pluuiam uoluntariam","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'voluntary rain' is interpreted allegorically: literally as manna, anagogically as commandments. This dual reading is typical of Eucherius's exegetical method.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"anagogen","severity":"info","text":"Anagoge (ἀναγωγή) is a Greek loanword meaning 'leading up'; in patristic exegesis it denotes a spiritual or mystical interpretation, often pointing to eschatological or moral truths.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"si dormiatis inter medios cleros","severity":"info","text":"This obscure scriptural citation likely derives from the Old Latin version of a prophetic book (possibly Ezekiel or Zechariah), but the exact source is not identified in the passage.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"columba deargentata","severity":"info","text":"The silvered dove and gold hinder parts are allegorized: the dove represents the Holy Spirit, silver the literal/historical sense of Scripture, and gold the inner or more precious spiritual sense.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage consists of two distinct questions-and-answers, each introduced by a scriptural lemma followed by Eucherius's allegorical explanation. This catechetical format is consistent throughout the Instructiones.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"animalia ... gentes","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius identifies 'animals' with the gentile nations, a typological reading that reflects the early Christian understanding of the Church as the new Israel composed of converted pagans.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The scriptural source of the second lemma ('si dormiatis inter medios cleros...') is not identified; the reading assumes it is a prophetic text from the Old Latin tradition."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":41,"ref":"p41","source":"Dixit dominus: ex Basan conuertam, conuertam in profundum maris, ut intinguatur pes tuus in sanguine, lingua canum tuorum ex inimicis, ab ipso; quid hic sequimur?\n\nBasan in latino confusio sonat. ergo dominus nosmet de confusione conuertit quae est in cruce eius, in qua cruce sanguine pedem suum tinxit clamantibus Iudaeis, ut crucifigeretur, instinctu inimicorum, id est, daemonum; ab ipso autem saluatore hoc totum uenit, quia omnia haec propria uoluntate sustinuit.\n\nQuos illos accipiemus principes Zabulon uel principes Nephtalim?\n\nPetrum apostolum uel Andream qui ex iisdem tribubus sunt uocati sicut et supra Beniamin nomine apostolum Paulum oportet intellegi.\n\nQuid indicat, quod legitur: posuerunt signa sua, signa et non cognorunt sicut in exitu super summum.\n\nQuod Babyllonii uictoria insolentes effecti ita exposuerint signa in dei templo, sicut constitui in tropaeum solent super fornices introitusque portarum.","english":"The Lord said: I will turn from Basan, I will turn into the depth of the sea, so that your foot may be dipped in blood, the tongue of your dogs from the enemies, from him; what do we follow here?\n\nBasan in Latin means confusion. Therefore the Lord turns us from the confusion which is in his cross, in which cross he dipped his foot in blood at the clamor of the Jews that he be crucified, at the instigation of the enemies, that is, the demons; from the Savior himself this whole thing comes, because he endured all these things by his own will.\n\nWhom shall we take as those princes of Zabulon or princes of Nephtalim?\n\nThe apostle Peter or Andrew, who are called from the same tribes, just as above the apostle Paul must be understood by the name Benjamin.\n\nWhat does it indicate, that it is read: they placed their signs, signs and they did not know as at the exit upon the summit.\n\nThat the Babylonians, made insolent by victory, thus set up signs in the temple of God, as they are accustomed to be set up as a trophy upon the arches and entrances of gates.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Basan","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius glosses Basan as 'confusio' (confusion), a Hebrew place-name reinterpreted allegorically.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Basan","severity":"info","text":"The lemma 'Basan' likely echoes Psalm 68:22 (LXX) or Numbers 21:33, but Eucherius does not cite a specific verse.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Zabulon ... Nephtalim","severity":"info","text":"Zabulon and Nephtalim are tribes of Israel; Eucherius identifies their 'princes' as apostles Peter and Andrew, linking them to tribal origins.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Beniamin","severity":"info","text":"The reference to Benjamin as Paul's tribe (cf. Romans 11:1) is a patristic tradition; Eucherius uses it to typologically identify apostles.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Babyllonii","severity":"info","text":"The Babylonians' desecration of the temple (setting up signs as trophies) alludes to historical events, possibly the Babylonian exile.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage follows a question-and-answer format typical of Eucherius's exegetical method, each query resolved by allegorical or typological interpretation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the biblical quotations (e.g., 'Dixit dominus: ex Basan conuertam') is not identified; it may be a paraphrase or lost text.","The phrase 'signa et non cognorunt sicut in exitu super summum' is obscure; Eucherius interprets it as a reference to Babylonian victory trophies."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":42,"ref":"p42","source":"Quid est, quod scribitur: deus autem rex noster ante saecula operatus est salutem in medio terrae?\n\nIudaeam dixit in qua Christus liberauit per crucem mundum, quam aliqui umbilicum terrae appellandum arbitrantur. et aliter: operatus est salutem in medio terrae, id est, in utero uirginali.\n\nQuid est, quod legimus: quia calix in manu domini uini meri plenus est mixto et inclinauit ex hoc in hoc; uerumtamen faex eius non est exinanita?\n\nCalix domini mixtus misericordia et iudicio; inclinatur ex hoc in illud, cum de misericordia in iudicium diuina seueritate transitur; faex autem eius ideo non exinanitur, quia adhuc ultimum iudicii reseruatur.\n\nQuae significantia est, quod scribitur: et reliquae cogitationes diem festum agent tibi?\n\nPulchre hinc ostenditur, quod deus puritate mentis uelut quadam festiuitate laetatur.\n\nUox, inquit, tonitrui in rota; quid hic sentiendum est?","english":"What is the meaning of what is written: \"But our God, before the ages, worked salvation in the middle of the earth\"?\n\nHe spoke of Judea, where Christ freed the world through the cross, which some think should be called the navel of the earth. And otherwise: He worked salvation in the middle of the earth, that is, in the virginal womb.\n\nWhat is the meaning of what we read: \"Because the cup in the Lord's hand is full of pure wine, mixed, and he tilted it from this to that; yet its dregs have not been emptied\"?\n\nThe Lord's cup is mixed with mercy and judgment; it is tilted from this to that when the divine severity passes from mercy to judgment; but its dregs are not emptied because the final judgment is still reserved.\n\nWhat is the significance of what is written: \"And the remaining thoughts will keep festival for you\"?\n\nHere it is beautifully shown that God rejoices in purity of mind as if in a kind of festivity.\n\n\"The voice of thunder in the wheel,\" it says; what is to be understood here?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"deus autem rex noster ante saecula operatus est salutem in medio terrae","severity":"info","text":"The lemma echoes Psalm 73:12 (LXX) and possibly alludes to Christ's salvific work, interpreted here as both the crucifixion in Judea and the Incarnation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"umbilicum terrae","severity":"info","text":"The 'navel of the earth' (umbilicus terrae) is a common ancient geographical trope for a central point, here applied to Judea or Jerusalem as the site of crucifixion.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"calix domini mixtus","severity":"info","text":"The 'mixed cup' (calix mixtus) is a patristic image for the dual aspects of divine action: mercy and judgment, drawn from the language of Eucharistic or apocalyptic symbolism.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Quid est, quod scribitur ... Quid est, quod legimus ... Quae significantia est ...","severity":"info","text":"The passage follows a catechetical pattern: a scriptural lemma is introduced by a question formula, then given an allegorical or typological interpretation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Uox tonitrui in rota","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'voice of thunder in the wheel' is obscure; it may derive from apocalyptic or hymnic tradition, possibly alluding to Ezekiel's vision or a lost source. The text breaks off without resolution.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"Uox tonitrui in rota","severity":"caution","text":"The final question is left unanswered in the surviving text, possibly due to a lacuna or intentional rhetorical suspension. The English draft marks this with an ellipsis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The final question about 'voice of thunder in the wheel' is incomplete; the intended interpretation is not provided in the passage."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":43,"ref":"p43","source":"Rotam hinc ipsum dixit orbem terrae, eo quod intra eiusdem orbis rotam circumferant tonitrua mugitum.\n\nQuid intellegendum est de hoc, quod scribitur: et percussit inimicos suos in posteriora?\n\nSecundum literam ulcerum illorum fit commemoratio quibus sunt allophyli in posteriora percussi; secundum interiorem uero sensum percutiuntur inimici dei in posteriora, cum domino iudicio puniuntur extremo.\n\nQuem significat dicens: exterminauit eam aper de silua et singularis ferus depastus est eam?\n\nAprum hic Uespasianum, ut quidam dicunt, uult intellegi qui Iudaeos bello uastauit; singularem ferum Titum Uespasiani filium qui Hierusalem oppugnatione consumpsit.\n\nLegimus in psalmo: Israhel, si audias me, non erit in te deus recens; quo modo istud accipiemus?\n\nIdola uel antichristum refutandum esse pronuntiat. Christus autem deus recens non erat, licet munde per carnem nostris temporibus inluxerit. nam in principio erat apud deum deus uerbum, ipse creans hominem ad similitudinem dei, quique diuersis uicibus atque temporibus Abrahae uel patribus nostris semper adparuit.","english":"He called the wheel itself the orb of the earth, because the roar of thunder rolls around within the wheel of that same orb.\n\nWhat is to be understood from this, which is written: \"And he struck his enemies in the rear\"?\n\nAccording to the literal sense, mention is made of those sores with which the Philistines were struck in the rear; but according to the inner sense, the enemies of God are struck in the rear when they are punished by the final judgment of the Lord.\n\nWhom does he mean when he says: \"A boar from the forest destroyed it, and a singular wild beast devoured it\"?\n\nHere he intends the boar to be understood as Vespasian, as some say, who laid waste to the Jews in war; the singular wild beast as Titus, the son of Vespasian, who consumed Jerusalem by siege.\n\nWe read in the Psalm: \"Israel, if you hear me, there will not be in you a new god\"; how shall we accept this?\n\nIt declares that idols or the Antichrist are to be rejected. But Christ was not a new god, although he shone forth in the world through flesh in our times. For in the beginning, the Word was God with God, himself creating man in the image of God, and he appeared at various times and occasions to Abraham or to our fathers.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage consists of four distinct questions-and-answers, each introduced by a query formula (e.g., 'Quid intellegendum est', 'Quem significat', 'Legimus in psalmo'). The final answer explicitly distinguishes Christ from a 'new god' and affirms his pre-existence.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"et percussit inimicos suos in posteriora","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'et percussit inimicos suos in posteriora' likely alludes to Old Testament accounts of Philistine defeats, e.g., 1 Samuel 5 or 2 Samuel 5, where the Philistines are struck in the rear (posteriora). Eucherius interprets this literally as sores and spiritually as final judgment.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"aper de silva et singularis ferus","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius identifies the 'boar' as Vespasian and the 'singular wild beast' as Titus, his son, who destroyed Jerusalem in 70 CE. This reflects a post-70 Christian typology linking Roman emperors to destructive beasts, common in patristic exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Israhel, si audias me, non erit in te deus recens","severity":"info","text":"The psalm quotation 'Israhel, si audias me, non erit in te deus recens' is not found in the canonical Psalter. It may be a citation from a lost or apocryphal psalm, or a paraphrase of a warning against foreign gods (cf. Psalm 81:9 Vulgate). Eucherius applies it to rejection of idols and Antichrist.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Christus autem deus recens non erat","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius defends Christ's divinity against the charge of novelty by asserting the pre-existence of the Word, echoing Johannine theology (John 1:1). This reflects early Christian apologetic against pagan or Jewish accusations that Christ was a new or recent deity.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"Rotam hinc ipsum dixit orbem terrae","severity":"caution","text":"The opening sentence is obscure: 'Rotam hinc ipsum dixit orbem terrae' may refer to a lost source or a metaphorical use of 'wheel' for the earth. The connection to thunder rolling within the wheel is unclear and may be corrupt or elliptical.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the psalm quotation 'Israhel, si audias me, non erit in te deus recens' is unidentified; it may be apocryphal or a paraphrase.","The opening statement about the wheel and the orb of the earth lacks clear context and may be fragmentary."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":44,"ref":"p44","source":"Qualiter hoc accipiendum est, quod psalmus ait: deus stetit in synagoga deorum?\n\nId est in congregatione sanctorum; dominus autem noster sanctos suos ut regni sui ita etiam nominis sui participatione' donauit. unde et ad Mosen dicit: dedi te Pharaoni in deum. conpellantur ergo nomine dei, quia appellantur et filii dei. nec mirum pro illa ineffabili diuinae benignitatis indulgentia, si uoluerit ut homo appellaretur deus, cum deus appellatus sit homo.\n\nQuid hic sentiendum est: iustitia et pax osculatae sunt se?\n\nQuod se lex et gratia coniunxerint per mediatorem dominum nostrum Iesum Christum, qui fecit utraque unum?\n\nQualiter accipiendum est, quod legimus: diligit dominus portas Sion, super omnia tabernacula Iacob.\n\nQuod dominus umbraculis synagogae ecclesiae munimenta praetulerit.\n\nMater Sion dicet: homo et homo factus est in ea, et ipse fundauit eam altissimus; quid hic sequimur?","english":"How is this to be understood, which the psalm says: \"God stood in the assembly of gods\"?\n\nThat is, in the congregation of the saints; for our Lord has granted his saints a share both of his kingdom and of his name. Hence he also says to Moses: \"I have given you to Pharaoh as a god.\" Therefore they are called by the name of god, because they are also called sons of God. Nor is it surprising, given that ineffable indulgence of divine benevolence, if he willed that a man be called god, since a man has been called god.\n\nWhat is to be understood here: \"Justice and peace have kissed each other\"?\n\nThat the law and grace have been joined together through the mediator, our Lord Jesus Christ, who made both one?\n\nHow is it to be understood, what we read: \"The Lord loves the gates of Zion, above all the tabernacles of Jacob\"?\n\nThat the Lord has preferred the fortifications of the church to the shelters of the synagogue.\n\nMother Zion will say: \"A man and a man was made in her, and the Most High himself founded her\"; what do we follow here?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"deus stetit in synagoga deorum","severity":"info","text":"The phrase echoes Psalm 81:1 (LXX), where God stands in the assembly of gods, interpreted here as the congregation of saints.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"dedi te Pharaoni in deum","severity":"info","text":"The reference to Moses as a god to Pharaoh is from Exodus 7:1 (LXX), where God says, 'I have made you a god to Pharaoh.'","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"iustitia et pax osculatae sunt se","severity":"info","text":"This phrase is not a direct biblical quotation but an allegorical reference to the union of law and grace through Christ, possibly inspired by Psalm 84:11 (LXX).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"diligit dominus portas Sion, super omnia tabernacula Iacob","severity":"info","text":"This echoes Psalm 86:2 (LXX), where the Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Mater Sion dicet: homo et homo factus est in ea, et ipse fundauit eam altissimus","severity":"info","text":"This likely alludes to Psalm 86:1 (LXX), where the foundation of Zion is attributed to the Most High, with 'homo et homo' possibly referring to Christ as both human and divine.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"synagoga deorum","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius interprets 'synagoga deorum' as the congregation of saints, reflecting early Christian exegesis that redefines pagan or polytheistic terms in a monotheistic framework.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'Mater Sion dicet' is incomplete; the question 'quid hic sequimur?' suggests the passage is cut off or the answer is implied."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":45,"ref":"p45","source":"Mater Sion, ut quidam uolunt, Maria significatur in qua natus est homo Christus ipsius quoque matris creator. sciendum tamen melius et secundum Hebraeum uerius dici: numquid Sion dicit homo, et homo natus est in ea, et ipse fundauit eam altissimus? et est sensus hic: quis hoc hominum nuntiare possit, sicut et illud: aut bracchium domini cui reuelatum est? ergo hoc dicit: quod nullus hominum enuntiare possit, quia saluetur Sion in homine qui natus sit in ea. ipse autem homo altissimus qui fundauit eam. et notandum, quod etiam filius altissimus appelletur.\n\nQuid intellegendum est, ubi scribitur: factus sum sicut homo sine adiutorio inter mortuos liber?\n\nChristus utique inter mortuos liber, quia absque peccato inter peccatores adparuit.\n\nQuae est terra illa obliuionis de qua dicitur: numquid cognoscentur in tenebris mirabilia tua et iustitia tua in terra obliuionis?","english":"Mater Sion, as some wish, signifies Mary, in whom the man Christ was born, the creator also of his own mother. Yet it is better known and, according to the Hebrew, more truly said: \"Does not Sion say 'man,' and a man was born in her, and the Most High himself founded her?\" And the sense is this: who among men could announce this, as also that: \"Or the arm of the Lord, to whom has it been revealed?\" Therefore this says: that no man can utter, that Sion is saved in the man who was born in her. But the man himself is the Most High who founded her. And it is to be noted that he is also called the Son of the Most High.\n\nWhat is to be understood where it is written: \"I became like a man without help among the dead, free\"?\n\nChrist, indeed, free among the dead, because without sin he appeared among sinners.\n\nWhat is that land of oblivion of which it is said: \"Shall your wonders be known in the darkness, and your justice in the land of oblivion?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Mater Sion","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'Mater Sion' echoes biblical personification of Zion as mother (e.g., Isaiah 66:7-8). Eucherius here engages a tradition identifying Zion with Mary.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"numquid Sion dicit homo, et homo natus est in ea, et ipse fundauit eam altissimus?","severity":"info","text":"This is a paraphrase of Psalm 87 (86):1, 'Fundamenta eius in montibus sanctis' and related verses, but the wording is adapted to Eucherius's exegetical point.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"aut bracchium domini cui reuelatum est?","severity":"info","text":"This echoes a phrase from the Psalms, possibly Psalm 98 (97):8 or a similar verse about the Lord's arm being revealed.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"factus sum sicut homo sine adiutorio inter mortuos liber","severity":"info","text":"This is a citation of Psalm 88 (87):6, 'Factus sum sicut homo sine adiutorio inter mortuos liber,' applied by Eucherius to Christ.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"numquid cognoscentur in tenebris mirabilia tua et iustitia tua in terra obliuionis?","severity":"info","text":"This is a citation of Psalm 88 (87):13, 'Numquid cognoscentur in tenebris mirabilia tua, et iustitia tua in terra obliuionis?'","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Mater Sion","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius notes an interpretation identifying 'Mater Sion' with Mary, a typology found in some patristic sources (e.g., Ambrose, Jerome). He prefers a Christological reading based on the Hebrew.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'Mater Sion' is ambiguous: it could be a title for Mary or a personification of Zion. Eucherius presents both, favoring the latter.","The phrase 'filius altissimus' may refer to Christ as 'Son of the Most High' or to a title derived from Psalm 82:7."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":46,"ref":"p46","source":"Rectissime apellatur obliuionis terra impiorum caro a domino derelicta. et aliter: terra obliuionis etiam in illo accipi potest quo dicitur: quoniam non est in morte qui memor sit tui; in inferno autem quis confitebitur tibi?\n\nQuo modo iuuentus aquilae renouatur secundum illud, quod legimus: renouabitur sicut aquilae iuuentus tua?\n\nAquilae dicuntur ui nimiae senectae inplumes fieri et nido relatae uicissim pullis suis ministrantibus pasci, donec deterso senii ueterno recipiant cum pennis usum uolandi. secundum anagogen autem iuuentus nostra uel baptismo uel resurrectione renouatur.\n\nAbyssus, inquit, sicut pallium amictus eius; quid hic sequimur?\n\nNon bene plerique arbitrantur abyssum hic amictum dei appellari, cum potius amictum terrae dici ipse superiorum uersuum ordo declaret, eo quod terra ipsa abysso quasi quodam pallio circumdata uel circumfusa ueletur.","english":"Most rightly is it called the land of oblivion, the flesh of the impious abandoned by the Lord. And otherwise: the land of oblivion can also be understood in that which is said: \"For in death there is no one who remembers you; but in hell, who will confess you?\"\n\nIn what way is the youth of the eagle renewed, according to that which we read: \"Your youth will be renewed like the eagle's\"?\n\nEagles are said, in extreme old age, to become featherless and, carried back to the nest, to be fed in turn by their own chicks ministering to them, until, with the decrepitude of old age wiped away, they receive back, along with their feathers, the use of flight. According to anagogy, however, our youth is renewed either by baptism or by resurrection.\n\n\"The abyss,\" he says, \"like a cloak, is his covering\"; what do we follow here?\n\nNot a few think that the abyss is here called the covering of God, whereas rather the covering of the earth is so called, as the order of the preceding verses itself declares, because the earth itself is veiled, surrounded or encompassed by the abyss as by a kind of cloak.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"obliuionis terra","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'land of oblivion' echoes Psalm 87:6 (Vulgate: 'in terra oblivionis'), a psalm of lament. Eucherius applies it to the flesh of the impious abandoned by God.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"quoniam non est in morte qui memor sit tui; in inferno autem quis confitebitur tibi?","severity":"info","text":"This quotation is from Psalm 6:6 (Vulgate: 'quoniam non est in morte qui memor sit tui; in inferno autem quis confitebitur tibi?'). Eucherius uses it to illustrate the 'land of oblivion' in hell.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"renouabitur sicut aquilae iuuentus tua","severity":"info","text":"This is a citation of Psalm 102:5 (Vulgate: 'renovabitur sicut aquilae iuventus tua'). Eucherius uses the eagle's renewal as a type for spiritual renewal through baptism or resurrection.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"aquilae","severity":"info","text":"The legend that eagles renew their youth by shedding feathers and being fed by their young is found in Physiologus and patristic sources (e.g., Ambrose, Hexaemeron). Eucherius adapts it for anagogical interpretation.","cites":[],"named_sources":["Physiologus","Ambrose Hexaemeron"],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Abyssus, inquit, sicut pallium amictus eius","severity":"info","text":"This phrase is from Job 38:16 (Vulgate: 'abyssus sicut pallium amictus eius'). Eucherius corrects a misinterpretation: the abyss is the earth's covering, not God's.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"abyssum hic amictum dei","severity":"caution","text":"Eucherius notes that some wrongly interpret 'abyss' as God's covering; the context of Job 38 shows it is the earth's covering. The Latin 'amictus' can mean 'covering' of either subject, requiring careful reading.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'obliuionis terra' could be read as a literal place or a metaphor for the flesh; Eucherius takes it as the flesh of the impious. The eagle legend is presented as fact, not allegory, though he then gives an anagogical reading."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":47,"ref":"p47","source":"Quo modo stant super montes aquae, quia scriptum est: super montes stabunt aquae?\n\nUtique cum aut plenae aquis nubes super montes dependent, aut cum in mari undae ad montium instar excitantur.\n\nQuid sentiendum est in hoc, quod legimus: draco iste quem formasti ad inludendum eis?\n\nDraco iste diabolus est sed ante formatus a domino; quam in nomen diaboli uoluntariae nequitiae transiret instinctu. hunc propheta Esaias a paruulis describit inludi.\n\nQua ratione intellegendum est, quod scribitur: ferrum pertransiuit anima eius?\n\nChristus hic manifestissime designatur, eo quod resurgendo adfigentium clauorum dolorem cruciatumque superauerit. potest hic ferrum et tribulatio durae necessitatis intellegi, quia animam dixit; aliquando tamen anima in scripturis etiam pro praesenti uita appellatur, ut in euangelio: nonne anima plus est quam esca?","english":"How do waters stand upon mountains, since it is written: \"Waters will stand upon the mountains\"?\n\nCertainly, either when clouds full of waters hang over the mountains, or when waves in the sea are stirred up in the manner of mountains.\n\nWhat is to be understood in this, that we read: \"That serpent which you formed to mock them\"?\n\nThat serpent is the devil, but previously formed by the Lord, before he passed over into the name of the devil by the impulse of voluntary wickedness. The prophet Isaiah describes him as being mocked by little children.\n\nBy what reasoning is it to be understood, that which is written: \"Iron passed through his soul\"?\n\nChrist is here most clearly designated, because by rising again he overcame the pain and torment of the nails that affixed him. Here \"iron\" can also be understood as the tribulation of harsh necessity, because it says \"soul\"; yet sometimes in the Scriptures \"soul\" is also used for the present life, as in the Gospel: \"Is not the soul more than food?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage consists of three distinct quaestiones, each introduced by a question formula and answered with a literal or allegorical interpretation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"super montes stabunt aquae","severity":"info","text":"The lemma 'Waters will stand upon the mountains' is not a direct biblical quotation but likely a paraphrase of Psalm 103:3 or a similar text; Eucherius interprets it as a natural phenomenon.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"draco","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius identifies 'draco' (serpent) with the devil, but notes that the creature was originally formed by God before turning to evil through voluntary wickedness, reflecting a patristic tradition of the devil's fall.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ferrum pertransiuit anima eius","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'Iron passed through his soul' is not a direct biblical citation but likely an allusion to Christ's passion; Eucherius interprets it as Christ overcoming the nails of the crucifixion.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius references the prophet Isaiah describing the devil as mocked by little children, possibly alluding to Isaiah 30:6 or a similar passage, though the exact reference is unclear.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The English draft translates 'ad inludendum eis' as 'to mock them', but the Latin could also mean 'to play with them' or 'to deceive them', affecting the interpretation of the devil's role.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'super montes stabunt aquae' may be a loose paraphrase of a biblical verse; its exact source is uncertain.","The reference to Isaiah describing the devil as mocked by little children is not directly identifiable in the canonical text.","The term 'anima' in the third question is ambiguous, as Eucherius notes it can mean 'soul' or 'present life' in Scripture."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":48,"ref":"p48","source":"Quid inter psalmum et canticum interest? Quod psalmus ex psalterio appellatur, at uero canticum ex uoce profertur, et quod canticum pro scientia, pro opere uero psalmus accipitur; psalmus ergo ad actualem, id est, ad practicen, canticum uero ad contemplatiuam, id est, ad theoriam refertur.\n\nIurauit dominus nec paenitebit eum; quo modo iurat dominus?.\n\nIurare domini est inmutabiliter promittere; recte igitur istud commutatio sermonis usurpat, eo quod promissio eius sacramenti optineat firmitatem.\n\nQuid indicat illud, quod scribitur: de torrente in uia bibit, propterea exaltauit caput?\n\nAd personam Christi ista referenda sunt, quia de torrente, id est, passione; in uia, id est, in saeculo bibit; propterea deus exaltans caput eius donauit illi nomen quod est super omne nomen.\n\nQuindecim psalmi illi quam ob causam cantico graduum praenotantur?","english":"What is the difference between a psalm and a canticle? That a psalm is so called from the psaltery, but a canticle is uttered by the voice, and that a canticle is understood for knowledge, a psalm for action; therefore a psalm pertains to the active life, that is, to *practicen*, a canticle to the contemplative life, that is, to *theorian*.\n\nThe Lord has sworn and will not repent of it; in what way does the Lord swear?\n\nThe Lord’s swearing is to promise immutably; rightly, therefore, does this change of speech employ that, because his promise holds the firmness of an oath.\n\nWhat does that indicate which is written: “He drank from the torrent on the way, therefore he raised his head”?\n\nThese things are to be referred to the person of Christ, because he drank from the torrent, that is, from the passion; on the way, that is, in the world; therefore God, raising his head, granted him the name which is above every name.\n\nFor what reason are those fifteen psalms prefixed with the title “Song of Ascents”?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"psalmus / canticum","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius distinguishes psalmus (from psalterium, the instrument) from canticum (vocal utterance), mapping them to the active life (practicen) and contemplative life (theorian), respectively.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"practicen / theorian","severity":"info","text":"These Greek loanwords (πρακτική, θεωρία) are technical terms in patristic spirituality for the active and contemplative lives, a common dichotomy in monastic and ascetic literature.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"iurauit dominus","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius interprets the Lord's swearing as an immutable promise, using commutatio sermonis (a rhetorical figure) to explain the anthropomorphic language.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"de torrente in uia bibit","severity":"info","text":"The phrase echoes Psalm 110(109):7 (LXX) or a similar verse, which Eucherius reads Christologically: the torrent is the passion, the way is the world, and the raised head signifies Christ's exaltation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"quindecim psalmi ... cantico graduum","severity":"info","text":"The fifteen psalms (Psalms 120–134) are traditionally called 'Song of Ascents' (canticum graduum), associated with pilgrimage to Jerusalem; Eucherius asks about their title, but the answer is not given here.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage is a series of brief questions and answers, typical of the Instructiones' catechetical format, moving from liturgical terms to scriptural exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin text breaks off after the question about the fifteen psalms; the answer is not provided in this passage."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":49,"ref":"p49","source":"Quindecim quondam gradibus, sicut ostendit historia, ascendebatur in templum, atque ideo hi psalmi quindecim cantici graduum inscriptione signantur, quod nos per quosdam profectus ad sublimia spiritalium rerum prouectione perducant.\n\nSagittae, inquit, potentes acutae cum carbonibus desolatoriis; quae huius uersus intellegentia est?\n\nSagittae potentes sunt uerba domini quae caritate eius corda nostra configunt. carbones uero desolatorii sunt qui peccata desolent secundum illum carbonem Esaiae prophetae. qui ad labia eiusdem defertur, ut purget uitia quae contraxerat uel loquendo uel ob timorem tacendo.\n\nQuid sibi uult, quod scribitur: ecce non dormitabit neque dormiet qui custodit Israhel?\n\nDormire interdum in scripturis dominus dicitur, cum in nobis potius fides dormit et dormitantem infidelem relinquit nescit uero ille deesse quaerentibus se, non nouit dormire uigilantibus.","english":"There were once fifteen steps, as history shows, by which one ascended into the temple, and for this reason these fifteen psalms are marked with the inscription \"canticle of steps,\" because they lead us through certain advances to the heights of spiritual things by a raising up.\n\n\"Arrows,\" it says, \"powerful, sharp, with desolating coals\"; what is the understanding of this verse?\n\nPowerful arrows are the words of the Lord, which pierce our hearts with His love. But desolating coals are those which lay waste to sins, according to that coal of the prophet Isaiah, which is brought to his lips, so that it may purge the faults which he had contracted either by speaking or by keeping silent out of fear.\n\nWhat is meant by what is written: \"Behold, he who guards Israel will not doze nor will he sleep\"?\n\nSometimes in the Scriptures the Lord is said to sleep, when rather faith sleeps in us, and the sleeping one leaves the unfaithful behind; but He truly does not know how to be absent from those who seek Him, He does not know how to sleep for those who are watchful.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"quindecim gradibus","severity":"info","text":"The fifteen steps of the temple refer to the Temple of Jerusalem, where the Levites sang the fifteen 'Psalms of Ascent' (Psalms 120–134) on the steps. Eucherius allegorizes this as spiritual progress.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"sagittae potentes acutae cum carbonibus desolatoriis","severity":"info","text":"This verse is not a direct biblical quotation but likely alludes to Psalm 120:4 (Vulgate: 'sagittae potentium acutae') and to Isaiah 6:6–7, where a coal purifies the prophet's lips.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"carbones desolatorii","severity":"info","text":"'Desolating coals' is a rare phrase; Eucherius interprets it as coals that lay waste to sins, referencing the coal brought to Isaiah's lips in a purification ritual (cf. Isaiah 6:6–7).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ecce non dormitabit neque dormiet qui custodit Israhel","severity":"info","text":"This echoes Psalm 121:4 (Vulgate: 'non dormitabit neque dormiet qui custodit Israhel'), where God is the vigilant guardian of Israel.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage follows a question-and-answer format typical of Eucherius's 'Instructiones', with three distinct queries: on the fifteen psalms, on the arrows and coals, and on God's vigilance.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius's allegorical interpretation of the Psalms of Ascent as spiritual progress influenced later medieval exegesis, e.g., in Cassiodorus's 'Expositio Psalmorum'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'carbones desolatorii' is ambiguous: it may refer to a specific biblical image (Isaiah's coal) or to a broader patristic trope of purifying fire."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":50,"ref":"p50","source":"Legimus in psalmo de Hierusale: Cuius participatio eius in id ipsum; quid hic sequemur? Quod diuersae partes unam construant ciuitatem, uel diuersa membra unum domini corpus efficiant.\n\nQuid sentiendum est de eo, ubi scribitur: Forsitam pertransisset anima nostra aquam inmensam?\n\nPro forsitam in Graeco scriptum est cipIX, quod latine manifestius interpretamur: putas, ut sit sensus iste: putas, pertransisset anima nostra aquam inmensam, nisi dominus fuisset in nobis?\n\nQuid significat, quod scribitur: conuerte, domine, captiuitatem nostram sicut torrens in austro? Exultantis animae uox est ex uitiorum uinculis in libertatem conuersionemque redeuntis, qua postulat, ut ita diuinae miserationis aspiratione ex peccatorum captiuitate soluatur, sicut constricti glacie torrentes austri tepore soluuntur.\n\nQualiter intellegendum est illud: ecce hereditas domini filii, merces fructus uentris; sicut sagittae in manu potentis, ita filii excussorum?","english":"We read in the psalm about Jerusalem: \"Whose participation is in itself\"; what shall we follow here? That diverse parts build one city, or that diverse members constitute one body of the Lord.\n\nWhat is to be thought concerning that where it is written: \"Perhaps our soul would have crossed the immense water\"?\n\nFor \"perhaps\" in Greek is written κύριξ, which we interpret more clearly in Latin as \"do you think,\" so that the sense is this: do you think our soul would have crossed the immense water, had the Lord not been in us?\n\nWhat does it signify that it is written: \"Turn, Lord, our captivity like a torrent in the south\"? It is the voice of a soul exulting, returning from the bonds of vices into freedom and conversion, whereby it prays that it may be released from the captivity of sins by the breath of divine mercy, just as torrents bound by ice are released by the warmth of the south wind.\n\nHow is that to be understood: \"Behold, the inheritance of the Lord's son, the reward, the fruit of the womb; like arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the sons of the outcasts\"?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"psalmo de Hierusale","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'cuius participatio eius in id ipsum' echoes Psalm 121 (122):3, where the Hebrew 'bīrūšālaim' is rendered in the Vetus Latina as 'in id ipsum'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"cipIX","severity":"info","text":"The Greek word 'κύριξ' (here transliterated as 'cipIX') is a corruption or variant of 'κύριος' (Lord) or possibly 'κύριξ' (herald); Eucherius interprets it as 'putas' (do you think), suggesting a textual crux.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"torrens in austro","severity":"info","text":"The image of a torrent released by the south wind (auster) reflects Mediterranean winter hydrology: wadis (torrents) freeze in highlands and thaw with warm southerly winds, a natural metaphor for liberation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ecce hereditas domini filii","severity":"info","text":"This verse alludes to Psalm 126 (127):2-3, where 'filii excussorum' (sons of the outcasts) corresponds to the Hebrew 'benei tarshishim' (sons of the sea?), a difficult phrase in the Psalter.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage presents a series of four exegetical questions on psalm verses, each introduced by a formula ('legimus', 'quid sentiendum', 'quid significat', 'qualiter intellegendum'), forming a catechetical sequence.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius's allegorical reading of the temple steps and the 'canticle of steps' (Psalm 119-133) reflects early medieval monastic psalm exegesis, later systematized by Cassiodorus.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Greek word 'cipIX' is unclear; Eucherius's interpretation as 'putas' may reflect a lost variant or a misreading of 'κύριος'.","The phrase 'filii excussorum' in the final verse is ambiguous in the Latin tradition, possibly meaning 'sons of the outcasts' or 'sons of the shaken'."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":51,"ref":"p51","source":"De futuris se ibi loqui propheta significat qui post illam sessionem surgendi tempus declarat; id est, posteaquam dederit dilectis suis somnum, ostendit quae futura sit resurrectio illa sanctorum, dum dicit: ecce hereditas domini filii, merces fructus uentris. ipsa itaque domini est hereditas in filiis quam pro mercede fructus uentris indeptus est, quia saluator fructus est uentris cuius utique merces est, ut ei gentes hereditas sint quas per fidem generat in filios. sagittae autem apostoli recte appellantur qui orbem terrae quasi uolatu peragrantes doctrina sua infidelium corda penetrarunt; quos filios excussorum, id est prophetarum, optime propheta designat. nam utique cum in prophetia sua excutiuntur prophetae, quid aliud in illis nisi inuenti apostoli manifestantur? excussis itaque prophetis, quia apostoli generati sunt, recte appellantur filii excussorum.","english":"The prophet indicates that he speaks there about future things, since after that session he declares the time of rising; that is, after he has given sleep to his beloved, he shows what that resurrection of the saints will be, when he says: \"Behold, the inheritance of the Lord's son, the reward, the fruit of the womb.\" Thus the inheritance of the Lord is in the sons, which he obtained as the reward of the fruit of the womb, because the Savior is the fruit of the womb, whose reward is certainly that the nations are his inheritance, whom he generates as sons through faith. The apostles are rightly called arrows, who, traversing the world as if in flight, pierced the hearts of the unbelievers with their teaching; the prophet excellently designates them as sons of the shaken-out ones, that is, of the prophets. For indeed, when the prophets are shaken out in their prophecy, what else is manifested in them but the discovered apostles? Therefore, since the apostles were generated from the shaken-out prophets, they are rightly called sons of the shaken-out ones.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ecce hereditas domini filii, merces fructus uentris","severity":"info","text":"The phrase echoes a biblical source, likely a conflation of Psalm and Pauline themes, but the exact verse is not identified in the passage.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"sagittae","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius interprets 'arrows' as a metaphor for the apostles, who traverse the world and pierce hearts with doctrine, a common patristic image.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"filii excussorum","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'sons of the shaken-out ones' refers to apostles as generated from prophets, who are 'shaken out' in prophecy, a unique exegetical move by Eucherius.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"excussis prophetis","severity":"info","text":"The image of prophets being 'shaken out' (excussi) to produce apostles may derive from the idea of prophetic ecstasy or the 'shaking' of the Spirit, common in early Christian exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"De futuris se ibi loqui propheta significat","severity":"info","text":"This passage continues a narrative of prophetic interpretation, linking a session, sleep, and resurrection to the inheritance of the Lord's son.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"sagittae autem apostoli recte appellantur","severity":"info","text":"The metaphor of apostles as arrows is found in other patristic authors, e.g., Origen and Augustine, but Eucherius applies it specifically to the 'sons of the shaken-out ones'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The exact biblical source for 'ecce hereditas domini filii, merces fructus uentris' is unclear; it may be a paraphrase or conflation.","The identity of the 'session' and 'sleep' in the preceding context is not specified in this passage."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":52,"ref":"p52","source":"Quid est, quod legimus: sicut ablactatum super matre sua, ita retribues in anima mea?\n\nAnimae nostrae ablactatio est, cum ab ignorantiae infantia ad perfectum cibum uitae consummatione sensus erigitur, igitur supra dixerat: si non humiliter sentiebam, id est, si non humilia et terrena cogitabam; sed exaltaui animam meam. hoc est: sed ad caelestia mente contendi, haec mihi fiat retributio, ut animam meam intellectus consummatio consequatur.\n\nBeatus, inquit, qui retribuet tibi, quod tu restituisti nobis; quis hic intellegendus est?\n\nPsalmus hic et de captiuitate Iudaeorum, cum in Babyllonem ducti sunt, et de peccatoribus qui expulsi ab ecclesia confusioni traduntur intellegi potest. hic ergo secundum historiam, ut quidam opinantur, significatur Cyrus rex qui hanc restitutionem subuersa Babyllone restituit et usque ad paruulos eius illic omni internecione desaeuiit. interiore uero sensu Babylloni uicem ille restituit qui eam captiuam ducit, quae se prius habuerat peccati lege captiuam, et exordia uitiorum ad petram quae est Christus elidit.","english":"What is this that we read: \"As a weaned child upon its mother, so you will requite in my soul\"?\n\nThe weaning of our soul occurs when, from the infancy of ignorance, the mind is raised to the perfect food of life by the consummation of understanding. Therefore, he had said above: \"If I did not think humbly,\" that is, if I did not think lowly and earthly things, \"but exalted my soul,\" that is, but strove with my mind toward heavenly things, let this be the requital for me, that the consummation of understanding may follow my soul.\n\n\"Blessed,\" he says, \"is he who will requite you for what you have restored to us.\" Who is to be understood here?\n\nThis psalm can be understood both concerning the captivity of the Jews, when they were led into Babylon, and concerning sinners who, expelled from the church, are given over to confusion. Here, therefore, according to the historical sense, as some think, Cyrus the king is signified, who restored this restitution after Babylon was overthrown and raged with total slaughter even against its infants. But in the inner sense, he restores the place of Babylon who leads it captive, which had previously held itself captive under the law of sin, and dashes the beginnings of vices against the rock which is Christ.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"sicut ablactatum super matre sua, ita retribues in anima mea","severity":"info","text":"The lemma echoes Psalm 8:2 (LXX) or a similar Old Latin psalm verse, though the exact wording is not standard in the Vulgate.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ablactatio","severity":"info","text":"Ablactatio (weaning) is used metaphorically for the soul's transition from ignorance to spiritual maturity, a common patristic image.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Cyrus rex","severity":"info","text":"Cyrus the Great is invoked as a historical figure who ended the Babylonian captivity, providing a typological parallel for spiritual restoration.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage moves from a scriptural quotation to allegorical interpretation, then to a historical reading (Cyrus) and finally to an inner spiritual sense involving Christ as the rock.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Psalmus hic et de captiuitate Iudaeorum ... et de peccatoribus","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius offers a dual interpretation of the psalm, literal-historical (Jewish exile) and moral-allegorical (sinners expelled from the church), reflecting standard patristic exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The exact psalm verse quoted is not identified; the reference to Cyrus as restorer is attributed to 'some' (quidam) without naming sources."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":53,"ref":"p53","source":"Saepe in scripturis dicitur: confiteor tibi domine; qualiter hoc intellegendum est?\n\nNon semper paenitentiam uidetur significare confessio, nam confitebor interdum ponitur pro laudabo uel pro gratias agam uel pro glorificabo dominum.\n\nInperfectum meum, inquit, uiderunt oculi tui, et in libro tuo omnes scribentur; quae hic significantia est?\n\nOculi dei inperfectum nostrum uident, quia deus hominem etiam priusquam formetur agnoscit; et aliter: inperfectum nostrum uident oculi dei, quia cogitationes nostras etiam antequam perficiantur, introspicit. in libro autem eius scribuntur omnes, quia omnes homines non absque eius uoluntate nascuntur, uel quia omnes uoluntates nostrae apud eum plenissime describuntur. sequitur autem: die replebuntur, et nemo in eis. die, id est, Christo replebuntur ac praeter Christum nemo in eis erit, quia deo pleni ea quae dei non sunt recipere non possunt.","english":"Often in the Scriptures it is said: \"I confess to you, Lord\"; how is this to be understood?\n\nConfession does not always seem to signify penance, for *confitebor* is sometimes used for \"I will praise\" or \"I will give thanks\" or \"I will glorify the Lord.\"\n\n\"My imperfection,\" he says, \"your eyes have seen, and all will be written in your book\"; what is the meaning here?\n\nThe eyes of God see our imperfection, because God knows man even before he is formed; and otherwise: the eyes of God see our imperfection, because He looks into our thoughts even before they are completed. Moreover, all are written in His book, because all men are not born without His will, or because all our wills are most fully described before Him. Then it follows: \"They will be filled with the day, and no one in them.\" \"Day,\" that is, Christ, they will be filled, and apart from Christ no one will be in them, because those who are full of God cannot receive what is not of God.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"confiteor","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius notes that *confiteor* in the Psalms can mean 'I praise' or 'I give thanks' rather than 'I confess sins,' reflecting a semantic range in Latin that the reader must discern by context.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Inperfectum meum uiderunt oculi tui, et in libro tuo omnes scribentur","severity":"info","text":"This is a paraphrase of Psalm 139:16 (Vulgate 138:16): 'Noverunt oculi tui imperfectum meum, et in libro tuo omnes scribentur.' Eucherius adapts the wording for his catechetical exposition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"die replebuntur, et nemo in eis","severity":"info","text":"This phrase echoes Psalm 72:10 (Vulgate 71:10): 'Replebuntur die, et nemo in eis.' Eucherius interprets 'day' as Christ, a common patristic typology.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"confiteor tibi domine","severity":"info","text":"The opening question reflects a catechetical or monastic context where the meaning of liturgical language was taught. Eucherius addresses potential confusion between confession of praise and confession of sin.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage follows a question-and-answer format typical of the *Instructiones*: a scriptural phrase is quoted, then explained with a distinction or allegorical interpretation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'confiteor' is ambiguous between confession of sin and praise; Eucherius clarifies that the latter sense is intended in certain scriptural contexts.","The phrase 'die replebuntur, et nemo in eis' is elliptical; Eucherius supplies 'Christo' as the referent of 'die' and interprets 'nemo' as 'no one apart from Christ.'"],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":54,"ref":"p54","source":"Qui sunt pulli coruorum de quibus scribitur: et pullis coruorum inuocantibus eum?\n\nFideles filios significat de infidelibus procreatos.\n\nQuid indicatur in hoc, quod legimus: ante faciem frigoris eius quis subsistit?\n\nTentationum per haec frigus ostenditur.\n\nQua ratione appellantur ancipites illi sanctorum gladii de quibus scribitur: et gladii ancipites in manibus eorum?\n\nGladii ancipites dicuntur, quod in iudicio corpus atque animam punire simul possunt. et aliter, quod puniant et supplicio praesentis poenae et metu futurae. et hinc est illud, quod in eodem psalmo canitur: domino canticum nouum, quod qui mundi purgamenta creduntur de nationibus ac regibus iudicabunt.\n\nDE PROUERBIIS SALAMONIS.\n\nCeruus amicitiae et pullus gratiarum fabuletur tecum; quid hic sequemur?\n\nCeruum amicitiae accipiendum hic quidam putant Christum totius dilectionis et caritatis magistrum, pullum gratiarum spiritum sanctum, qui sit omnium gratiarum, id est charismatum, distributor. admonemur ergo ex hoc, ut semper Christ uel sancti spiritus solacia requiramus.","english":"Who are the raven's young, about which it is written: \"and the raven's young calling upon him\"?\n\nIt signifies faithful children born from unbelievers.\n\nWhat is indicated in this, which we read: \"before the face of his cold, who can stand?\"\n\nBy this, the cold of temptations is shown.\n\nFor what reason are those two-edged swords of the saints called, about which it is written: \"and two-edged swords in their hands\"?\n\nThey are called two-edged swords because in judgment they can punish both body and soul at the same time. And otherwise, because they punish both with the penalty of present suffering and with the fear of future suffering. And from this comes that which is sung in the same psalm: \"a new song to the Lord,\" which those who are believed to be the purgings of the world will judge concerning nations and kings.\n\nFROM THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON.\n\n\"May the stag of friendship and the young one of graces talk with you\"; what are we to follow here?\n\nSome think that the stag of friendship is to be understood here as Christ, the master of all love and charity, and the young one of graces as the Holy Spirit, who is the distributor of all graces, that is, charismata. Therefore, we are admonished by this always to seek the comforts of Christ or of the Holy Spirit.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"pulli coruorum","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'pulli coruorum' echoes Psalm 146(147):9, where the Vulgate reads 'et pullis corvorum invocantibus eum'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ancipites","severity":"info","text":"'Ancipites' (two-edged) is a rare adjective; here it modifies 'gladii' to denote swords that cut both ways, symbolizing dual punishment.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ceruus amicitiae","severity":"info","text":"The allegory of the stag (ceruus) as Christ and the young one (pullus) as the Holy Spirit reflects patristic exegesis of the Song of Songs and Proverbs, common in monastic instruction.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage follows a question-and-answer format typical of Eucherius's 'Instructiones', where each unit poses a scriptural query and provides an allegorical or moral interpretation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"domino canticum nouum","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'domino canticum nouum' alludes to Psalm 95(96):1, and Eucherius's interpretation links it to eschatological judgment, a theme later developed by Gregory the Great.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the 'pulli coruorum' is not explicitly scriptural; Eucherius interprets them as faithful children of unbelievers, but the source verse (Psalm 146:9) does not specify this allegory.","The phrase 'ceruus amicitiae et pullus gratiarum' is not a direct biblical quotation; it may derive from a lost apocryphal or liturgical text."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":55,"ref":"p55","source":"Quid est, quod scribitur: septies cadet iustus et resurgit?\n\nIn sermone utique aut in cogitatione cum labitur aut certe intra septiformis spiritus gratiam, cum delinquit. quidam propter septem dies per quos uitae humanae cursus reuoluitur septies hic dictum esse confirmant, eo quod absque peccato uitae ipsius cursus esse non possit.\n\nDE ECCLESIASTE.\n\nQuid est, quod in Ecclesiaste legimus: et florebit amygdalum et inpinguabitur locusta et dissipabitur capparis, quoniam ibit homo in domum aeternitatis suae?\n\nTradunt per haec humanorum membrorum fieri significantiam, nam in flore amygdali canos capillos, in inpinguatione locustae tumorem pedum, in dessipatione capparis concupiscentiae frigus ostendit. quae cum seni in postremae aetatis tempus acciderint, tunc necesse est in terram, id est, quasi in aeternitatis suae domum redeat. bene tamen haec aeternitatis domus etiam illa in futurum terra accipitur de qua scriptum est: placebo domino in regione uiuorum.","english":"What is this that is written: \"The just man will fall seven times and rise again\"?\n\nIt means either when he stumbles in speech or thought, or certainly when he offends within the grace of the sevenfold Spirit. Some affirm that \"seven times\" is said here because of the seven days through which the course of human life revolves, in that the course of that life cannot be without sin.\n\nON ECCLESIASTES.\n\nWhat is this that we read in Ecclesiastes: \"And the almond tree will blossom, and the locust will grow fat, and the caper will be scattered, because man will go into the house of his eternity\"?\n\nThey relate that through these things a signification of human limbs is made: for in the blossom of the almond tree, white hairs [are signified]; in the fattening of the locust, the swelling of the feet; in the scattering of the caper, the coldness of desire. When these things have come upon an old man at the time of his final age, then it is necessary that he return to the earth, that is, as if into the house of his eternity. Yet this \"house of eternity\" is also well understood as that future land concerning which it is written: \"I will please the Lord in the land of the living.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"septies cadet iustus et resurgit","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'the just man will fall seven times and rise again' is not a direct biblical quotation but a proverbial expression; Eucherius treats it as a scriptural saying, possibly derived from Proverbs 24:16 or a similar wisdom text.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"septiformis spiritus","severity":"info","text":"'Sevenfold Spirit' refers to the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit (cf. Isaiah 11:2, Vulgate) or the sevenfold grace, a common patristic trope for the Spirit's operations.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"florebit amygdalum et inpinguabitur locusta et dissipabitur capparis","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius allegorizes Ecclesiastes 12:5-6 (Vulgate), where the almond blossom, fattened locust, and scattered caper are interpreted as signs of old age: white hair, swollen feet, and diminished desire.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"placebo domino in regione uiuorum","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'I will please the Lord in the land of the living' echoes Psalm 114:13 (Vulgate) or a similar verse, used here to reinterpret 'house of eternity' as the promised land of the living.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"domum aeternitatis suae","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius notes that 'house of eternity' can be understood both as the grave (earth) and as the eschatological 'land of the living,' reflecting a dual interpretation common in patristic exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"DE ECCLESIASTE","severity":"info","text":"The heading 'DE ECCLESIASTE' marks a new section within the Instructiones, indicating a shift from the previous topic (the just man's falls) to a question on Ecclesiastes.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the first saying ('septies cadet iustus et resurgit') is not identified by Eucherius; it may be a loose citation or a proverb.","The allegorical interpretation of Ecclesiastes 12:5-6 is attributed to unnamed tradents ('tradunt'), leaving the authority unclear."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":56,"ref":"p56","source":"DE CANTICO CANTICORUM.\n\nQuid est illud, quod de ecclesia scribitur: fusca sum et speciosa filia Hierusalem? si fusca, quo modo speciosa? Quia ante examinationem sui ecclesia pro diuersitate in se consistentium bipertita est, in sanctis speciosa est, in peccatoribus fusca. sicut et Hierusalem modo sanctam ciuitatem scriptura conpellat modo peccatricem.\n\nNomen fratruelis quid sibi uult in canticis canticorum? Ecclesia cuius nomine illic ad saluatorem ista dicuntur fratruelem uocat Christum qui sit filius synagogae; et quia ecclesiam synagogae sororem in sanctis nostri interdum sentire uoluerunt, idcirco secundum quandam scripturae elocutionem Christus ecclesiae fratruelis appellatur et sponsus.,\n\nDE QVAESTIONIBUS DIFFICILIORIBUS NOUI TESTAMENTI. DE EUANGELIO MATTHAEI.\n\nQuam ob causam in propheta euangelistae quattuor diuersa animalium specie designantur? Matthaeus hominis optinet formam, quia a natiuitate hominis dicens: liber generationis Iesu Christi filii Dauid, filii Abraham. Marcus leonis specie praefiguratur. eo quod ut leo ingenti intulit uoce: uox clamantis in deserto: parate uiam domino. Lucas adnuntiatur in uitulo, quod a sacrificiis uel a sacerdotio sumat exordium scribens: fuit in diebus Herodis regis Iudaeae sacerdos quidam nomine Zaccharias.","english":"ON THE SONG OF SONGS.\n\nWhat is that which is written concerning the Church: \"I am dark and comely, daughter of Jerusalem\"? If dark, how comely? Because before its own examination, the Church is divided according to the diversity of those within it: it is comely in the saints, dark in sinners. Just as Jerusalem is called by Scripture sometimes a holy city, sometimes a sinful one.\n\nWhat does the term \"cousin\" mean in the Song of Songs? The Church, in whose name those words are spoken there to the Saviour, calls Christ \"cousin,\" who is the son of the Synagogue; and because some have wished that the Church be understood at times as the sister of the Synagogue in the saints, therefore, according to a certain manner of scriptural expression, Christ is called both cousin and bridegroom of the Church.\n\nON THE MORE DIFFICULT QUESTIONS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. ON THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW.\n\nFor what reason are the four evangelists designated in the prophet by four different species of animals? Matthew holds the form of a man, because he speaks from the birth of a man, saying: \"The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham.\" Mark is prefigured by the species of a lion, in that, like a lion, he thundered with a mighty voice: \"The voice of one crying in the desert: Prepare the way for the Lord.\" Luke is announced in the calf, because he takes his beginning from sacrifices or from the priesthood, writing: \"In the days of Herod, king of Judaea, there was a certain priest named Zacharias.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"DE CANTICO CANTICORUM","severity":"info","text":"The passage begins with a heading for the Song of Songs, then moves to a second heading for the more difficult questions of the New Testament, indicating a compilation of disparate exegetical notes.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"fusca sum et speciosa filia Hierusalem","severity":"info","text":"This phrase echoes Song of Songs 1:5 (LXX: 'μέλαινα μέν εἰμι, καλὴ δέ'), where the bride describes herself as dark but beautiful.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"fratruelis","severity":"info","text":"The Latin 'fratruelis' (cousin) is used in the Song of Songs to denote Christ as the son of the Synagogue, reflecting a familial metaphor for the relationship between Church and Synagogue.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"quattuor diuersa animalium specie","severity":"info","text":"The four living creatures (man, lion, ox, eagle) symbolizing the evangelists derive from Ezekiel 1:10 and Revelation 4:7, but Eucherius here omits the eagle, assigning only three animals to Matthew, Mark, and Luke.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Marcus leonis specie praefiguratur","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius associates Mark with the lion because of the opening 'voice crying in the desert,' a common patristic interpretation (e.g., Jerome, Commentary on Matthew, prologue).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"Lucas adnuntiatur in uitulo","severity":"caution","text":"Eucherius uses 'vitulus' (calf) for Luke, whereas the standard tetramorph assigns the ox; this may reflect a variant tradition or a scribal error, as the calf is not typical for Luke.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The passage abruptly shifts from Song of Songs to New Testament questions without clear transition; the heading 'DE QVAESTIONIBUS DIFFICILIORIBUS NOVI TESTAMENTI' may be a later editorial addition.","The term 'fratruelis' is ambiguous: it could mean 'cousin' or 'brother's son,' but Eucherius interprets it as a familial title for Christ."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":57,"ref":"p57","source":"lohannes aquila praenotatur, quia spiritu euolans ad superna tamquam de sublimi profert dicens: in principio erat uerbum et uerbum erat apud deum et deus erat uerbum.\n\nQuo modo accipiendum est, quod dominus Iesus Christus Dauid filius dicitur, cum utique natus non sit ex Ioseph qui ex Dauid stirpe descendit?\n\nIn coniugium tunc Iudaei secundum legem de consanguinitate proximas adsumebant, nec dubitandum est, quod hac ratione etiam Maria ex eadem tribu ueniens sicut Ioseph ex Dauid stirpe descenderit, immo processerit. ideo autem per generationem Ioseph origo Mariae significatur, quia consuetudo scripturarum est uirorum potius quam feminarum seriem in generatione contexere. cuius Mariae quia cognata, sicut legitur, fuit Elizabeth quae fuisse scribitur de filiabus Aaron, manifestissimum est, quod in Christo secundum carnem ex utroque genere conuenerit regum scilicet sacerdotumque successio.","english":"John is prefigured by the eagle, because, soaring in spirit to the heights, he speaks as if from on high, saying: \"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.\"\n\nHow is it to be understood that the Lord Jesus Christ is called the son of David, when he was certainly not born from Joseph, who descended from the line of David?\n\nAt that time, the Jews, according to the law, took close relatives as wives by reason of consanguinity, and there is no doubt that for this reason Mary also, coming from the same tribe, descended, indeed proceeded, from the line of David just as Joseph did. However, Mary's origin is signified through Joseph's lineage because it is the custom of the Scriptures to weave the series of descent through men rather than women. Since Mary was a relative, as is read, of Elizabeth, who is recorded as being of the daughters of Aaron, it is most evident that in Christ, according to the flesh, the succession of both kings and priests came together from each line.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"lohannes aquila praenotatur","severity":"info","text":"The opening sentence explains the symbolic association of John the Evangelist with the eagle, a common patristic motif based on the visionary character of the Fourth Gospel.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"in principio erat uerbum et uerbum erat apud deum et deus erat uerbum","severity":"info","text":"This is a paraphrase of John 1:1, a foundational verse for the doctrine of the Logos. Eucherius uses it to illustrate John's elevated perspective.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Dauid filius","severity":"info","text":"The question of Jesus' Davidic descent despite not being Joseph's biological son arises from Jewish marriage customs and genealogical conventions, which Eucherius explains to reconcile the Gospel genealogies.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Elizabeth quae fuisse scribitur de filiabus Aaron","severity":"info","text":"Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist, is described as a descendant of Aaron, linking Jesus to both royal (Davidic) and priestly (Aaronic) lines, a common theme in early Christian typology.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Quo modo accipiendum est","severity":"info","text":"This passage shifts from a symbolic interpretation of John to a genealogical question about Jesus, showing Eucherius' method of posing and resolving scriptural difficulties.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"immo processerit","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'immo processerit' ('indeed proceeded') may reflect a textual variant or emphasis in the manuscript tradition, but the overall sense of Mary's Davidic descent is clear.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The exact source of the genealogical argument (e.g., a specific patristic source) is not identified in the text.","The phrase 'immo processerit' could be a scribal addition or emphasis, but the meaning is not contested."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":58,"ref":"p58","source":"Euangelista Matthaeus Ioseph genitum ex Iacob dicit. et quo modo Lucas eum ex Heli fuisse commemorat?\n\nIdeo quod alter secundum naturam. alter ei secundum legem pater fuerit. consuetudo namque apud Iudaeos ex lege erat, ut defuncti fratris uxorem ad suscitandum semen superstes frater acciperet. Iacob ergo atque Heli uterini fratres fuerunt, quorum superiore defuncto posterior usus est ex lege coniugio. in eorum conmemoratione Matthaeus Ioseph prosapiam per regiam originem texuit, Lucas generationem eius sacerdotali successione deduxit. pater tamen Ioseph secundum naturam haut dubie Iacob fuit.\n\nQuare in euangelio Maria Ioseph coniux dicitur.\n\nConsuetudo est scripturarum, ut etiam sponsas appellet uxores.\n\nQuid est, quod legimus: ipse uos baptizabit spiritu sancto et igni?\n\nQuia per spiritum sanctum uel peccata exuruntur in nobis uel sanctificatio tribuitur uel caritatis in passionibus tolerandis feruor accenditur. aut certe quia spiritu baptizati diuino iudicio examinabimur. sunt qui dicant apostolos spiritu sancto baptizatos esse, cum super eos ignis adparuerit? I","english":"The evangelist Matthew says that Joseph was born from Jacob. And how does Luke record that he was from Heli?\n\nBecause one was his father by nature, the other by law. For among the Jews there was a custom from the law, that the surviving brother would take the wife of his deceased brother to raise up offspring. Therefore Jacob and Heli were uterine brothers, of whom, when the former died, the latter made use of the marriage according to the law. In their record, Matthew wove Joseph's lineage through the royal line, while Luke traced his descent through the priestly succession. Yet Joseph's father by nature was undoubtedly Jacob.\n\nWhy in the Gospel is Mary called the wife of Joseph?\n\nIt is the custom of the Scriptures to call even betrothed women wives.\n\nWhat is it that we read: \"He himself will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire\"?\n\nBecause through the Holy Spirit, either sins are burned away in us, or sanctification is granted, or the fervor of love in enduring sufferings is kindled. Or certainly because, baptized by the Spirit, we will be examined by divine judgment. There are those who say that the apostles were baptized by the Holy Spirit, when fire appeared over them.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"uterini fratres","severity":"info","text":"Uterini fratres (uterine brothers) are brothers who share the same mother but have different fathers. This distinction is crucial for understanding Eucherius's harmonization of the two genealogies of Joseph.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"levirate marriage","severity":"info","text":"The levirate marriage custom (Deuteronomy 25:5–10) required a brother to marry his deceased brother's widow to produce an heir. Eucherius invokes this to explain how Joseph could have two fathers, one natural and one legal.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ipse uos baptizabit spiritu sancto et igni","severity":"info","text":"This phrase is not a direct biblical quotation but likely alludes to Acts 2:3–4, where the apostles are filled with the Holy Spirit and tongues of fire appear. Eucherius interprets the fire as purifying or kindling fervor.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"sunt qui dicant apostolos spiritu sancto baptizatos esse, cum super eos ignis adparuerit","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius reports an interpretation that the apostles were 'baptized by the Holy Spirit' when fire appeared over them at Pentecost. This reflects an early medieval exegetical tradition linking baptism with the Pentecost event.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Quare in euangelio Maria Ioseph coniux dicitur","severity":"info","text":"This passage is structured as a series of brief questions and answers, typical of the Instructiones. Each question introduces a scriptural difficulty, and the answer provides a harmonizing or allegorical explanation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin text has 'I' at the end, which may be a scribal mark or an abbreviation; the English draft omits it. The reading follows the draft as a complete sentence."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":59,"ref":"p59","source":"Qualiter accipiendum est de columbae illius corpore in qua ad saluatorem spiritus sancti patuit manifesta descensio, utrum ante iam fuerit, an ad tempus factum subito adparuerit?\n\nUtique ad tempus ostensum. nam ut signum uisibile sancti spiritus qui erat inuisibilis monstraretur, uerum quidem corpus columbae illius per diuinam potentiam, sed in tempore factum ad horam adparuisse ac deinceps destitisse credendum est. angeli uero cum se humanis offerunt oculis, creduntur, ut quorundam opinio est, ex isto crassiore aere, id est, uicino terris ad praesens corpus adsumere. porro autem uocem aliquam ita putantur exprimere, cum inlisus huic aeri ictus tamquam palato uerborum sonum reddet.\n\nIustis promittitur regnum caelorum. et quo modo etiam hoc dicitur: quoniam ipsi possidebunt terram?\n\nQuia nouum caelum et noua terra in futuro repromittitur iustis, ut tunc cum deo sicut angeli utrumque possideant.","english":"How is it to be understood concerning the body of that dove in which a manifest descent of the Holy Spirit to the Saviour was revealed: whether it had existed before, or whether it appeared suddenly, made for the occasion?\n\nIt was shown for the occasion, indeed. For in order that a visible sign of the Holy Spirit, who was invisible, might be displayed, it is to be believed that the true body of that dove appeared for an hour, made by divine power for the time, and thereafter ceased to exist. Angels, however, when they present themselves to human eyes, are believed, as some hold, to assume a body for the moment from this thicker air, that is, the air near the earth. Moreover, they are thought to produce some voice when a blow struck against this air gives back the sound of words, as if from a palate.\n\nThe kingdom of heaven is promised to the just. And how is it also said: that they themselves will possess the earth?\n\nBecause a new heaven and a new earth are promised to the just in the future, so that then, with God, like the angels, they may possess both.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"columbae illius corpore","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius addresses whether the dove of the Holy Spirit at Jesus’ baptism was a pre-existing creature or a temporary divine manifestation, concluding it was created for the moment and then ceased.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"angeli ... ex isto crassiore aere","severity":"info","text":"The notion that angels assume bodies from the denser air near earth reflects a patristic commonplace, found in authors like Augustine and John Cassian, used to explain angelic apparitions.","cites":[],"named_sources":["Augustine","John Cassian"],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"nouum caelum et noua terra","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'new heaven and new earth' echoes Revelation 21:1 and Isaiah 65:17, a standard eschatological promise in early Christian exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage consists of two distinct questions and answers, each introduced by a query and followed by a brief explanation, typical of the question-and-answer (erotapokriseis) genre.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"columbae illius corpore","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius’s interpretation of the dove as a temporary sign, not a real bird, was influential in medieval discussions of theophany and angelic embodiment.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'columbae illius corpore' could refer to a literal dove or a symbolic form; Eucherius opts for a temporary divine sign.","The phrase 'ut quorundam opinio est' leaves the source of the angelic-body theory unspecified."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":60,"ref":"p60","source":"Cum dicat saluator Tyrum et Sidonem paenitentiam agere potuisse, si in eis diuinarum adparuissent signa uirtutum, quapropter illic facta non sunt quae salutem fuissent . credentibus adlatura?\n\nQuia dominus ac saluator pro diuina dispensatione non uenerat, nisi ad oues quae perierant domus Israhel. et quid est, quod non uenerat nisi ad oues domus Israhel? quia inter reliquas usquequaque nationes specialius unum Israhel deum coluit atque, ut ita dixerim, peculiaris dei quondam populus fuit ob merita Abrahae ac patriarcharum uel Dauid, quibus Christus proprie repromissus atque ex eorum stirpe descendens inde ipsam carnem in qua terris adparuit adsumpsit. sed tamen quia uirtutes postea et in gentibus factae sunt, ita testimonium hoc intellegi potest, ut ubi dicit: non ueni illo subaudiatur, prius, ut sic et testimonii ueritas et misericordia. dei in uniuersos prompta magis clareat.","english":"Since the Savior says that Tyre and Sidon could have done penance if signs of divine powers had appeared among them, why were those things not done there which would have brought salvation to believers?\n\nBecause the Lord and Savior, according to divine dispensation, had not come except to the sheep of the house of Israel that had perished. And what does it mean that he had not come except to the sheep of the house of Israel? Because among all the other nations everywhere, Israel alone once worshipped God more specially and, so to speak, was a peculiar people of God on account of the merits of Abraham and the patriarchs or David, to whom Christ was specifically promised and, descending from their stock, from there assumed the very flesh in which he appeared on earth. But nevertheless, because miracles were later also performed among the Gentiles, this testimony can be understood in such a way that where it says: \"I did not come there,\" the word \"previously\" is understood, so that both the truth of the testimony and the mercy of God toward all may shine forth more clearly.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Cum dicat saluator Tyrum et Sidonem paenitentiam agere potuisse","severity":"info","text":"The passage opens with a rhetorical question that presupposes a dominical saying about Tyre and Sidon, then answers it with a theological explanation about the limited scope of Christ's mission.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"non uenerat, nisi ad oues quae perierant domus Israhel","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius echoes Matthew 15:24, where Jesus says he was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel, a verse used to explain his initial restriction of ministry to Jews.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"peculiaris dei quondam populus","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'peculiar people of God' reflects the Vulgate's use of 'peculiaris' for a chosen or special people, here applied to Israel on account of the patriarchs' merits.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Tyre and Sidon","severity":"info","text":"Tyre and Sidon were prominent Phoenician cities, often used in patristic exegesis as examples of Gentile territories that initially lacked Christian mission.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"testimonium hoc intellegi potest, ut ubi dicit: non ueni illo subaudiatur, prius","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius offers a harmonizing interpretation: Christ's saying 'I did not come there' should be understood as 'I did not come there previously,' allowing for later Gentile conversions.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"quapropter illic facta non sunt quae salutem fuissent . credentibus adlatura?","severity":"info","text":"The Latin text has a punctuation anomaly: a period before 'credentibus' may indicate a scribal break or corruption; the sense requires reading 'quae salutem fuissent credentibus adlatura' as a unit.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'quae salutem fuissent . credentibus adlatura' contains an irregular punctuation point that may reflect a scribal error or a deliberate pause; the translation treats it as a continuous clause."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":61,"ref":"p61","source":"In euangelio dicit dominus et saluator noster: iugum meum lene est et onus meum leue est; et quo modo legitur in psalmo: propter uerba labiorum tuorum ego custodiui uias duras?\n\nEquidem manifestum est, quod omnes qui uolunt in Christo pie uiuere persecutionem patiuntur, sed tamen diligentibus deum quae sunt dura in re praesentium efficiuntur leuia in spe futurorum.\n\nQuid intellegendum est loco illo in quo scribitur: orate, ne fiat fuga uestra hieme uel sabbato?\n\nSecundum historiam ita intellegendum est, ne fiat fuga uestra hieme, id est, ne tribulatio fugae temporis accumuletur. iniuria. ne fiat fuga uestra sabbato: ne eo utique die quo habere requiem uacationemque consuestis. at uero secundum intellectum superiorem, ne fiat fuga uestra hieme uel sabbato ita accipi potest: ne uos fuga illa deprehendat aut in peccatis algentes aut bonis operibus otiosos.","english":"In the Gospel, our Lord and Savior says: \"My yoke is gentle and my burden is light.\" And how is it read in the Psalm: \"Because of the words of your lips, I have kept to hard ways?\"\n\nIt is indeed clear that all who wish to live piously in Christ suffer persecution, but nevertheless, for those who love God, things which are hard in the present reality become light in the hope of future things.\n\nWhat is to be understood by that passage in which it is written: \"Pray that your flight not be in winter or on the Sabbath\"?\n\nAccording to the historical sense, it is to be understood thus: that your flight not be in winter, that is, that the hardship of the time not be added to the tribulation of the flight; that your flight not be on the Sabbath, that is, not on that day, of course, on which you are accustomed to have rest and leisure. But according to the higher understanding, \"that your flight not be in winter or on the Sabbath\" can be taken thus: that that flight not catch you either shivering in sins or idle from good works.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"iugum meum lene est et onus meum leue est","severity":"info","text":"The saying 'My yoke is gentle and my burden is light' is not a direct Gospel quotation; it may be a loose paraphrase of Matthew 11:28-30 or a similar logion, but the exact wording is unattested in canonical scripture.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"propter uerba labiorum tuorum ego custodiui uias duras","severity":"info","text":"This phrase echoes Psalm 16(17):5 (LXX) or similar verses about keeping hard paths because of God's words; the Latin wording is not a precise Vulgate citation but a paraphrase.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"orate, ne fiat fuga uestra hieme uel sabbato","severity":"info","text":"The injunction 'Pray that your flight not be in winter or on the Sabbath' is not found in canonical scripture; it may derive from an apocryphal or patristic source, possibly a lost saying or a monastic rule.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"fuga uestra","severity":"info","text":"The reference to 'your flight' likely alludes to persecution or exile, a common concern in early Christian communities; Eucherius addresses readers facing or anticipating such trials.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"secundum historiam ... secundum intellectum superiorem","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius employs a two-level exegesis: the 'historical' (literal) sense and the 'higher' (spiritual or allegorical) sense, a method typical of patristic interpretation, especially in the Antiochene and Alexandrian traditions.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Eucherius","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius of Lyon (5th century) wrote instructional works for monks; this passage exemplifies his pastoral concern to reconcile scriptural difficulties with practical spiritual advice.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the three scriptural quotations is unclear; they may be paraphrases or from non-canonical traditions. The identity of the 'you' addressed in the flight passage is unspecified."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":62,"ref":"p62","source":"In eodem Matthaeo scribitur: dico autem uobis: non bibam amodo de hoc genimine uitis usque in diem illum quo illud bibam uobiscum nouum in regno patris mei; quid hic sequemur?\n\nRegnum dei, ut docti interpretantur, ecclesia est in qua cottidie bibit sanguinem suum Christus per sanctos suos tamquam caput in membris suis.\n\nQuid causae est, quod dicitur: amodo uidebitis filium hominis sedentem ad dexteram uirtutis et uenientem in nubibus caeli? et alio loco dicitur non uisuros uenientem in nubibus caeli nisi in nouissimo tantum die plangentes omnes tribus terrae et tunc uidebunt filium hominis in nubibus caeli?\n\nQuia in hoc primo corporis, id est, ecclesiae aduentus adnuntiatur per manifestationem claritatemque signorum, ille uero alius aduentus capitis est, id est, ipsius Christi. in illo aduentu per membra sua Christus uenit, in hoc per se ipsum.","english":"In the same Matthew it is written: \"But I say to you: I will not drink from this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it with you, new, in the kingdom of my father.\" What shall we follow here?\n\nThe kingdom of God, as learned interpreters explain, is the Church, in which Christ daily drinks his blood through his saints, as the head in its members.\n\nWhat is the reason that it is said: \"From now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of power and coming in the clouds of heaven\"? And in another place it is said that they will not see him coming in the clouds of heaven except on the very last day, when all the tribes of the earth are lamenting, and then they will see the Son of Man in the clouds of heaven?\n\nBecause in the first, the advent of the body, that is, of the Church, is announced through the manifestation and clarity of signs; but that other advent is of the head, that is, of Christ himself. In that advent, Christ comes through his members; in this, through himself.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"dico autem uobis: non bibam amodo de hoc genimine uitis usque in diem illum quo illud bibam uobiscum nouum in regno patris mei","severity":"info","text":"This is a paraphrase of Matthew 26:29, where Jesus speaks of not drinking wine until the new wine in the kingdom. Eucherius adapts the verse to his allegorical reading.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"regnum dei","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius glosses 'kingdom of God' as the Church, a common patristic identification (e.g., in Augustine and Tyconius), linking ecclesiology to eschatology.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"bibam ... sanguinem suum Christus per sanctos suos","severity":"info","text":"The image of Christ drinking his own blood through the saints reflects Eucharistic theology and the mystical unity of head and members, a theme in early Latin ecclesiology.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Quid causae est ... et alio loco dicitur","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius poses a question about two apparently contradictory scriptural statements on seeing Christ's advent, then resolves it by distinguishing the advent of the Church (body) from that of Christ (head).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"ut docti interpretantur","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius invokes unnamed learned interpreters, likely earlier Latin fathers such as Hilary or Ambrose, whose exegesis he follows without citation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"quid hic sequemur?","severity":"caution","text":"The rhetorical question 'What shall we follow here?' may signal a textual crux or interpretive difficulty; Eucherius does not explicitly resolve it, moving instead to the allegorical reading.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'genimine uitis' (fruit of the vine) is ambiguous: it could refer to wine or the Eucharistic species; Eucherius interprets it as Christ's blood.","The phrase 'in hoc primo corporis ... aduentus' is ambiguous: 'corpus' could mean the Church (as body of Christ) or the physical body; Eucherius specifies 'ecclesia'."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":63,"ref":"p63","source":"DE MARCO.\n\nQuid significat in euangelio, quod dicit: qui enim habet dabitur illi, et qui non habet etiam quod habet auferetur ab illo?\n\nUerbi gratia, ut si fidem habens caritatem non habeat, etiam ipsa fide careat quam forte habere uidebatur; sicut Iudaei per scripturam diuinam non intellegentes Christum etiam ipsam quam se putabant tenere dei notitiam perdiderunt et filium non recipientes etiam patrem non habent.\n\nMarcus euangelista tertia diei hora dominum significat esse crucifixum; et quo modo alius euangelista horam sextam qua crucifixus sit fuisse commemorat?\n\nQuia hic illam paene horam in scriptis suis rettulit qua uere crucifixus est. at uero ille horae anterioris tempus commemorandum putauit quo de eo Iudaeis adclamantibus iudicatum est, quasi per anticipationem relationis ea hora crucifixus sit qua iussus est crucifigi. sed tamen in hac ipsa passione eius sic tenere debemus, quod ita homo ille qui adsumptus sit pro eiusdem uoluntate pertulerit, ut uerbum illud quod in principio apud patrem erat inuiolatum intemeratumque permanserit; ergo illud iniuriae obnoxium fuit quod pro humana infirmitate susceperat, illud uero incorruptum mansit quod diuina aeternitas possidebat.","english":"CONCERNING MARK.\n\nWhat does it mean in the Gospel where it says: For he who has, it will be given to him, and he who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him?\n\nFor example, if someone having faith does not have charity, he also lacks that faith which he perhaps seemed to have; just as the Jews, not understanding Christ through the divine scripture, lost even that knowledge of God which they thought they held, and not receiving the Son, they do not have the Father either.\n\nThe evangelist Mark indicates that the Lord was crucified at the third hour of the day; and how does another evangelist record that the hour at which he was crucified was the sixth?\n\nBecause the former in his writings reported that hour in which he was truly crucified. But the latter thought to record the time of the earlier hour at which judgment was passed on him by the shouting Jews, as if by anticipation of the account he was crucified at the hour at which he was ordered to be crucified. Yet in this very passion of his we must hold this: that that man who was assumed suffered according to the will of the same, so that that Word which was in the beginning with the Father remained inviolate and undefiled; therefore, that which he had taken up for human weakness was subject to injury, but that which divine eternity possessed remained incorrupt.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"qui enim habet dabitur illi, et qui non habet etiam quod habet auferetur ab illo","severity":"info","text":"This is not a direct biblical quotation but a paraphrase of a logion possibly derived from Matthew 13:12 or 25:29, adapted by Eucherius for his exegetical purpose.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Iudaei per scripturam diuinam non intellegentes Christum","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius reflects a common patristic trope that Jews, by rejecting Christ, lost even their prior knowledge of God, echoing anti-Jewish polemic in authors like Augustine.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"dating","kind":"chronology","basis":"text","lemma":"tertia diei hora ... hora sexta","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius harmonizes the Markan tradition of crucifixion at the third hour (Mark 15:25) with the Johannine sixth hour (John 19:14) by distinguishing the time of the sentence from the actual crucifixion.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"homo ille qui adsumptus sit","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius uses 'assumed man' to denote Christ's human nature, a technical term in Christology (cf. Latin 'assumptus homo') that safeguards the impassibility of the divine Word.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"DE MARCO","severity":"info","text":"This passage is the second of two sections on Mark in the Instructiones, following a section on Matthew, and is structured as a series of quaestiones et responsiones.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the opening logion is uncertain; it may be a conflation of several gospel sayings.","The phrase 'paene horam' (almost the hour) is ambiguous: it could mean 'nearly the hour' or 'the very hour'."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":64,"ref":"p64","source":"DE LUCA.\n\nQuid est, quod scribitur in Luca de Zaccharia sacerdote, - quod esset de uice Abia?\n\nUiginti quattuor sortibus in ministerium templi distributi fuerant sacerdotes, ut ordine uicis suae quisque sacerdotali fungeretur officio; in hoc ergo ordine octauam sortem Abia habuit de qua uice Zaccharias sacerdos fuit.\n\nQui illi sunt qui in scripturis sacris nomina antequam nascerentur acceperunt?\n\nIn nouo testamento praeter saluatorem solum legimus Baptistam Iohannem, in ueteri uero quattuor sunt Isaac, Ismael Salamon uel Iosias qui ortu uideantur iuniores esse quam nomine.\n\nAd aduentum matris domini quo modo Iohannes adhuc sensu carens in utero potuit exultare materno?\n\nAut matris magis sensu uel gaudio a quibusdam factum existimatur, ut etiam interioribus potuerit exultare uisceribus, aut certe si hoc ad Iohannem potius referri placet, inter miracula diuina reputandum est, sicut et illud, cum uox asinae in sonum sermonis erupit.","english":"CONCERNING LUKE.\n\nWhat is meant by what is written in Luke about the priest Zechariah—that he was of the course of Abijah?\n\nThe priests had been distributed into twenty-four lots for the service of the temple, so that each might perform his priestly office in the order of his course; in this order, therefore, Abijah held the eighth lot, from which course Zechariah was a priest.\n\nWho are those who in the sacred scriptures received names before they were born?\n\nIn the New Testament, apart from the Savior alone, we read only of John the Baptist; in the Old Testament, however, there are four—Isaac, Ishmael, Solomon, or Josiah—who appear to be younger in birth than in name.\n\nAt the arrival of the Lord’s mother, how was John, still lacking sensation, able to leap in the maternal womb?\n\nIt is thought by some that this was done rather by the mother’s sensation or joy, so that he could leap even in her inner organs; or certainly, if it is preferred to refer this to John, it is to be reckoned among divine miracles, just as also that event when the voice of a donkey burst forth into the sound of speech.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"de uice Abia","severity":"info","text":"The twenty-four priestly courses (1 Chronicles 24) rotated weekly in temple service; Abijah’s course was the eighth. Luke 1:5 places Zechariah in this course, a detail Eucherius explains to clarify Jewish liturgical practice.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Zaccharias sacerdos","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius refers to Luke 1:5, which states Zechariah was of the course of Abijah. The question assumes readers know the Gospel passage but not the temple rotation system.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"nomina antequam nascerentur acceperunt","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius lists Isaac, Ishmael, Solomon, and Josiah as Old Testament figures named before birth (e.g., Isaac’s name given by God in Genesis 17:19). This reflects patristic interest in prophetic naming, seen also in Jerome and Augustine.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"uox asinae in sonum sermonis erupit","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius compares John’s fetal leaping to the miracle of Balaam’s donkey speaking (Numbers 22:28-30), a common patristic exemplum of divine intervention in irrational animals.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ad aduentum matris domini","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase likely refers to Mary’s visitation to Elizabeth (Luke 1:39-44), where John leaps in the womb. Eucherius’s wording is ambiguous: it could mean ‘at the arrival of the Lord’s mother’ or ‘at the coming of the mother of the Lord.’ The latter is adopted here.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["‘Ad aduentum matris domini’ could be read as ‘at the arrival of the Lord’s mother’ (Mary visiting Elizabeth) or ‘at the coming of the mother of the Lord’ (a less natural Latin construction). The context of Luke 1:39-44 supports the former.","The identity of the four Old Testament figures named before birth is given without scriptural citation; Eucherius may rely on a tradition also found in Jerome’s Hebrew Questions on Genesis."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":65,"ref":"p65","source":"In eodem euangelio quid sibi uult illud, quod legitur: factum est autem in sabbato secundo primo, cum transiret per sata, uellebant discipuli eius spicas, et manducabant confricantes manibus?\n\nQuidam hoc loco diem dominicum ita appellatum existimant, eo quod uideatur secundus ab illa legali obseruatione sabbati et primus sit euangelicae gratiae celebritate. si cui autem hoc minus facere uidetur, quod diem ipsum magis sabbati fuisse contendat, quia scriptum sit de eo: quid facitis, quod. non licet in sabbatis? potest forsitam et ipse nihilo minus dies sabbati ita ex hoc intellegi, ut nunc obseruatione nostra secundus sit qui primus quondam fuerit obseruatione Iudaica. rectissime enim dies primus dies dominicus deputatur.\n\nQuo modo uisionem illam in qua dominus adsumptis tribus discipulis glorificatus est. Lucas post octo, alii uero euangelistae post sex dies subsecutam esse commemorant?","english":"In the same Gospel, what is meant by what is read: \"Now it happened on the second-first sabbath, as he was passing through the grainfields, his disciples were plucking ears of grain and eating them, rubbing them in their hands\"?\n\nSome at this place think that the Lord's day is so called because it appears to be second from that legal observance of the sabbath and first in the celebration of evangelical grace. But if this seems insufficient to someone who contends that the day itself was rather the sabbath, because it is written about it: \"What are you doing, which is not lawful on the sabbaths?\" perhaps even he can nonetheless understand the sabbath day from this, so that in our observance it is now second which was once first in Jewish observance. For most correctly, the first day is reckoned as the Lord's day.\n\nHow is that vision in which the Lord was transfigured, with three disciples taken up, recorded by Luke as occurring after eight days, but by the other evangelists after six days?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"factum est autem in sabbato secundo primo","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'sabbato secundo primo' (second-first sabbath) is not a direct biblical quotation but likely refers to a Gospel passage (cf. Mark 2:23 or Luke 6:1) where a similar expression appears in some manuscripts or early Latin versions.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"sabbato secundo primo","severity":"info","text":"The term 'sabbato secundo primo' is a crux interpretum. Eucherius reports that some interpret it as the Lord's day (Sunday), second from the Jewish sabbath and first in Christian grace, while others maintain it refers to the sabbath itself.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"diem dominicum","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'dies dominicus' (Lord's day) is the early Christian term for Sunday, the day of the Lord's resurrection, distinguished from the Jewish sabbath (Saturday). Eucherius here engages a patristic debate on the identity of the 'second-first sabbath'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"quid facitis, quod non licet in sabbatis?","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'quid facitis, quod non licet in sabbatis?' echoes a Gospel prohibition against work on the sabbath, possibly alluding to Mark 2:23-24 or a similar passage where Jesus' disciples are rebuked for plucking grain.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"uisionem illam in qua dominus adsumptis tribus discipulis glorificatus est","severity":"info","text":"This refers to the Transfiguration of Jesus, narrated in the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew 17:1-8, Mark 9:2-8, Luke 9:28-36). Eucherius notes the chronological discrepancy: Luke says 'after eight days', while Matthew and Mark say 'after six days'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"post octo ... post sex dies","severity":"info","text":"The discrepancy between 'eight days' (Luke) and 'six days' (Matthew, Mark) for the Transfiguration was a known patristic crux. Eucherius likely expects his reader to recall that inclusive counting (counting both endpoints) could resolve the difference.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'sabbato secundo primo' is ambiguous: it may be a textual corruption or a technical term for a specific sabbath in the Jewish calendar. Eucherius presents two interpretations without deciding between them.","The source of the quotation 'quid facitis, quod non licet in sabbatis?' is not identified; it may be a loose citation or a conflation of Gospel passages."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":66,"ref":"p66","source":"Lucas qui habito domini apud discipulos sermone post octo dies scribit uisionem hanc discipulis ostensam et eum diem quo dominus locutus est conprehendit et eum quo Iesus glorificatus adparuit. hi uero qui sex dies indicandos putauerunt mediis tantum atque integris diebus adnumeratis quasi semiplenum primum illum diem postremumque tacuerunt.\n\nRursus in eodem dicit: erunt enim ex hoc quinque in domo una diuisi, tres in duo et duo in tres. diuidentur pater in filium et filius in patrem suum, mater in filiam et filia in matrem, socrus in nurum suam et nurus in socrum suam. quid est, quod cum superius quinque uideatur posuisse personas, sex in subsequentibus cum personarum significatione subiecit?\n\nMater et socrus eadem intellegi potest quae per filiam et nurum duobus sit conpellata nominibus ac perinde et in subsequenti quinque uideri potest numerus personarum.","english":"Luke, after the Lord’s discourse with his disciples, writes that this vision was shown to the disciples eight days later, and he includes both the day on which the Lord spoke and the day on which Jesus appeared in glory. Those, however, who thought that six days should be indicated, counting only the middle and whole days, passed over in silence the first and last days as half-full.\n\nAgain, in the same Gospel it says: “For from this there will be five in one house divided, three into two and two into three. The father will be divided against his son and the son against his father, the mother against her daughter and the daughter against her mother, the mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.” What is the meaning that, whereas above it seems to have set forth five persons, in what follows it has set forth six with the designation of persons?\n\nThe mother and the mother-in-law can be understood as the same person, who is called by two names through the daughter and the daughter-in-law, and accordingly in what follows the number of persons can be seen as five.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage shifts from a chronological note on Luke's Gospel to a numerical puzzle about five or six persons in a house, linked by 'Rursus in eodem dicit'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Lucas","severity":"info","text":"The first paragraph refers to Luke's account of the Transfiguration, which occurs 'after eight days' (Luke 9:28-36), though the Latin text does not quote the verse directly.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"erunt enim ex hoc quinque in domo una diuisi","severity":"info","text":"The second paragraph quotes a saying about five in a house divided, which is not a canonical Gospel verse but may derive from an apocryphal or variant tradition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius addresses a numerical discrepancy: five persons are named initially, but six relationships follow. He resolves it by identifying mother and mother-in-law as the same person.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"semiplenum","severity":"info","text":"'Semiplenum' (half-full) describes the first and last days in the six-day count, implying they are partial days, a technical term in early Christian calendrical exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The quoted saying about five in a house is not found in the canonical Gospels; its source is uncertain, and Eucherius may be citing a lost apocryphon or a misremembered text.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the saying about five in a house is unclear; it may be apocryphal or a variant reading.","The identity of the 'mother' and 'mother-in-law' as the same person is an interpretive choice, not explicit in the text."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":67,"ref":"p67","source":"In parabola Lazari et diuitis aliquantae quaestiones incurrunt. aut quo modo diues in tormentis sit ante iudicium aut quo modo digitum Lazari dicat? numquid corpora apud inferos sunt? aut ut ipse aquam desideret, numquid sitim corporis sentiebat?\n\nHaec omnia secundum eos affectus loquitur quos aliquando pro necessitate corporis gesserat. ceterum ille ante iudicium tormentorum sensus quasi pro loco custodiae etiam ante iudicium non est absque tormentis. in hoc quoque, quod apud infernum Abraham uidet haec subesse, a quibusdam ratio putatur, quod omnes etiam sancti ante aduentum domini nostri Iesu Christi ad inferna, licet in refrigerii locum, descendisse dicuntur. alii opinantur locum illum in quo Abraham erat ab illis inferni locis in superioribus constitutum, propter quod dicat dominus de illo diuite,: eleuans oculos suos cum esset in tormentis, uidit Abraham de longe, . sinumque ipsius Abrahae designari illius regionis quietem.","english":"In the parable of Lazarus and the rich man, certain questions arise: either how the rich man is in torments before the judgment, or how he speaks of Lazarus’s finger? Do bodies exist in the underworld? Or, that he himself desires water—did he feel the thirst of the body?\n\nAll these things he speaks according to those affections which he once experienced from the body’s need. Moreover, his sensation of torments before the judgment, as if in a place of custody, is not without torments even before the judgment. In this also, that he sees Abraham in the underworld, a reasoning is held by some, that all, even the saints, before the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ are said to have descended to the underworld, though to a place of refreshment. Others think that place in which Abraham was is situated in the upper regions, apart from those places of the underworld, because of which the Lord says of that rich man: “lifting his eyes, when he was in torments, he saw Abraham from afar,” and that Abraham’s bosom designates the rest of that region.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Lazarus and the rich man","severity":"info","text":"The parable of Lazarus and the rich man is from Luke 16:19–31, a key text for early Christian discussions of the afterlife.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"infernum","severity":"info","text":"Infernum (underworld) here refers to the abode of the dead, not necessarily hell; Eucherius distinguishes a place of refreshment (refrigerii locum) for saints before Christ’s advent.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Abraham’s bosom","severity":"info","text":"Abraham’s bosom was a common early Christian metaphor for a peaceful afterlife for the righteous, distinct from the torments of the damned.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"questions arise","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius structures the passage as a series of exegetical questions (quaestiones) about the parable, then offers two competing interpretations.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"torments before judgment","severity":"info","text":"The debate over whether the rich man suffers before the final judgment reflects early Christian eschatological speculation, seen also in Augustine and Gregory the Great.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin text does not specify whether the rich man’s torments are physical or spiritual; Eucherius leaves the nature of pre-judgment suffering open."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":68,"ref":"p68","source":"Quo modo istud accipiendum est, quod legimus: regnum dei intra uos est?\n\nIn unoquoque pro bonorum malorumque actuum discrepantia aut deus regnat aut diabolus, quia necesse est, ut cuius uoluntatem opere procurat, eius imperio uideatur esse subiectus. itaque si iusti sunt quidam, deus in his regnare dicendus est, diabolus, si iniusti. potest et fides regnum dei dici, qua itur ad regnum, qua utique iustus uiuit et per quam Christus habitat in cordibus sanctorum suorum.\n\nQuo modo in Luca latroni saluator dicit: hodie mecum eris in paradiso, cum utique die illo secundum hominem corpore in terra anima apud inferos fuerit?\n\nPotest forte hic pro paradiso accipi ille adtributae quietis locus, ubi Abraham esse cum Lazaro in euangelio saluator ostendit, aut certe ita intellegendum est, quod hanc promissionem dominus secundum effectum diuinae potestatis inpleuerit, quia ubique deum esse noscendum est.","english":"How is this to be understood, which we read: the kingdom of God is within you?\n\nIn each individual, according to the difference between good and evil deeds, either God reigns or the devil, because it is necessary that he by whose will he procures his work should be seen to be subject to his command. Therefore, if some are just, God is to be said to reign in them; the devil, if they are unjust. Faith can also be called the kingdom of God, by which one goes to the kingdom, by which indeed the just man lives and through which Christ dwells in the hearts of his saints.\n\nHow is it that in Luke the Savior says to the thief: today you will be with me in paradise, when on that day, according to the human condition, the body was on earth and the soul was among the dead?\n\nPerhaps here “paradise” can be taken as that place of assigned rest where the Savior shows Abraham to be with Lazarus in the Gospel, or certainly it is to be understood that the Lord fulfilled this promise according to the effect of divine power, because God is to be known to be everywhere.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"regnum dei intra uos est","severity":"info","text":"The phrase echoes Luke 17:21, though the Vulgate reads 'regnum Dei intra vos est' in a different context; Eucherius likely adapts a common saying.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"hodie mecum eris in paradiso","severity":"info","text":"This refers to the penitent thief in Luke 23:43, where Jesus says 'hodie mecum eris in paradiso' (Vulgate). Eucherius questions the timing relative to the resurrection.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"paradiso","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius distinguishes between paradise as a place of assigned rest (where Abraham is with Lazarus) and the eschatological kingdom, reflecting early medieval debates on interim afterlife states.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"latroni","severity":"info","text":"Latin 'latroni' (dative of 'latro') means 'thief' or 'robber', here the penitent thief of Luke 23:39-43, a standard term in patristic exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Quo modo ... Quo modo","severity":"info","text":"The passage is structured as two questions introduced by 'Quo modo', each followed by a proposed resolution, typical of Eucherius's catechetical style in the Instructiones.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"regnum dei intra uos est","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius's interpretation of the kingdom of God as internal moral rule anticipates later spiritual exegesis, e.g., in Augustine and Cassian, but is here tied to a binary of divine or diabolical reign.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the first quotation 'regnum dei intra uos est' is not explicitly identified; it may be a loose citation of Luke 17:21 or a common saying. The second question assumes a literal chronology of Christ's descent to the underworld, which Eucherius resolves by appealing to divine omnipresence."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":69,"ref":"p69","source":"DE IOHANNE.\n\nQuadraginta et sex anni adfirmantibus Iudaeis secundum euangelium Iohannis in aedificatione templi quo modo ostenduntur inpleti?\n\nSalamonem quidem septem tantum annis domum domini aedificasse satis constat scripturae ex hoc dicente: aedificauitque eam annis septem. quadraginta sex uero anni in templi restauratione ponuntur quae habita est in diebus Hesdrae post subuersionem Hierosolymae captiuitatemque Iudaeorum. porro ipsa reparatio exaedificandi templi diu tracta est uicinis in circuitu nationibus opus adsidua infestatione prohibentibus.\n\nQuo modo saluator adsumptum hominem duxit in caelum aut quo modo caelum promittitur sanctis, cum dicat: nemo ascendit in caelum, nisi qui descendit de caelo, filius hominis qui est in caelo, aut quo modo in caelo erat, cum adhuc esset iri terra?.\n\nSecundum carnem in terra erat, secundum deitatem caelo non deerat. ideo et ipse ascendit qui descendit, quia licet adsumpserit hominem, tamen homo et deus, hoc est Christus, una persona est, et utique cum ille sit caput, sancti autem membra sint, necesse est ut sequantur membra quo caput praecessit, ut sit in caelo Christi corporis plenitudo.","english":"ON JOHN.\n\nHow are the forty-six years that the Jews assert, according to the Gospel of John, shown to have been fulfilled in the building of the temple?\n\nIt is sufficiently established from Scripture that Solomon built the house of the Lord in only seven years, since it says: and he built it in seven years. But forty-six years are placed in the restoration of the temple which took place in the days of Ezra after the overthrow of Jerusalem and the captivity of the Jews. Moreover, that rebuilding of the temple was long drawn out because the neighboring nations hindered the work with constant attacks.\n\nHow did the Savior lead the assumed man into heaven, or how is heaven promised to the saints, when it says: no one ascends into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man who is in heaven, or how was he in heaven when he was still on earth?\n\nAccording to the flesh he was on earth; according to his divinity he was not absent from heaven. Therefore he himself who descended also ascended, because although he assumed a man, nevertheless the man and God, that is Christ, is one person, and since he is the head, while the saints are the members, it is necessary that the members follow where the head has preceded, so that the fullness of the body of Christ may be in heaven.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"nemo ascendit in caelum, nisi qui descendit de caelo, filius hominis qui est in caelo","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius paraphrases John 3:13 (Vetus Latina or Vulgate), a saying of Jesus about the Son of Man being in heaven while on earth.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Quadraginta et sex anni","severity":"info","text":"The 46 years refer to the Second Temple's reconstruction under Zerubbabel and Ezra (c. 520–515 BCE), not Solomon's original Temple. Eucherius follows a tradition that Ezra led this restoration.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Salamonem","severity":"info","text":"The Latin spelling 'Salamonem' (for Solomon) reflects a common variant in Old Latin biblical manuscripts, distinct from the Vulgate's 'Salomonem'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Quo modo ... aut quo modo ... aut quo modo","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius poses three parallel questions about Christ's ascension and the promise of heaven, each introduced by 'Quo modo' (How), building a rhetorical argument resolved in the final paragraph.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"caput ... membra","severity":"info","text":"The head-members metaphor for Christ and the saints echoes Pauline ecclesiology (e.g., 1 Cor 12:12–27; Eph 1:22–23) and was a common patristic image for the unity of the Church.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'secundum euangelium Iohannis' could mean either 'according to the Gospel of John' (as translated) or 'according to John the Evangelist' as a source; the former is taken.","The phrase 'filius hominis qui est in caelo' is ambiguous: it may be part of the quoted saying or Eucherius's own gloss; the translation treats it as part of the quotation."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":70,"ref":"p70","source":"Qualiter illud accipiendum est, quod scribitur: non enim ad mensuram deus dat spiritum?\n\nHoc quidam de filio proprie intellegendum esse confirmant, quia homines dum alii aliis plus minusue capiant, utque ad mensuram spiritum accipere uidentur, iuxta illud apostoli: habentes autem donationes secundum gratiam quae data est nobis, differentes siue prophetiam secundum mensuram fidei, et cetera. Christo uero unigenito suo qui etiam dat non est spiritus ad mensuram datus, quia in eo est omnis plenitudo diuinitatis.\n\nSaluator dicit: uos ascendite ad diem hunc, ego non ascendo ad diem festum istum; et quo modo postea scribitur de eo: ut autem ascenderunt fratres eius, tunc et ipse ascendit ad diem festum?\n\nUeritas mendacium loqui non potest, atque idcirco non aliud a Iesu factum est, quam quod se pronuntiauerat esse facturum. scenopegia enim solemnitas Iudaeorum non unum diem sed plures dies solemnitate conplectitur sicut et paschae festiuitas. ergo quia dixerat, non ascendo ad diem festum hunc, utique ad diem festum ipsum, sicut praedixerat, non ascendit, nam et sequitur in euangelio: haec cum dixisset, ipse, hoc est saluator, mansit in Galilaea, ut intellegamus in ea quidem solemnitate, sed non eundem diem fuisse de quo postea scribitur: ut autem ascenderunt fratres eius, tunc et ipse ascendit ad diem festum.","english":"How should this be understood, which is written: \"For God does not give the Spirit by measure\"?\n\nSome affirm that this is to be understood specifically of the Son, because men, while some receive more or less than others, seem to receive the Spirit as if by measure, according to that saying of the Apostle: \"having gifts according to the grace that was given us, differing whether prophecy according to the measure of faith,\" and so forth. But to Christ, His only-begotten Son, who also gives, the Spirit was not given by measure, because in Him is the whole fullness of divinity.\n\nThe Savior says: \"You go up to this day; I do not go up to that feast day\"; and how is it afterwards written about him: \"But when his brothers went up, then he himself also went up to the feast day\"?\n\nTruth cannot speak falsehood, and therefore nothing else was done by Jesus than what he had declared he would do. For the Feast of Tabernacles, a solemnity of the Jews, comprises not one day but several days of celebration, just as the festival of Passover does. Therefore, because he had said, \"I do not go up to that feast day,\" he certainly did not go up to that feast day itself, as he had foretold; for it follows in the Gospel: \"When he had said this, he himself,\" that is, the Savior, \"remained in Galilee,\" so that we understand that it was indeed in that solemnity, but not the same day, concerning which it is afterwards written: \"But when his brothers went up, then he himself also went up to the feast day.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"non enim ad mensuram deus dat spiritum","severity":"info","text":"The lemma is not a direct biblical quotation but a paraphrase of 1 John 4:13 or a similar passage; the exact source is uncertain.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"habentes autem donationes secundum gratiam quae data est nobis, differentes siue prophetiam secundum mensuram fidei","severity":"info","text":"This is a paraphrase of 1 Corinthians 12:4-5, where Paul speaks of gifts according to grace and prophecy according to the measure of faith.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"uos ascendite ad diem hunc, ego non ascendo ad diem festum istum","severity":"info","text":"This saying of Jesus is not found verbatim in the canonical Gospels; it may be a conflation of John 7:8-10, where Jesus tells the crowd to go up to the feast while he remains.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ut autem ascenderunt fratres eius, tunc et ipse ascendit ad diem festum","severity":"info","text":"This echoes John 7:10, where Jesus' brothers go up to the feast and he later follows, though the wording is not exact.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"scenopegia","severity":"info","text":"The Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) was a week-long Jewish festival; Eucherius uses this to explain the apparent contradiction in Jesus' actions.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage presents two distinct questions, each followed by an answer, forming a diptych of exegetical problems from the Gospel of John.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The first biblical lemma is not precisely identified; it may be a loose citation or a conflation.","The second Gospel saying is not verbatim from any known text, suggesting Eucherius may be paraphrasing or quoting from a variant tradition."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":71,"ref":"p71","source":"potest et figurate intellegi hic dies festus ad quem saluator se non ascensurum esse professus est, ut in se mutandam festiuitatem doceret.\n\nQualiter sentiendum est de loco illo in quo de Iesu Christo saluatore nostro scribitur: nemo misit in eum manus, quia nondum uenerat hora eius.\n\nHora haec non secundum mathematicos intellegenda est, sed potius hora illa qua ipse crucifigi, qua ipse pati uellet; et ideo nondum uenerat hora eius, quia nondum uniuersa perfecerat, quia nondum cuncta propositae operationis inpleuerat propter quae homines terramque uisitauerat.\n\nQuo modo intellegendum est, quod saluator dicit: cum loquitur mendacium, ex propriis loquitur, quia mendax est et pater eius?\n\nSupra dixerat dominus ad Iudaeos: si deus pater uester esset, diligeretis utique me, et postea: uos ex diabolo patre estis et desideria patris uestri uultis facere. ille homicida erat ab initio et in ueritate non stetit, quia non est ueritas in eo. cum loquitur mendacium, hic subaudiendum est unusquisque uestrum, ex propriis loquitur, quia mendax est et pater eius, id est diabolus. sunt qui ita disputant: cum loquitur mendacium, id est diabolus, de propriis loquitur, quia mendax est et pater eius, hoc est mendacii ipsius pater est, quia ab ipso uidetur ortum esse mendacium, ut, sicut deus filium ueritatem genuit, ita et diabolus filium genuerit falsitatem.","english":"This feast day can also be understood figuratively, the feast to which the Savior professed He would not ascend, so that He might teach that the feast was to be changed in Himself.\n\nHow is that passage to be understood in which it is written concerning our Savior Jesus Christ: No one laid hands on Him, because His hour had not yet come?\n\nThis hour is not to be understood according to the mathematicians, but rather that hour in which He Himself wished to be crucified, in which He Himself wished to suffer; and therefore His hour had not yet come, because He had not yet completed everything, because He had not yet fulfilled all of the proposed work for which He had visited men and the earth.\n\nIn what way is it to be understood, what the Savior says: When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own, because he is a liar, and his father?\n\nAbove, the Lord had said to the Jews: If God were your father, you would certainly love me, and afterwards: You are from the devil as father and you wish to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and did not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, here it is to be understood each one of you, he speaks from his own, because he is a liar, and his father, that is, the devil. There are those who argue thus: When he speaks a lie, that is, the devil, he speaks from his own, because he is a liar, and his father, that is, he is the father of the lie itself, because the lie seems to have arisen from him, so that, just as God begot the Son as truth, so also the devil begot a son as falsehood.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"dies festus","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius interprets a feast day figuratively, suggesting the Savior's non-attendance teaches a transformation of the feast itself, likely referring to a liturgical or eschatological shift.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"nemo misit in eum manus, quia nondum uenerat hora eius","severity":"info","text":"This phrase echoes a New Testament motif (cf. John 7:30) where Jesus' arrest is deferred until the appointed time, here reinterpreted as the moment of crucifixion.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"mathematicos","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius rejects a 'mathematical' interpretation of the hour, likely referring to astrological or fatalistic determinism, aligning with patristic critiques of astrology.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"diabolus filium genuerit falsitatem","severity":"info","text":"The analogy of the devil begetting falsehood as God begets truth reflects a dualistic heresiological trope, possibly combating Gnostic or Manichaean ideas of a counter-trinity.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage presents a series of exegetical questions (qualiter sentiendum, quo modo intellegendum) followed by answers, typical of Eucherius' catechetical or instructional style.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"sunt qui ita disputant","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius records an alternative interpretation ('there are those who argue thus'), showing awareness of contemporary exegetical debates, possibly within his own monastic or episcopal circle.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of 'this feast day' is not specified; it may refer to a specific liturgical feast (e.g., Passover or Pentecost) or be allegorical.","The phrase 'ex propriis loquitur' is ambiguous: it could mean 'speaks from his own resources' or 'speaks on his own behalf'; the translation opts for 'from his own'."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":72,"ref":"p72","source":"Quo modo accipiendum est illud, quod dicitur: Abraham pater uester exultauit, ut uideret diem meum, et uidit et gauisus est?\n\nProphetae uidentes appellabantur, ideo quod sancti spiritus munere ea quae ceteris erant clausa quasi conscii futurorum uidebant, inter quos et Abraham Christum uidit in spiritu.\n\nDicitur in euangelio: scimus quia peccatores deus non exaudit; et quo modo alio loco saluator dicit: omnis qui petit accipit?\n\nSunt qui ex hoc ita sentiunt: ille, inquiunt, qui dixit peccatores non exaudiri caecus fuerat et plenam adhuc quasi infusus collyrio uidere non poterat ueritatem; certum est autem diuinae misericordiae aurem patere pulsantibus. potest et hac ratione intellegi, quo modo deus non exaudiat peccatores, ut etiam, si exaudiantur ad inpetrandam propriam salutem, non exaudiantur in signis.\n\nDominus et saluator, quid est, quod in euangelio Iohannis dicit: in iudicium ego in hunc mundum ueni, ut qui non uident uideant et qui uident caeci fiant?","english":"How is that saying to be understood: \"Abraham, your father, rejoiced to see my day, and he saw and rejoiced\"?\n\nProphets were called \"seers\" because, by the gift of the Holy Spirit, they saw things that were hidden from others, as if they were privy to future events; among them, Abraham saw Christ in spirit.\n\nIt is said in the Gospel: \"We know that God does not hear sinners\"; and how is it that in another place the Savior says: \"Everyone who asks receives\"?\n\nThere are those who understand this as follows: \"He,\" they say, \"who said that sinners are not heard was blind and, as if still not anointed with eye-salve, could not yet see the truth; but it is certain that the ear of divine mercy is open to those who knock.\" It can also be understood in this way: how God does not hear sinners, so that even if they are heard in obtaining their own salvation, they are not heard in signs.\n\nThe Lord and Savior: what does it mean that in the Gospel of John He says: \"I came into this world for judgment, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind\"?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Abraham pater uester exultauit, ut uideret diem meum, et uidit et gauisus est","severity":"info","text":"This saying is not a direct biblical quotation but likely alludes to a tradition about Abraham's prophetic vision of Christ, possibly derived from Jewish or early Christian exegesis of Genesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Prophetae uidentes","severity":"info","text":"The term 'uidentes' (seers) reflects the Latin translation of the Hebrew 'ro'eh', a title for prophets emphasizing visionary insight, which Eucherius connects to the Holy Spirit's gift.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"scimus quia peccatores deus non exaudit","severity":"info","text":"This saying is not a direct biblical quotation but may echo a common patristic sentiment; the counter-quote 'omnis qui petit accipit' likely alludes to John 16:24 or a similar promise.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"in iudicium ego in hunc mundum ueni, ut qui non uident uideant et qui uident caeci fiant","severity":"info","text":"This is not a direct Johannine quotation; it may be a paraphrase or conflation of themes from John's Gospel, such as John 9:39-41 on spiritual blindness and sight.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"caecus fuerat et plenam adhuc quasi infusus collyrio uidere non poterat ueritatem","severity":"info","text":"The metaphor of eye-salve (collyrium) for spiritual insight was common in patristic literature, e.g., in Augustine and Jerome, to describe the gradual removal of ignorance.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage follows a pattern of question-and-answer typical of Eucherius's catechetical style, presenting a scriptural or traditional saying, then offering multiple interpretations.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the saying about Abraham is unclear; it may be from a lost apocryphon or patristic tradition.","The Johannine saying is not verbatim from the canonical Gospel; its origin is uncertain."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":73,"ref":"p73","source":"Non minima quaestio, sed nos breuiter pro necessitate, quid hic doctorum opinio habeat, proferimus. uenit, ut qui non uident, uideant, et qui uident caeci fiant, id est, ut hi qui se non uidere confitentur et medicum quaerunt uideant; ii uero qui se putant uidere et medicum non requirunt in sua caecitate permaneant. itaque in hoc iudicium uenisse se dixit, quo discerneret causam credentium et incredulorum. ergo ut qui non uident uideant, potest intellegi de gentilibus qui uisuri erant per fidem; et qui uident caeci fiant, accipi de Iudaeis potest qui caecabantur per propriam infidelitatem.\n\nQuo modo saluator loquitur: pater maior me est, et alio loco dicit: ego et pater unum sumus?\n\nDominus Iesus ita uerus homo ut uerus deus, de patre deo deus, de matre homine homo, illud secundum hominem. hoc secundum deum locutus creditur; iuxta quam rationem diuinitatis atque humanitatis etiam in reliquis quae aut aequalitatem cum patre aut humilitatem eius sonant facile intellectus patebit.","english":"This is no small question, but we briefly set forth, as the need requires, what the opinion of the learned holds on this matter. He came so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind—that is, so that those who confess they do not see and seek a physician may see; but those who think they see and do not seek a physician may remain in their blindness. Therefore he said that he had come into this judgment, by which he would discern the case of believers and unbelievers. Thus, \"that those who do not see may see\" can be understood of the Gentiles, who were to see through faith; and \"that those who see may become blind\" can be taken of the Jews, who were blinded by their own unbelief.\n\nHow is it that the Savior says: \"The Father is greater than I,\" and in another place says: \"I and the Father are one\"?\n\nThe Lord Jesus, being as truly man as truly God—God from God the Father, man from the mother—is believed to have spoken the former according to his humanity, the latter according to his divinity. According to this principle of divinity and humanity, even in the remaining passages that either sound his equality with the Father or his humility, the understanding will readily be clear.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Non minima quaestio","severity":"info","text":"The passage opens with a rhetorical understatement, signaling a major theological issue, and then presents two distinct questions: the paradox of seeing/blindness and the apparent contradiction in Christ's statements about the Father.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"pater maior me est","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'The Father is greater than I' echoes John 14:28, where Jesus says 'The Father is greater than I' in the context of his humanity.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ego et pater unum sumus","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'I and the Father are one' alludes to John 10:30, a key verse for Trinitarian theology, asserting the unity of substance between Father and Son.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"de gentilibus ... de Iudaeis","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius interprets the paradox of seeing/blindness as an allegory for Gentiles gaining faith and Jews being blinded by unbelief, reflecting early Christian supersessionist views common in patristic exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"uerus homo ut uerus deus","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'true man as true God' encapsulates the Chalcedonian Christology of two natures in one person, which Eucherius uses to resolve apparent contradictions in Christ's words.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"doctorum opinio","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius appeals to the 'opinion of the learned' (doctorum opinio), indicating his reliance on earlier patristic authorities, likely including Augustine or Jerome, for resolving Christological questions.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin text is clear; no significant ambiguities in the passage."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":74,"ref":"p74","source":"Quo modo obtulerunt magi munera, sicut legimus: aperientes, inquit, thesauros suos obtulerunt aurum, thus et murram. et responso diuino admoniti in somnis, ne redirent ad Herodem, per aliam uiam reuersi sunt?\n\nTunc scilicet magi praesagio sancti spiritus Christo munera offerebant, aurum scilicet quasi regi, thus autem quasi deo siue quia passionem simulatione demonstrabat; murra autem sepulturae signum praetendebat. magi autem ipsi typus credentium erant; Herodes autem diaboli significabat figuram. quod autem magis dictum est, ne reuerterentur ad Herodem, hoc est, ut ii qui ex gentibus ad Christum ueniunt rursus ad diabolum non reuertantur.\n\nINCIPIT DE EUANGELIO MARCI.\n\nUox clamantis in deserto: parate uiam domini, omnis uallis inplebitur, et omnes montes et colles humiliabuntur, et erunt praua in directa.\n\nUallem quod dicit mundum istum demonstrat repletum Christi doctrina; montes autem et colles humiliati, perfidia scilicet diaboli et idolorum cultura quae in aduentu Christi humiliata sunt atque depressa; quod autem dicit: erunt praua in directa, hoc est gentilium prauitas, qui nunc recta itinera Christi ingrediuntur.","english":"How did the Magi offer gifts, as we read: \"Opening,\" it says, \"their treasures, they offered gold, frankincense, and myrrh\"? And, warned by a divine response in their sleep not to return to Herod, did they return by another way?\n\nAt that time, of course, the Magi, by the foreknowledge of the Holy Spirit, were offering gifts to Christ: gold, that is, as to a king; frankincense, however, as to a god, or because it represented the passion by its appearance; myrrh, moreover, presented a sign of burial. The Magi themselves were a type of the believers; Herod, however, signified the figure of the devil. And that it was said to the Magi not to return to Herod—that is, that those who come from the Gentiles to Christ should not turn back again to the devil.\n\nHERE BEGINS THE COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF MARK.\n\nThe voice of one crying in the desert: \"Prepare the way of the Lord; every valley will be filled, and all mountains and hills will be humbled, and the crooked will be made straight.\"\n\nThe valley, it says, demonstrates this world, filled with the teaching of Christ; the mountains and hills humbled, however, are the perfidy of the devil and the worship of idols, which were humbled and cast down at the coming of Christ; and what it says: \"The crooked will be made straight,\" that is, the depravity of the Gentiles, who now enter upon the straight paths of Christ.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage divides into two distinct sections: a question-and-answer on the Magi (Matthew 2:1–12) and the beginning of a commentary on the Gospel of Mark (Mark 1:3). The incipit marks a new work or section.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"aperientes thesauros suos obtulerunt aurum, thus et murram","severity":"info","text":"The Magi's gifts are described in Matthew 2:11, though the Vulgate reads 'thesauris' and 'obtulerunt' without 'aperientes'. The phrasing may reflect a variant or liturgical paraphrase.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"magi","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius interprets the Magi as a 'typus credentium' (type of believers), a standard patristic allegory. Herod is a 'figura diaboli' (figure of the devil), reinforcing the moral reading.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The allegorical interpretation of the Magi's gifts—gold for kingship, frankincense for divinity or the passion, myrrh for burial—is common in early Latin exegesis, e.g., in Irenaeus and Origen (via Latin translations).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"uox clamantis in deserto: parate uiam domini","severity":"info","text":"This echoes Mark 1:3, where John the Baptist cries in the desert. The phrase 'parate viam domini' is not in the Vulgate text of Mark but may derive from Isaiah 40:3 or liturgical usage.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius's allegorical reading of valleys, mountains, and crooked paths as the world, idolatry, and Gentile conversion reflects a common patristic method, later influential in medieval exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the Magi's warning 'responso divino admoniti in somnis' is not in the canonical Gospels; it may derive from apocryphal traditions or patristic expansions.","The transition from the Magi passage to the Mark commentary is abrupt; the incipit may indicate a new work or a compilation of separate exegetical notes."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":75,"ref":"p75","source":"Cibus autem Iohannis erat locustae et mel siluestre; quae huius est interpretatio?\n\nLocustas quas dicit populorum multitudinis demonstrat figuram qui ad Iohannem ueniebant; mel autem fructum. dulcedinis declarat utique eorum quorum credulitate et fide Iohannes saturabatur.\n\nEt cum ieiunasset, inquit, Iesus, et postea esurisset, sicut euangelica lectio testatur dicens: dixit ad eum is, qui tentat: si filius dei es, dic ut lapides isti panes fiant. Iesus autem dixit ei: non in pane. uiuit homo, sed in omni uerbo dei. tunc adsumpsit eum, inquit, diabolus statuit eum supra pinnam templi dicitque illi: si filius dei es, mitte te deorsum, ut excipiant te angeli, ne offendas ad lapidem pedem tuum.\n\nSecundum historiam facta sunt haec quidem; sed secundum allegoriam sentiendum est...... cum dicat euangelista; arbor autem bona crux est quae fructus uitae credentibus adtulit.","english":"The food of John, however, was locusts and wild honey; what is the interpretation of this?\n\nThe locusts which he mentions signify a figure of the multitudes of people who were coming to John; the honey, moreover, declares the fruit of sweetness, assuredly of those by whose belief and faith John was being nourished.\n\nAnd when Jesus had fasted, it says, and afterwards had become hungry, as the Gospel reading testifies, saying: the tempter said to him: \"If you are the son of God, command that these stones become loaves.\" Jesus, however, said to him: \"Man does not live by bread, but by every word of God.\" Then the devil, it says, took him up and placed him upon the pinnacle of the temple and said to him: \"If you are the son of God, throw yourself down, so that the angels may catch you, lest you strike your foot against a stone.\"\n\nThese things were indeed done according to history; but according to allegory they are to be understood...... when the evangelist says: \"But the good tree is the cross which brought forth the fruit of life for believers.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"locustae","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius interprets locusts as a figure for the multitudes coming to John, a symbolic reading typical of patristic exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"mel siluestre","severity":"info","text":"Wild honey is interpreted as the fruit of sweetness, representing the belief and faith of those who nourished John spiritually.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"dixit ad eum is, qui tentat","severity":"info","text":"The temptation dialogue echoes Gospel accounts (cf. Matthew 4:3, Luke 4:3), but the specific exchange about stones becoming bread is non-canonical.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"arbor autem bona crux est","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'good tree is the cross' alludes to the cross as the tree of life, a common typology in early Christian literature (e.g., Justin, Irenaeus).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Secundum historiam ... secundum allegoriam","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius explicitly distinguishes between historical and allegorical interpretation, a hermeneutical principle central to his exegetical method.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"non in pane. uiuit homo","severity":"caution","text":"The Latin text has a punctuation anomaly: 'non in pane. uiuit homo' may reflect a scribal error or a deliberate break; the sense is 'man does not live by bread.'","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the temptation dialogue (stones becoming bread, pinnacle of the temple) is unclear; it may derive from apocryphal traditions or a lost Gospel harmony.","The phrase 'arbor autem bona crux est' is fragmentary; the preceding context is missing, leaving the referent of 'bona' uncertain."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":76,"ref":"p76","source":"Omnis qui audit uerba mea et facit ea, similis est uiro sapienti qui aedificauit domum suam super petram: et descendit pluuia, aduenerunt flumina et inruerunt in domum illam, et non cecidit; fundata enim erat supra petram, et cetera quae sequuntur; quis sensus est?\n\nPetra scilicet Christus, domum autem quam dicit habitaculum corporis nostri est; in hac igitur petra, hoc est in Christo, domum nostram aedificemus, et cum flumina et uenti uenerint, hoc est impetus persecutionis et procella, inpulsi non cadamus; arena autem non aliter quam heresis intellegitur, super hanc igitur arenam, id est super heresem, quique domum suam aedificauerit, corpus uidelicet et fidem suam negauerit, stultus erit, mox enim aduenient flumina quae sunt impetus persecutionis, et illico cadet.\n\nEcce ego mitto uos sicut oues in medio luporum; estote itaque prudentes sicut serpentes et simplices sicut columbae.","english":"Everyone who hears my words and does them is like a wise man who built his house upon a rock: and rain came down, rivers arrived and rushed against that house, and it did not fall; for it was founded upon a rock, and the rest that follows; what is the meaning?\n\nThe rock is of course Christ, and the house which he speaks of is the dwelling of our body; therefore on this rock, that is in Christ, let us build our house, and when rivers and winds come, that is the force of persecution and the storm, let us not fall when struck; but sand is understood as nothing other than heresy; therefore whoever builds his house upon this sand, that is upon heresy, will have denied his body and his faith, and will be foolish, for soon the rivers which are the force of persecution will come, and he will immediately fall.\n\nBehold, I send you like sheep among wolves; therefore be as prudent as serpents and as simple as doves.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage combines two distinct units: an allegorical interpretation of a building parable (rock vs. sand) and a brief exhortation using animal imagery (sheep, wolves, serpents, doves).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"petra","severity":"info","text":"The Latin 'petra' (rock) is allegorized as Christ, a common patristic identification (cf. 1 Cor 10:4, 'petra' as Christ in Ambrose).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"arena","severity":"info","text":"The Latin 'arena' (sand) is interpreted as heresy, a standard contrast to the rock of orthodoxy in early Christian exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The building parable echoes Matthew 7:24-27 (house built on rock vs. sand) and possibly the Parable of the Sower (Mark 4:3-8).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The exhortation 'Behold, I send you like sheep among wolves' recalls John 10:12 (sheep among wolves) and the command to be 'prudent as serpents and simple as doves' is a patristic commonplace (cf. Matt 10:16).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The allegorical method (rock=Christ, sand=heresy, rivers=persecution) reflects the Antiochene or early Latin exegetical tradition, common in Eucherius' instructional context.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin text does not specify the source of the building parable; it may be a conflation of Matthew 7:24-27 and the Parable of the Sower.","The phrase 'et cetera quae sequuntur' indicates an abbreviated citation, leaving the exact biblical reference uncertain."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":77,"ref":"p77","source":"Lupi persecutores sunt, oues autem christiani sunt qui tempore persecutionis a lupis coluntur. sed estote, inquit, arguti sicut serpentes. serpens in necessitate mortis suae dicitur caput suum custodire, corpus autem suum morti tradere. ita et nos caput nostrum, hoc est Christus, celemus confitendo, corpus autem nostrum lupis tradamus. columba uero ecclesia est cuius filii, quotiens ab hominibus occiduntur, exultant.\n\nReddite, inquit, quae dei sunt deo et quae Caesaris Caesari.\n\nIubemur in persecutione reddere quae Caesaris sunt Caesari, hoc est corpus. in quo habet potestatem, et reddere quae sunt dei deo, spiritum scilicet fidei.\n\nTunc, inquit, assimilabitur regnum caelorum decem uirginibus quae accipientes lampadas suas exierunt obuiam sponso et sponsae; quinque autem ex illis fatuae erant et quinque sapientes; fatuae autem acceptis lampadibus suis non'adsumpserunt oleum secum in uasis suis cum lampadibus suis, et cetera.","english":"Wolves are persecutors, but sheep are Christians who are preyed upon by wolves during a time of persecution. \"But be,\" he says, \"shrewd as serpents.\" A serpent, when its life is in danger, is said to guard its head, but to surrender its body to death. So too we should conceal our head, that is, Christ, by confessing him, but surrender our body to the wolves. The dove, however, is the Church, whose children, whenever they are killed by men, rejoice.\n\n\"Render,\" he says, \"what belongs to God to God, and what belongs to Caesar to Caesar.\"\n\nWe are commanded in persecution to render to Caesar what is Caesar's, that is, the body, over which he has power, and to render to God what is God's, namely the spirit of faith.\n\n\"Then,\" he says, \"the kingdom of heaven will be likened to ten virgins who, taking their lamps, went out to meet the bridegroom and the bride; but five of them were foolish and five wise; the foolish ones, having taken their lamps, did not take oil with them in their vessels along with their lamps,\" and so on.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"Lupi persecutores sunt, oues autem christiani sunt","severity":"info","text":"The allegory identifies wolves as persecutors and sheep as Christians, a common early Christian metaphor for martyrdom.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"serpens in necessitate mortis suae dicitur caput suum custodire","severity":"info","text":"The serpent allegory is not a direct biblical quotation but echoes a patristic trope based on Physiologus or bestiary traditions, not Scripture.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"columba uero ecclesia est","severity":"info","text":"The dove as a symbol of the Church is common in early Christian literature, e.g., in Cyprian's De unitate ecclesiae.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Reddite, inquit, quae dei sunt deo et quae Caesaris Caesari","severity":"info","text":"This echoes Jesus' saying in Matthew 22:21, but adapted to a martyrdom context: rendering body to Caesar, spirit to God.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"assimilabitur regnum caelorum decem uirginibus","severity":"info","text":"This refers to the parable of the ten virgins in Matthew 25:1-13, here applied to the kingdom of heaven.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Tunc, inquit, assimilabitur regnum caelorum decem uirginibus","severity":"info","text":"The passage shifts from allegorical interpretation of persecution to a new parable, introduced by 'Tunc, inquit', marking a new unit of instruction.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin text is a continuous excerpt; the speaker 'inquit' is not identified in this passage, but likely refers to Christ or a scriptural authority.","The phrase 'caput nostrum, hoc est Christus, celemus confitendo' is ambiguous: 'celemas' could mean 'conceal' or 'protect' by confessing, a paradox typical of martyrdom theology."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":78,"ref":"p78","source":"Ex decem uirginibus quas dicit quinque nomina dicimus: spes, fides, caritas, castitas et eleemosyna. uasa autem habitationes earum sunt, hoc est homines in quibus habitant; oleo uero plena, hoc est spiritali gratia. lampades uero uigilantia spiritus sunt. obuiam euntes sponso, hoc est Christo. stultae autem sunt, istis contrariae: una quae quod uidisset' et sperat, alia infidelitas, tertia sine caritate, quarta autem carnalitas, quinta infructuosa. harum uero lampades extinguuntur, quia oleum non habent, id est spiritalem gratiam.\n\nINCIPIT SECUNDUM LUCAM.\n\nNascetur, inquit, tibi filius, et uocabis nomen eius Iohannes, et multi super natiuitate eius gaudebunt; uinum et siceram non bibet.\n\nUinum quod Iohannes bibere prohibetur luxuria intellegitur, sicera autem dactuli succus est qui non aliud quam carnis dulcedinem habere intellegitur; proinde hoc genus procul spiritales effugat.","english":"Of the ten virgins he mentions, we name five: hope, faith, charity, chastity, and almsgiving. The vessels are their dwelling-places, that is, the men in whom they dwell; and they are full of oil, that is, spiritual grace. The lamps, moreover, are the vigilance of the spirit. They go forth to meet the bridegroom, that is, Christ. The foolish ones, however, are the opposites of these: one who hopes for what she has seen, another is unfaithfulness, a third is without charity, a fourth is carnality, a fifth is unfruitful. Their lamps are extinguished because they have no oil, that is, spiritual grace.\n\nHERE BEGINS ACCORDING TO LUKE.\n\n\"A son will be born to you,\" he says, \"and you will call his name John, and many will rejoice at his birth; he will not drink wine or strong drink.\"\n\nThe wine which John is forbidden to drink is understood as luxury; strong drink, however, is the juice of the date, which is understood to have nothing other than the sweetness of the flesh; therefore this kind drives spiritual men far away.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Ex decem uirginibus","severity":"info","text":"This passage allegorizes the parable of the ten virgins (Matthew 25:1–13), naming five wise virgins as virtues and five foolish as vices, a common patristic reading.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"sicera","severity":"info","text":"Sicera (Latinized Greek σίκερα) denotes a fermented date drink, here interpreted as carnal sweetness, distinct from wine as luxury.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Nascetur, inquit, tibi filius","severity":"info","text":"The quotation echoes Luke 1:13–15 (the angel’s prophecy to Zechariah about John the Baptist), though the wording is paraphrastic.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"uasa ... oleo uero plena","severity":"info","text":"Oil as spiritual grace is a standard patristic symbol (cf. Ambrose, De sacramentis), and vessels as human bodies or souls is common in early Christian exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"INCIPIT SECUNDUM LUCAM","severity":"info","text":"This heading marks a new section drawn from Luke’s Gospel, typical of Eucherius’s compilation of scriptural allegories from various sources.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin text is a translation from a lost Greek original; the Coptic Vorlage is not extant, so the precise wording of the source is uncertain.","The identity of the speaker ('inquit') is not specified; it may refer to an angel or to the Gospel narrator."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":79,"ref":"p79","source":"Suscipiens, inquit, dominus Iesus ait: homo quidam descendebat ab Hierusalem in Hiericho et incidit in latrones qui despoliauerunt eum et plagis inpositis relinquentes illum abierunt. quidam autem sacerdos descendebat uiam illam, et cum uidisset illum, praeteriit, similiter et leuites, cum uidisset illum, transgressus est. Samaritanus uero iter faciebat; ueniens et uidens eum miseritus est illi, et cetera.-\n\nHierusalem uisio pacis interpretatur, Hiericho autem saeculum est; homo autem qui descendebat ab Hierusalem in Hiericho Adam est, qui proiectus est a facie dei in saeculo et incidens in latrones, id est in diabolo qui eum despoliauit et plagas illi infixit, hoc est, quod indumentum inmortalitatis illi abstulit et peccata mortis iniecit. sacerdotem autem et leuitam Mosen et Aaron intellegimus qui Adam uulnera, hoc est gentium peccata, non curauerunt. Samaritanum enim Iesum dicit; ipse enim plagas eius curauit, hoc est, uulnera nostra sanauit; uinum et oleum infundendo, id est sanguinis sui et chrismatis sacramentum; et ad stabulum perduxit, hoc est ad ecclesiam, stabularii autem sunt episcopi. quod autem dixit: reuertens reddam tibi, itaque in aduentum suum mercedem sacerdotibus daturum.","english":"Receiving him,\" says the Lord Jesus, \"a certain man was descending from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among robbers, who stripped him and, after inflicting wounds, left him and went away. But a certain priest was going down that road, and when he saw him, he passed by; likewise a Levite, when he saw him, crossed over. But a Samaritan was making the journey; coming and seeing him, he took pity on him,\" and so forth.\n\nJerusalem is interpreted as \"vision of peace,\" but Jericho is the world; and the man who was descending from Jerusalem to Jericho is Adam, who was cast out from the face of God into the world and, falling among robbers—that is, among the devil—who stripped him and inflicted wounds upon him, that is, took away from him the garment of immortality and cast upon him the sins of death. But by the priest and the Levite we understand Moses and Aaron, who did not heal Adam's wounds, that is, the sins of the nations. For he calls the Samaritan Jesus; he himself healed his wounds, that is, healed our wounds; by pouring in wine and oil, that is, the sacrament of his blood and of chrism; and he led him to the stable, that is, to the church, and the stable-keepers are the bishops. And as for what he said: \"Returning, I will repay you,\" thus at his coming he will give reward to the priests.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Hierusalem ... Hiericho","severity":"info","text":"The allegorical interpretation of Jerusalem as 'vision of peace' (uisio pacis) and Jericho as 'the world' (saeculum) is a standard patristic etymology, found in Jerome and others, reflecting the Hebrew meanings of the place names.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"homo quidam descendebat ab Hierusalem in Hiericho","severity":"info","text":"This passage adapts the parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:30–37), but with significant changes: the victim is a man descending from Jerusalem to Jericho, and the Samaritan heals him with wine and oil, details not in the canonical Gospel.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Samaritanus","severity":"info","text":"The Samaritan is explicitly identified as Jesus (Iesum), a typological reading common in patristic exegesis, where the Samaritan represents Christ the healer, in contrast to the priest and Levite who fail to help.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"uinum et oleum","severity":"info","text":"Wine and oil are interpreted as the sacraments of Christ's blood and chrism (sanguinis sui et chrismatis sacramentum), reflecting early Christian liturgical practice where oil was used for anointing and wine for the Eucharist.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"quidam autem sacerdos ... leuites ... Samaritanus","severity":"info","text":"The narrative follows a tripartite structure: the priest and Levite (Moses and Aaron) pass by, while the Samaritan (Jesus) stops to help, emphasizing the superiority of Christ's salvation over the Old Law.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"stabularii autem sunt episcopi","severity":"info","text":"The identification of stable-keepers (stabularii) as bishops (episcopi) is an allegorical extension typical of Eucherius, linking the church (ecclesia) to a stable where Christ leads the wounded man, and bishops as caretakers.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin text does not specify the source of the parable; it may be a non-canonical version or a free adaptation of Luke 10:30–37. The reading taken is that it is an allegorical retelling by Eucherius."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":80,"ref":"p80","source":"Ait Iesus: homo quidam habuit duos filios. et ait iunior: pater, da mihi portionem substantiae meae. et diuisit illis bona. et post paucos dies congregatis omnibus iunior filius profectus est in regionem longinquam et ibi dissipauit substantiam suam uiuendo luxuriose, et cetera.\n\nFilios dicit duos, gentium et ludaeorum inducit parabolam. sed alius interior intellectus est, nam duo filii Adam et Christus intelleguntur; partem autem patrimonii paradisus est quem Adam acceperat, quam per luxuriam perdidit et per inoboedientiam. inquit: abiit in longinquam regionem, id est in saeculo proiectus; et cum porcis cibum sumebat utique cum gentibus. quod autem recordatus ad patrem reuertitur, hoc est, quod gentes quae Adam figuram habebant cognouerunt auctorem suum. stola autem qua indutus est uita scilicet quam diabolus ei ademerat per Christum reddita est. et anulum, inquit. in manu eius, hoc est fidem quam perdiderat; calciamenta uero uestigia munita demonstrat quae laqueos diaboli non timeant, sicut apostolus ait: calciati pedes in praeparatione euangelii, uitulum occisum: Christi passio est qui pro Adam, hoc est gentibus, passus est, cui pater dicit: tu semper mecum es, et omnia mea tua sunt.","english":"Jesus says: A certain man had two sons. And the younger said: \"Father, give me my portion of my substance.\" And he divided the goods between them. And after a few days, having gathered everything together, the younger son set out for a distant region and there squandered his substance by living luxuriously, and so forth.\n\nHe says \"two sons,\" and introduces a parable of the Gentiles and the Jews. But there is another, inner meaning: for the two sons are understood as Adam and Christ; moreover, the portion of the patrimony is paradise, which Adam had received, which he lost through luxury and through disobedience. He says: \"He went away into a distant region,\" that is, cast out into the world; and he took food with pigs, that is, with the Gentiles. But that he remembered and returned to his father—this is that the Gentiles, who had the figure of Adam, recognized their author. Moreover, the robe with which he was clothed is the life, of course, which the devil had taken from him and which was restored through Christ. And \"the ring,\" he says, \"on his hand\"—this is the faith which he had lost; but the sandals show fortified footsteps which do not fear the snares of the devil, as the apostle says: \"shod feet in the preparation of the Gospel.\" The slain calf is the passion of Christ, who suffered for Adam, that is, for the Gentiles, to whom the father says: \"You are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Filios dicit duos","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius explicitly marks a shift from a literal reading (Gentiles and Jews) to an allegorical one (Adam and Christ), a common exegetical move in patristic commentary.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"anulum","severity":"info","text":"The ring (anulum) is allegorized as faith (fidem), a symbol of covenant or identity lost and restored, paralleling early Christian interpretations of signet rings as tokens of fidelity.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"calciati pedes in praeparatione euangelii","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'shod feet in the preparation of the Gospel' is not a direct biblical quotation but likely echoes Ephesians 6:15 or a similar Pauline exhortation to readiness; the source is uncertain.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"cum porcis cibum sumebat","severity":"info","text":"Eating with pigs (cum porcis) reflects the parable of the prodigal son (Luke 15:15-16), where the son hires himself to a citizen and feeds swine, here allegorized as association with Gentiles.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"uitulum occisum","severity":"info","text":"The slain calf (uitulum occisum) is interpreted as Christ's passion for Adam/Gentiles, a typological reading that aligns with early medieval allegorical exegesis, e.g., in Gregory the Great.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"et cetera","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'et cetera' indicates Eucherius abbreviates the parable; the full narrative (Luke 15:11-32) is assumed known, but the omission may affect interpretation of the allegory's completeness.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the 'apostle' cited for 'shod feet' is not specified; it may be a conflation of Pauline or other apostolic writings.","The phrase 'tu semper mecum es' is not a direct biblical quotation; its source is unclear, possibly a liturgical or patristic formula."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":81,"ref":"p81","source":"DE APOSTOLO AD ROMANOS.\n\nQuae intellegentia est capituli illius quod apostolus proponit dicens: si autem iniquitas nostra iustitiam dei commendat, quid dicimus? numquid iniquus deus est qui infert iram? secundum hominem dico. absit. alioqui quo modo iudicabit deus mundum? si enim ueritas dei in meo mendacio abundauit in gloriam ipsius, quid adhuc ego tamquam peccator iudicor et non blasphemamur et sicut aiunt nos quidam dicere: faciamus mala, ut ueniant bona quorum damnatio iusta est?\n\nObscurissimus atque perplexus in apostolo locus et multis ad excutiendum proferendumque sensum uerbis indigens, nobis tamen pro festinatione sermonis artandus. dixerat supra: est autem deus uerax, omnis autem homo mendax, sicut scriptum est: ut iustificeris in sermonibus tuis et uincas, cum iudicaris. tum etiam adicit: si autem iniquitas nostra iustitiam dei commendat, quid dicimus? hic de testimoniis quae supra posuerat nascentem euentilat quaestionem et adiungit: numquid iniquus deus qui infert iram, id est uindictam? secundum hominem dico, hoc est secundum humanam elocutionem, quod quasi iniquum deum appellauerat, uel quod iram eius dixerat, cum passio in deum non cadat. absit: hoc est, absit ita credi, ut iniquum deum esse dicamus, qui, si haec ita sunt, iram inferat delinquenti. alioqui quo modo iudicabit deus mundum, nisi summa aequitate atque iustitia?","english":"Concerning the Apostle to the Romans.\n\nWhat is the understanding of that chapter which the apostle sets forth, saying: \"But if our iniquity commends the righteousness of God, what do we say? Is God, who inflicts wrath, unjust? I speak according to man. Far from it. Otherwise, how will God judge the world? For if the truth of God has abounded in my falsehood to his glory, why am I still judged as a sinner, and are we not blasphemed, and as some say we say: 'Let us do evil, so that good may come, whose condemnation is just'?\"\n\nA most obscure and perplexed passage in the apostle, and one needing many words to shake out and bring forth the sense, yet for us, on account of the haste of the discourse, it must be compressed. He had said above: \"But God is truthful, but every man is a liar, as it is written: that you may be justified in your words and prevail, when you are judged.\" Then he also adds: \"But if our iniquity commends the righteousness of God, what do we say?\" Here he threshes out the question arising from the testimonies which he had placed above, and adds: \"Is God, who inflicts wrath, that is, vengeance, unjust? I speak according to man,\" that is, according to human expression, because he had called God seemingly unjust, or because he had spoken of his wrath, since passion does not befall God. \"Far from it\": that is, far be it from being believed that we say God is unjust, who, if these things are so, inflicts wrath upon the delinquent. \"Otherwise, how will God judge the world,\" except with the highest equity and justice?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"si autem iniquitas nostra iustitiam dei commendat","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius paraphrases a passage from Romans (3:5-8) that is not a direct quotation but a compressed rendering of Paul's argument about divine justice and human iniquity.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"secundum hominem dico","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius glosses 'secundum hominem dico' as 'according to human expression' (secundum humanam elocutionem), clarifying that Paul's language about God's wrath is anthropomorphic and not to be taken literally.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"obscurissimus atque perplexus in apostolo locus","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius explicitly marks this passage as 'most obscure and perplexed' in the apostle, indicating his awareness of the exegetical difficulty and his need to compress the explanation due to the haste of his discourse.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"absit","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'absit' (far from it) is a standard Latin formula used to reject a heretical or impious implication; Eucherius explains it as a denial that God is unjust, even if the preceding argument might seem to suggest it.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"faciamus mala, ut veniant bona","severity":"caution","text":"Eucherius reports a contemporary accusation that some Christians were saying 'Let us do evil, so that good may come,' a distortion of Paul's argument about divine justice that he refutes as blasphemous.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The exact Pauline source for the initial quotation is not given; it is a paraphrase of Romans 3:5-8, but the wording differs from the Vulgate.","The phrase 'secundum hominem dico' could be read as either a rhetorical concession or a theological caveat; Eucherius opts for the latter."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":82,"ref":"p82","source":"deinde sequitur: si enim ueritas dei in meo mendacio abundauit in gloriam ipsius. et hoc ita proponit, ut refellentis sit, non adprobantis, quia si ueritas dei mendacio hominis indiguit, nec peccator tamquam peccator iudicabitur, et quae blasphemant in apostolos uera uidebuntur. ergo quid est, quod dicit? et si ex conparatione iniustitiae iustitia clarescat, non ideo tamen homo iniustus esse debet, ut deus iustus adpareat. damnatio eorum iusta est qui nos haec adfirmant dicere. quid dicere? faciamus mala, ut ueniant bona. putabantur autem apostoli istud dicere apud eos qui male interpretabantur dictum apostolicum, illud utique: ubi abundauit peccatum, superabundauit gratia.\n\nQuid illud est, quod legimus: at quid enim Christus, cum adhuc infirmi essemus, secundum tempus pro impiis mortuus est? uix enim pro iusto quis moritur. nam pro bono forsitam quis audeat mori?","english":"Then follows: \"For if the truth of God has abounded in my falsehood to His glory.\" And he sets this forth in such a way that it is the statement of one refuting, not approving, because if the truth of God had need of man's falsehood, then the sinner as such would not be judged, and what blasphemers say against the apostles would appear true. Therefore, what is it that he says? Even if from the comparison of injustice justice becomes clear, yet man ought not to be unjust so that God may appear just. The condemnation of those who affirm that we say this is just. Say what? Let us do evil, so that good may come. For the apostles were thought to say this among those who misinterpreted the apostolic saying, namely that: where sin has abounded, grace has superabounded.\n\nWhat is that which we read: \"But why indeed did Christ, when we were still weak, according to the time die for the impious?\" For scarcely does anyone die for a just man. For perhaps someone dares to die for a good man?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"deinde sequitur","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'deinde sequitur' marks a transition to a new scriptural citation and its interpretation, typical of Eucherius's exegetical method.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"si enim ueritas dei in meo mendacio abundauit in gloriam ipsius","severity":"info","text":"This is a paraphrase of Romans 3:7, where Paul discusses the relationship between human falsehood and divine truth.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ubi abundauit peccatum, superabundauit gratia","severity":"info","text":"This echoes Romans 5:20 (in some Vulgate numbering) or a similar Pauline maxim, contrasting sin and grace.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"at quid enim Christus, cum adhuc infirmi essemus, secundum tempus pro impiis mortuus est","severity":"info","text":"This appears to be a loose citation or paraphrase of a New Testament passage, possibly 2 Corinthians 5:14-15 or a related text, though the wording is not exact.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"putabantur autem apostoli istud dicere apud eos qui male interpretabantur dictum apostolicum","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius refers to a contemporary misinterpretation of apostolic teaching, likely by rigorist or heretical groups who accused the apostles of promoting antinomianism.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"damnatio eorum iusta est qui nos haec adfirmant dicere","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius condemns those who misrepresent apostolic teaching, reflecting the polemical context of early Latin Christianity against false accusations.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The exact scriptural source of the second citation ('at quid enim Christus...') is uncertain; it may be a conflation or paraphrase of multiple Pauline passages.","The phrase 'secundum tempus' could be interpreted as 'according to the time' or 'temporarily,' affecting the theological nuance of Christ's death for the impious."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":83,"ref":"p83","source":"Hoc est, quod uult intellegi: ille pro impiis mortuus est, cum. uix quisquam reperiatur mori uelle pro iusto. nam pro bono, id est Christo, forsitam aliquis mori audeat, hic etiam de se uerecunde indicans, quod pro Christo mori possit. et aliter: uix enim pro iusto quis moritur. in ueteri lege in qua est pro mandatorum seueritate iustitia uix pauci martyres sunt reperti, in nouo autem instrumento in quo est pro pietate praeceptorum bonitas innumerabiles martyres extiterunt.\n\nApostolus dicit de deo patre: sed pro omnibus nobis tradidit illum, id est filium; quid in hoc significat?\n\nTradidit, traditioni adquieuit. in sacris namque libris facere interdum deus dicitur in quibus faciendis uidetur praestare patientiam. alia quippe sunt quae fieri deus uult, alia quae fieri sinit. uult ergo fieri quae facto apparet esse meliora. at. uero deteriora permittit, ut libertas humani constet arbitrii in qua arbitrii libertate bonorum malorumue sectatoribus diuino iudicio exhibeatur retributio iusta meritorum.","english":"This is what he wishes to be understood: He died for the impious, when scarcely anyone can be found who wishes to die for the just. For on behalf of the good, that is, Christ, perhaps someone dares to die, and he himself modestly indicates concerning himself that he could die for Christ. And in another way: For scarcely does anyone die for the just. In the Old Law, in which there is justice on account of the severity of the commandments, scarcely a few martyrs are found; but in the New Testament, in which there is goodness on account of the piety of the precepts, countless martyrs have arisen.\n\nThe Apostle says concerning God the Father: \"But for all of us He gave Him up,\" that is, the Son; what does this signify?\n\n\"He gave up\" means he acquiesced to the giving up. For in the sacred books, God is sometimes said to do things in which He seems to grant patience. For there are things which God wills to be done, and others which He permits to be done. He wills, therefore, that those things be done which, when done, appear to be better. But He permits the worse, so that the freedom of human will may stand firm, in which freedom of the will, a just retribution of merits is exhibited by divine judgment to the followers of good or evil.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage divides into two distinct sections: first, a reflection on martyrdom in the Old Law versus the New Testament; second, an exegetical note on the verb 'tradidit' in a Pauline citation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"tradidit","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'sed pro omnibus nobis tradidit illum' echoes Romans 8:32, where Paul says God 'gave up' his Son for all. Eucherius interprets 'tradidit' as divine acquiescence, not active agency.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"tradidit","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius glosses 'tradidit' as 'traditioni adquieuit' (he acquiesced to the giving up), distinguishing between God's active will and passive permission, a key theological distinction in Latin patristic thought.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The contrast between the Old Law's 'severitas mandatorum' and the New Testament's 'pietas praeceptorum' reflects a common patristic topos, seen in authors like Augustine, emphasizing the shift from justice to grace.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius's distinction between God's will and permission influenced later medieval discussions of divine omnipotence and human free will, notably in Peter Lombard's 'Sentences'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of 'ille' in 'ille pro impiis mortuus est' is ambiguous: it could refer to Christ or to a generic martyr; the context suggests Christ, but the phrasing is loose.","The phrase 'et aliter' may introduce a second interpretation or a separate argument; the transition is abrupt."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":84,"ref":"p84","source":"In hac eadem epistula quid intellegendum est de hoc, quod legimus: quis accusabit electos dei? deus qui iustificat. quis est qui condemnet? Christus Iesus qui mortuus est, immo qui resurrexit, qui est ad dexteram dei, qui etiam interpellat pro nobis.\n\nHaec in quibus sibi ipse respondit quasi elpcovawc; legenda. et est sensus iste: nisi forte electos suos aut deus qui iustificat aut Christus qui pro his est mortuus condemnabit; minime utique qui etiam interpellat pro nobis. hoc est ergo, quod dicit: nemo condemnabit electos.\n\nQuid sentiendum est loco hoc in quo apostolus loquitur: optabam enim ego ipse anathema esse a Christo pro fratribus meis qui sunt cognati mei secundum carnem, et reliqua?\n\nAnathema interdum, ut et hic, occisionem interfectionemque significat. ergo hic apostolus perire optat in carne, ut alii saluentur in spiritu. et aliter: ita hic apostolus uim nimiae","english":"In this same epistle, what is to be understood concerning this which we read: \"Who will accuse the elect of God? God, who justifies. Who is it that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died, or rather who rose, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us.\"\n\nThese words, in which he himself answers, are to be read as a kind of irony. And the sense is this: Unless perhaps God, who justifies, or Christ, who died for them, will condemn His own elect; certainly not, since He also intercedes for us. This, therefore, is what he says: No one will condemn the elect.\n\nWhat is to be thought concerning this passage in which the apostle speaks: \"For I myself wished to be an anathema from Christ for my brothers who are my kinsmen according to the flesh,\" and so on?\n\n\"Anathema\" sometimes, as also here, signifies a slaying and a killing. Therefore, here the apostle wishes to perish in the flesh, so that others may be saved in spirit. And otherwise: Here the apostle [shows] the force of excessive","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Haec in quibus sibi ipse respondit quasi elpcovawc; legenda","severity":"info","text":"The Greek term elpcovawc (εἰρωνεία) is transliterated in the Latin text, indicating Eucherius’s awareness of a rhetorical figure. The passage is to be read as ironic self-questioning.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"anathema","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius glosses anathema as occisionem interfectionemque (slaying and killing), a non-standard sense. This reflects a reading of Paul’s wish to be cut off from Christ as a sacrificial death for others.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"quis accusabit electos dei? deus qui iustificat. quis est qui condemnet? Christus Iesus qui mortuus est","severity":"info","text":"The quoted passage is not a direct biblical verse but a paraphrase of Romans 8:33–34, where Paul asks who will accuse God’s elect and answers that Christ died and intercedes.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"optabam enim ego ipse anathema esse a Christo pro fratribus meis qui sunt cognati mei secundum carnem","severity":"info","text":"This echoes Galatians 1:8–9, where Paul expresses a wish to be anathema (cursed or cut off) from Christ for the sake of his Jewish kinsmen. Eucherius interprets anathema as death.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"In hac eadem epistula","severity":"info","text":"The phrase refers to an earlier letter of Paul (likely Romans) that Eucherius is glossing. The passage continues a series of exegetical questions from the Instructiones.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"et aliter: ita hic apostolus uim nimiae","severity":"caution","text":"The Latin text breaks off mid-sentence after uim nimiae, suggesting a lacuna or incomplete transmission in the manuscript tradition. The English draft supplies a conjectural completion.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Greek term elpcovawc is a transliteration of εἰρωνεία, but its exact rhetorical sense in Eucherius’s context is not further defined.","The phrase et aliter introduces an alternative interpretation, but the text is truncated, leaving the second sense incomplete."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":85,"ref":"p85","source":"caritatis expressit exoptans, si fieri possit, a Christo anathema esse pro fratribus, sicut et Moses qui cum pro populo suo deum peteret ait: et nunc, domine, si quidem dimittes illis peccata illorum, dimitte; sin autem, dele me de libro tuo quem scripsisti.\n\nIdem loquitur de deo: ergo cui uult miseretur, et quem uult indurat; quid hic sequimur?\n\nInduratur cor a deo, dum criminum poena differtur.\n\nRursum ipse adfirmat dicens: quod quaerebat Israhel non est consecutus; electio autem consecuta est, ceteri uero excaecati sunt; quis huius rei sensus est?.\n\nNon quia ullum deus uolenten adspicere caecitate percutiat, quia omnes, sicut scribitur, uult saluos fieri, sed illos qui se ipsi excaecauerant pro retributione malitiae dicitur tradidisse, dum deserit. tradere enim domini est derelinquere.\n\nQualiter accipiendum est illud, quod scribitur: si esurit inimicus tuus, ciba illum, si sitit, potum da illi, hoc enim faciens carbones ignis congeris super caput eius?","english":"He expressed the desire of love, wishing, if it were possible, to be anathema from Christ for the sake of his brothers, just as Moses, who, when he was petitioning God for his people, said: \"And now, Lord, if indeed you will forgive them their sins, forgive; but if not, erase me from the book which you have written.\"\n\nThe same author speaks concerning God: \"Therefore, he has mercy on whom he wishes, and hardens whom he wishes; what do we follow here?\"\n\nThe heart is hardened by God when the punishment for crimes is delayed.\n\nAgain, he himself affirms, saying: \"What Israel sought, it did not obtain; but the elect obtained it, and the rest were blinded; what is the meaning of this matter?\"\n\nNot because God strikes anyone who is willing to look with blindness, since, as it is written, he wishes all to be saved, but it is said that he delivered over those who had blinded themselves, in retribution for their malice, by abandoning them. For to deliver is the Lord's act of forsaking.\n\nHow is that which is written to be understood: \"If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him drink; for in doing this you heap coals of fire upon his head\"?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"et nunc, domine, si quidem dimittes illis peccata illorum, dimitte; sin autem, dele me de libro tuo quem scripsisti","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius adapts a Mosaic plea not found verbatim in the Vulgate; it echoes Exodus 32:31–32, where Moses asks God to forgive the people or blot him out.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ergo cui uult miseretur, et quem uult indurat","severity":"info","text":"This phrase alludes to Romans 9:18 (Vulgate: 'cuius vult miseretur, et quem vult indurat'), a key text in Augustine’s anti-Pelagian polemic.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"si esurit inimicus tuus, ciba illum, si sitit, potum da illi, hoc enim faciens carbones ignis congeris super caput eius","severity":"info","text":"This saying is not canonical; it resembles a proverb or apocryphal maxim, possibly from a lost patristic florilegium, and Eucherius treats it as a scriptural crux.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"anathema","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius uses 'anathema' in the Pauline sense of 'cursed' or 'cut off' (cf. 1 Cor 16:22), but here the speaker paradoxically desires to be anathema for the sake of others, echoing Moses’ self-sacrificial plea.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage follows a question-and-answer pattern: Eucherius cites a scriptural or patristic dictum, then provides an interpretive resolution, typical of his exegetical method in the Instructiones.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"tradere enim domini est derelinquere","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius glosses 'tradere' (to deliver) as 'derelinquere' (to forsake), a semantic move that softens the apparent harshness of God’s action; this aligns with the anti-Manichaean and anti-Pelagian concern to preserve divine justice.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the saying about heaping coals on an enemy’s head is unclear; it may be a non-canonical proverb or a misremembered scripture.","The identity of 'the same author' (idem) in the second paragraph is ambiguous: it could refer to the same patristic writer cited earlier or to Paul."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":86,"ref":"p86","source":"Hoc est, ignem conpunctionis congeris, cum bona pro malis reddis. et aliter: non quod hoc animo inimicus pasci debeat, ut carbones ignis supra caput eius, dum pascitur, congerantur, sed quod inimicus ille cum bona pro malis recipit, si nulla malitiae suae paenitentia commouetur, ipse sibi potius carbones ignis supra caput suum congregat.\n\nCum potestas non sit nisi a deo, sicut apostolus dicit, cur non omnes bene ac pie eam administrantes reperiuntur?\n\nQuia et uitam hanc omnes aequaliter a deo capiunt nec tamen omnes aequaliter uiuunt.\n\nI AD CORINTHIOS.\n\nOmne, inquit, peccatum quodcumque fecerit homo extra corpus est; qui autem fornicatur in corpus suum peccat; quid hic sentiendum est? Quod cetera peccata per corpus extrinsecus admittantur, fornicatio sola in corporis passionibus administretur.\n\nQualiter locus ille accipiendus est in quo scribitur: numquid domos non habetis ad manducandum et bibendum? aut ecclesiam dei contemnitis et confunditis eos qui non habent?","english":"This is: you heap up the fire of compunction when you return good for evil. And otherwise: not that the enemy ought to be fed with this intention, that coals of fire be heaped upon his head while he is being fed, but rather that that enemy, when he receives good for evil, if he is not moved by any repentance for his own malice, he himself heaps up coals of fire upon his own head.\n\nSince power is only from God, as the Apostle says, why are not all who administer it found to do so well and piously?\n\nBecause all equally receive this life from God, yet not all live equally.\n\nI CORINTHIANS.\n\nEvery sin, he says, whatever a man commits, is outside the body; but he who fornicates sins in his own body; what is to be understood here? That other sins are committed externally through the body, but fornication alone is administered in the passions of the body.\n\nHow is that passage to be understood in which it is written: Do you not have houses for eating and drinking? Or do you despise the church of God and confound those who have not?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"ignem conpunctionis congeris","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'fire of compunction' (ignem conpunctionis) is a metaphor for the spiritual pain that leads to repentance, here paradoxically generated by returning good for evil.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"I AD CORINTHIOS","severity":"info","text":"The heading 'I AD CORINTHIOS' introduces a discussion of 1 Corinthians, likely referencing Paul's teaching on sin and the body, though no specific verse is quoted verbatim.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"sicut apostolus dicit","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'as the Apostle says' alludes to a Pauline statement on power from God, possibly Romans 13:1 or 2 Corinthians 10:13, but the exact reference is not given.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"fornicatio","severity":"info","text":"The distinction that fornication is a sin 'in the body' while other sins are 'outside the body' reflects a patristic concern with bodily purity and the unique gravity of sexual sin, common in ascetic literature.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"et aliter","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'et aliter' ('and otherwise') marks a shift from a direct interpretation to a corrective or alternative reading, a common rhetorical device in Eucherius's exegetical style.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"Qualiter locus ille accipiendus est","severity":"caution","text":"The final question about a passage on houses and eating/drinking is ambiguous; the source text is not identified, and the meaning of 'confound those who have not' is unclear without context.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The scriptural references for 'sicut apostolus dicit' and the final passage on houses are not specified, leaving their exact sources uncertain.","The phrase 'et aliter' may indicate a correction or an alternative interpretation, but the relationship between the two readings is not fully explained."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":87,"ref":"p87","source":"Apud Corinthios quondam, sicut aliqui adserunt, praua inualuerat consuetudo ecclesias passim dehonestare conuiuiis in quibus uescebantur ante dominicam oblationem, quam post cenam noctibus offerebant, cumque diuites ebrii ad eucharistiam uenirent, uexabantur inopes fame. mos uero iste, ut referunt, de gentium adhuc superstitione ueniebat. unde etiam quibusdam locis per Aegypti rura uel Syriae die sabbati nocte post cenam dicitur ad ecclesiam conueniri.\n\nCuius modi prophetia est de qua scribitur: si autem omnes prophetent, intret autem quis infidelis uel idiota, conuincitur ab omnibus, diiudicatur ab omnibus, occulta enim cordis eius manifesta fiunt?\n\nProphetiae genus duplex est, doctrinae unum, aliud diuinationis. sed diuinatio praeteritis temporibus magis uiguit, doctrina praesentibus. occulta autem cordis eius manifesta fiunt, dum ecclesia prophetante, id est moraliter disserente, conscientia conpungitur audientis.","english":"Among the Corinthians once, as some assert, a depraved custom had prevailed of dishonoring the churches everywhere with feasts in which they ate before the Lord’s offering, which they used to offer after supper at night; and when the rich came drunk to the Eucharist, the poor were tormented by hunger. This custom, as they report, came from the still-prevailing superstition of the pagans. Hence also in certain places throughout the countryside of Egypt or Syria, on the Sabbath day, after supper at night, they are said to gather at the church.\n\nWhat kind of prophecy is that concerning which it is written: “But if all prophesy, and someone unbelieving or unlearned enters, he is refuted by all, judged by all, for the secrets of his heart are made manifest”?\n\nThe kind of prophecy is twofold: one of teaching, the other of divination. But divination flourished more in past times, teaching in the present. “The secrets of his heart are made manifest” while the church prophesies, that is, while it discourses morally, the conscience of the hearer is pricked.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Apud Corinthios","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius refers to a Corinthian practice of pre-communion feasting, likely drawing on 1 Cor 11:20-22 or patristic tradition. The custom is linked to lingering pagan superstition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"si autem omnes prophetent...","severity":"info","text":"The quoted passage is not a direct biblical verse but a paraphrase or apocryphal saying. It echoes early Christian prophetic practice, possibly from the Didache or a lost source.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"prophetiae genus","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius distinguishes two kinds of prophecy: doctrinae (teaching) and diuinationis (divination). This reflects a patristic taxonomy, e.g., in Origen or Augustine, separating moral exposition from predictive revelation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"narrative","severity":"info","text":"The passage moves from a historical anecdote (Corinthian abuse) to a scriptural query, then to a doctrinal classification of prophecy. The shift illustrates Eucherius’s exegetical method: contextualizing a moral problem through church history and scripture.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"conscientia conpungitur","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius interprets prophecy as moral discourse that pricks the conscience. This aligns with monastic and pastoral traditions (e.g., Cassian) where compunction is a key spiritual effect of teaching.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the scriptural quotation is uncertain; it may be a loose citation or a non-canonical saying. The phrase 'diiudicatur ab omnibus' is not standard in Vulgate texts."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":88,"ref":"p88","source":"Quid est, quod scribitur traditurus filius regnum deo patri ?\n\nTraditurus quidem sed tamen non ita traditurus, ut careat. traditio autem regni nostra prouectio est, tunc cum esse ex integro filii meruerimus in patris regno.\n\nQuid sibi uult illud, quod scribitur: omnes quidem resurgemus, sed non omnes inmutabimur?\n\nId est, non omnes in gloriam inmutabimur, quia resurrectio et incorruptio communis est omnium, inmutatio autem ad gloriam proprie iustorum.\n\nII AD CORINTHIOS.\n\nApostolus dicit: obsecramus pro Christo, reconciliamini deo, eum qui non nouerat peccatum pro nobis peccatum fecit, ut nos efficeremur iustitia dei in ipso; quid hic sequemur?\n\nReconciliemini, inquit, deo qui Christum fecit hostiam pro peccato. peccatum uero appellari ipsam hostiam, si in ueteri testamento requiris, inuenies. potest istud et ita intellegi factum hostiam pro peccato Christum, quia filium suum misit in similitudine carnis peccati.","english":"What is the meaning of what is written, that the Son is about to hand over the kingdom to God the Father?\n\nHe is indeed about to hand it over, yet not in such a way that He will lack it. For the handing over of the kingdom is our advancement, when we have merited to be fully in the Son within the Father’s kingdom.\n\nWhat is the meaning of what is written: we shall all indeed rise again, but we shall not all be changed?\n\nThat is, we shall not all be changed into glory, because resurrection and incorruption are common to all, but change into glory belongs properly to the just.\n\nII Corinthians.\n\nThe Apostle says: We beseech you for Christ’s sake, be reconciled to God; He who did not know sin made sin for us, so that we might become the justice of God in Him; what are we to follow here?\n\nBe reconciled, he says, to God, who made Christ the sacrifice for sin. But that the sacrifice itself is called sin, if you seek it in the Old Testament, you will find it. This can also be understood thus: that Christ was made the sacrifice for sin, because He sent His Son in the likeness of the flesh of sin.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage consists of three distinct questions-and-answers, each introduced by a scriptural lemma. The third is explicitly attributed to 2 Corinthians, though the quoted text is a paraphrase.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The first question alludes to a tradition about the Son handing over the kingdom to the Father, possibly reflecting a logion or early Christian speculation; no single verse is directly quoted.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The second question echoes 1 Corinthians 15:51-52, where Paul distinguishes resurrection from transformation into glory. Eucherius interprets 'change' as glorification specific to the just.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"peccatum","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius glosses 'peccatum' (sin) in the third question as the sacrificial offering (hostia) for sin, citing Old Testament usage. This reflects a typological reading of Christ as the sin-offering.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The third question's paraphrase of 2 Corinthians 5:21 (or a similar passage) is loose; the phrase 'eum qui non nouerat peccatum pro nobis peccatum fecit' is not a direct Vulgate citation but a theological summary.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The Latin text of the third question is syntactically ambiguous: 'eum qui non nouerat peccatum pro nobis peccatum fecit' could be read as 'He who did not know sin made sin for us' or as a relative clause depending on the preceding verb.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The scriptural source of the first question is not identified; the third question's paraphrase of 2 Corinthians is not verbatim."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":89,"ref":"p89","source":"Datus est, inquit, mihi stimulus carnis meae angelus satanae qui me colaphizet; quo modo istud accipiendum est?\n\nDicunt quidam apostolum saepe dolore capitis esse uexatum. melius autem puto ita accipi ut colaphizatus in illis passionibus intellegatur quas enumerauit ipse dicens: ter uirgis caesus sum, semel lapidatus sum, et cetera. stimulum ergo carnis appellat tribulationem carnis et angelum satanae illum quo quasi inmissore tanta illa pateretur.\n\nAD EPHESIOS.\n\nQuo modo intellegendum est hoc, quod apostolus scribit, quod proposuerit dominus in dispensationem plenitudinis temporum instaurare omnia in Christo, quae in caelis et quae in terra sunt in ipso?\n\nUere mirum est, quid nunc reparetur in caelo. reparatur ergo secundum opinionem quorundam illa quae cum principe suo cecidit angelorum portio per augmentum societatemque sanctorum de quibus scribitur: sed sunt sicut angeli in caelo. reparantur quoque omnia in terra, cum etiam in locum deficientium Iudaeorum admittuntur credentes ex gentibus. et aliter: instaurantur quae sunt in terra. dum nos per mediatoris nostri sanguinem reconciliationemque reparamur. reparantur caelestia, cum de salute nostra gaudium nascitur angelorum.","english":"It has been given to me,\" he says, \"the goad of my flesh, an angel of Satan who strikes me.\" How is this to be understood?\n\nSome say that the apostle was often troubled by a headache. But I think it is better understood that he was struck in those sufferings which he himself enumerated, saying: \"I have been beaten with rods three times, stoned once,\" and so forth. Therefore, he calls the tribulation of the flesh the \"goad of the flesh,\" and the \"angel of Satan\" that by which, as if by an instigator, he suffered such great things.\n\nTO THE EPHESIANS.\n\nHow is this to be understood, which the apostle writes, that the Lord proposed in the dispensation of the fullness of times to restore everything in Christ, both those in the heavens and those on the earth, in him?\n\nIt is truly a wonder what is now being restored in heaven. Therefore, according to the opinion of some, that portion of angels which fell with its prince is being restored through the increase and fellowship of the saints, about whom it is written: \"But they are as angels in heaven.\" Also, everything on earth is restored when, even in place of the failing Jews, believers from among the Gentiles are admitted. And otherwise: those things which are on earth are restored, while we are restored through the blood of our mediator and reconciliation. The celestial things are restored when joy for the angels arises from our salvation.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"Datus est, inquit, mihi stimulus carnis meae angelus satanae qui me colaphizet","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius interprets Paul's 'goad of the flesh' and 'angel of Satan' as metaphors for physical tribulations and their instigator, not as literal demonic beings.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ter uirgis caesus sum, semel lapidatus sum","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius alludes to Paul's catalog of sufferings (2 Cor 11:32-33?); the precise source is uncertain, but the reference is to apostolic trials.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"instaurare omnia in Christo, quae in caelis et quae in terra sunt in ipso","severity":"info","text":"The phrase reflects early Christian speculation on the restoration (apokatastasis) of fallen angels and the inclusion of gentile believers, a topic debated in patristic theology.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"sed sunt sicut angeli in caelo","severity":"info","text":"This echoes Matthew 22:30 or a similar saying about the righteous being like angels; Eucherius uses it to support the idea of saints replacing fallen angels.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"reparatur ergo secundum opinionem quorundam illa quae cum principe suo cecidit angelorum portio","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius reports a contemporary view that the fallen angels are restored through the fellowship of saints, reflecting Origenist influence on later Latin exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"AD EPHESIOS","severity":"caution","text":"The heading 'AD EPHESIOS' may be a later editorial addition; the passage does not clearly correspond to a known epistle to the Ephesians, and the content is speculative.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the 'apostle' in the first part is ambiguous; Eucherius likely refers to Paul, but the text does not specify.","The source of the quotation 'ter uirgis caesus sum, semel lapidatus sum' is not identified in the passage; it may be apocryphal or from a lost tradition.","The heading 'AD EPHESIOS' is unclear; it may refer to a lost work or be a misattribution."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":90,"ref":"p90","source":"Quid est, quod apostolus loquitur de deo patre: ex quo omnis paternitas in caelis et in terra nominatur?\n\nQuia cum ille nobis pater primus et uerus sit, ab illius nomine deriuatur, quando alii patres appellantur.\n\nQuo modo apostolus dicit: honora patrem et matrem, quod est mandatum primum, cum in mandatis, ut quidam ordinant, quarto sit loco.\n\nAliqui de hoc ita disserunt dicentes: tria illa mandata quae superiora sunt omnia ad deum pertinent, septem sequentia ad hominem; et tria illa ad deum pertinentia in una legis tabula tenebantur, in alia uero tabula praecepta illa erant quae ad hominem pertinebant. hoc itaque mandatum in septem mandatis quae ad proximum pertinent primum est. alii uero qui hoc mandatum non quarto sed quinto loco, quod et nos probamus, esse confirmant, ita de hoc disputant: decalogum ipsum totum, quia in illa prima lege conscriptum est, recte primum mandatum appellari, quod utique primum faciat ordo, postea aliorum in lege consequens praeceptorum. item ex hoc aliter: honora patrem et matrem, quod est mandatum primum, et subiungit in promissione. in qua promissione? ut bene sit tibi, et sis longaeuus super terram. igitur in mandatis hoc est primum mandatum, quod habeat hanc quam supra diximus promissionem.","english":"What is it that the apostle says about God the Father: from whom all fatherhood in heaven and on earth is named?\n\nBecause, since He is the first and true Father to us, the name is derived from His name when others are called fathers.\n\nIn what way does the apostle say: honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment, when among the commandments, as some arrange them, it is in the fourth place?\n\nSome discuss this as follows, saying: those three commandments which are above all pertain to God, the seven following pertain to man; and those three pertaining to God were held on one tablet of the law, while on the other tablet were those precepts which pertained to man. Therefore, this commandment is the first among the seven commandments which pertain to one's neighbor. Others, however, who affirm that this commandment is not in the fourth but in the fifth place—which we also approve—dispute about it thus: the Decalogue itself, because it is written in that first law, is rightly called the first commandment, which indeed the order makes first, followed afterward by the other precepts in the law. Likewise, in another way: honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment, and it adds in a promise. In what promise? That it may be well for you, and you may be long-lived upon the earth. Therefore, among the commandments, this is the first commandment which has this promise that we mentioned above.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage is a self-contained quaestio on the ordering of the Decalogue, structured as a series of objections and resolutions. It reflects a common patristic genre of scriptural problem-solving.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The debate over the numbering of the Decalogue (whether 'honor father and mother' is first, fourth, or fifth) reflects differing patristic and Jewish traditions. Eucherius aligns with those who place it fifth, a minority view.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"honora patrem et matrem","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'honor your father and mother' echoes Exodus 20:12 (LXX) and Deuteronomy 5:16, but is not a direct quotation. It is a summary of the fifth commandment in some traditions.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius cites an unnamed source for the two-tablet division (three commandments on one, seven on the other), a common patristic schema. His own approval of the fifth-place numbering shows engagement with contemporary exegetical debates.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"primum mandatum","severity":"info","text":"'Primum mandatum' is ambiguous: it can mean 'first in order' or 'foremost in importance.' Eucherius exploits this ambiguity to reconcile conflicting enumerations.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the 'apostle' in the opening question is unclear; it may refer to Paul or to a general apostolic authority. The Latin 'apostolus' could also denote a specific writer like Paul, but no citation is given."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":91,"ref":"p91","source":"AD THESSALONICENSES.\n\nQuid sibi uult illud, quod scribitur: spiritum nolite extinguere?\n\nExtinguere, id est fugare per opera iniquitatis. Dauid: spiritum sanctum tuum ne auferas a me.\n\nSequitur paulo post in eodem: ut integer spiritus uester et anima et corpus sine querela in aduentum domini nostri Iesu Christi seruetur; quid hic intellegendum est?\n\nSpiritum hic dicit illum utique sanctum, de quo supra dixerat: spiritum nolite extinguere. qui quidem cum in substantia sua non possit extingui, extinguitur nobis, cum aufertur a nobis. donum namque eius uel gratia in hominibus sicut eorum uirtutibus accenditur, ita eorum uitiis extinguitur. alii adserunt spiritum hic accipiendum esse animae ipsius intellectum atque sapientiam, de quo alio loco idem apostolus dicit: et ipse spiritus testimonium reddit spiritui nostro, quod sumus filii dei. hoc est, quod ille spiritus sanctus huic intellectuali spiritui nostro testimonium reddat, quod sumus filii dei. alio quoque loco apostolus loquitur:. psallam spiritu, psallam et mente, hic spiritum pro uoce ponens et uoce dicit pariter et mente psallendum.","english":"To the Thessalonians.\n\nWhat is meant by that which is written: do not extinguish the spirit?\n\nTo extinguish, that is, to put to flight through works of iniquity. David: do not take your holy spirit from me.\n\nIt follows a little later in the same: that your whole spirit and soul and body be kept without complaint until the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ; what is to be understood here?\n\nHere he calls spirit that holy one, of which he had said above: do not extinguish the spirit. Which indeed, since it cannot be extinguished in its own substance, is extinguished for us, when it is taken away from us. For its gift or grace in men, just as it is kindled by their virtues, so it is extinguished by their vices. Others assert that spirit is to be understood here as the intellect and wisdom of the soul itself, concerning which the same apostle says in another place: and the spirit itself bears witness to our spirit, that we are sons of God. That is, that the holy spirit bears witness to this intellectual spirit of ours, that we are sons of God. In another place also the apostle speaks: I will sing with spirit, I will sing also with mind, here placing spirit for voice and saying that one should sing with voice and mind alike.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"spiritum nolite extinguere","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'spiritum nolite extinguere' echoes 1 Thess 5:19 (Vulgate: 'nolite extinguere spiritum'). 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This reflects early exegetical debate.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"et ipse spiritus testimonium reddit spiritui nostro","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'et ipse spiritus testimonium reddit spiritui nostro, quod sumus filii dei' is not a direct Vulgate verse; it may paraphrase Rom 8:16 or a similar passage on the Spirit's witness.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"psallam spiritu, psallam et mente","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius cites 'psallam spiritu, psallam et mente' as an apostolic saying, using it to illustrate a third sense of 'spiritus' as 'voice' (vox), distinct from the previous two interpretations.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the Davidic quotation is uncertain; it may be a paraphrase or a lost variant. 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The identity of the 'apostle' in the final citation is unclear."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":92,"ref":"p92","source":"AD COLOSSENSES.\n\nQuid intellegendum est in capitulo illo in quo ad Colossenses scribitur: si mortui estis cum Christo ab elementis mundi, quid adhuc tamquam uiuentes in mundo decernitis: nec tetigeris neque gustaueris neque contrectaueris, quae sunt omnia in interitu ipso usu, secundum praecepta et doctrinas hominum, quae sunt rationem quidem habentia sapientiae in superstitione et humilitate, et ad non parcendum corpori, non in honore aliquo ad saturitatem carnis.\n\nPerstringamus, ut possumus, locum summis obscuritatibus inuolutum. disputat contra eos qui ex Iudaeis Christiani propriis contendebant ceremoniis inhaerere. et iam supra dixerat de inprobabili eorum obseruantia in cibo aut in potu, et neomeniae eorum et sabbata umbram futurorum praetulissent. post haec rursum in consequentibus dicit: si mortui estis cum Christo ab elementis mundi, quid adhuc tamquam uiuentes in mundo decernitis? hoc est diiudicatis, quid diiudicatis? dicendo utique. ne tetigeris neque gustaueris neque contrectaueris quae sunt omnia in interitu ipso usu (quia omnia, inquit, illa quae neque contingenda neque gustanda creditis ipso usu suo, dum adsumuntur, intereunt), secundum praecepta et doctrinas hominum: quae sunt rationem quidem habentia sapientiae in superstitione et humilitate et ad non parcendum corpori.","english":"To the Colossians.\n\nWhat is to be understood in that chapter in which it is written to the Colossians: if you have died with Christ from the elements of the world, why do you still, as if living in the world, decide: neither touch nor taste nor handle, which are all things that perish in their very use, according to the precepts and doctrines of men, which indeed have a semblance of wisdom in superstition and humility, and in not sparing the body, not in any honor for the satiety of the flesh.\n\nLet us touch upon, as we can, a place wrapped in the deepest obscurities. He argues against those who, being Christians from among the Jews, contended that they should cling to their own ceremonies. And he had already said above about their reprobate observance in food or drink, and that their new moons and sabbaths had prefigured the shadows of things to come. After these things, again in the following he says: if you have died with Christ from the elements of the world, why do you still, as if living in the world, decide? That is, you judge, what do you judge? By saying, of course: neither touch nor taste nor handle, which are all things that perish in their very use (because all those things, he says, which you believe are not to be touched nor tasted, by their very use, when they are taken up, perish), according to the precepts and doctrines of men: which indeed have a semblance of wisdom in superstition and humility and in not sparing the body.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Colossians","severity":"info","text":"The passage discusses a verse from Colossians, likely a paraphrase of Col 2:20-23, concerning dying with Christ and renouncing worldly elements.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Jewish Christians","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius explains that Paul argues against Jewish Christians who insisted on retaining their own ceremonies, such as dietary laws and observance of new moons and sabbaths.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"decernitis","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius glosses 'decernitis' as 'diiudicatis' (you judge), clarifying that the verb means to make a judgment or decision, not merely to decree.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Perstringamus","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius introduces his explanation with 'Perstringamus, ut possumus, locum summis obscuritatibus inuolutum', signaling that he will briefly touch upon a highly obscure passage.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"superstitione","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius characterizes the Jewish Christian practices as having a 'semblance of wisdom in superstition and humility', reflecting a common patristic critique of Jewish observances as superstitious.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"rationem quidem habentia sapientiae","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'rationem quidem habentia sapientiae' is ambiguous; Eucherius may mean 'having a semblance of wisdom' or 'having a rationale of wisdom', but the sense is that these practices appear wise but are not.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'rationem quidem habentia sapientiae' could be read as 'having a semblance of wisdom' or 'having a rationale of wisdom'; the translation adopts the former.","The exact biblical verse referenced is not explicitly cited; it is a paraphrase of Colossians material."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":93,"ref":"p93","source":"doctrinas hominum dicit, quia praecepta ipsa carnaliter intellegant praecipientes in lege prohibita non manducari, sed hoc, sicut ipse subiungit, in superstitione et in humilitate superuacua et in corporis adflictione, cui utique corpori non parcatur uel per eius modi abstinentiam uel per circumcisionem. sequitur autem: non in honore aliquo ad saturitatem carnis; ergo hoc est quod uult intellegi: omnes illae obseruationes licet obseruantiam aliquam sapientiae praeferre uideantur, quia putentur legem praeceptorum tenere, tamen in superstitione sunt, non in aliquo honore dei, quia sunt ad explendam uoluntatem obseruantia carnis.\n\nI AD TIMOTHEUM.\n\nQuae singularum rerum est accipienda discretio in his quas apostolus profert dicens: obsecro igitur primo omnium fieri obsecrationes, orationes, postulationes, gratiarum actiones?\n\nObsecrationes fiunt pro peccatis praeteritis uel praesentibus, orationes pro adipiscendis quae speramus, postulationes cum pro aliis interuenimus, gratiarum actiones, cum ea quae poscimus inpetramus, uel certe cum pro inmensis dei beneficiis gratias laudesque rependimus.","english":"He speaks of human doctrines, because they understand the precepts themselves carnally, forbidding the eating of things prohibited in the law, but this, as he himself adds, in superstition and in vain humility and in affliction of the body, which body is certainly not to be spared either through that kind of abstinence or through circumcision. He continues, however: not in any honor for the satiety of the flesh; therefore this is what he wishes to be understood: all those observances, although they may seem to display some observance of wisdom, because they are thought to hold to the law of precepts, are nevertheless in superstition, not in any honor of God, because they are for fulfilling the will, an observance of the flesh.\n\nTO TIMOTHY I.\n\nWhat distinction of each thing is to be understood in those which the apostle sets forth, saying: I beseech, therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings be made?\n\nSupplications are made for past or present sins, prayers for obtaining what we hope for, intercessions when we intervene for others, thanksgivings when we obtain what we ask for, or certainly when we render thanks and praises for the immense benefits of God.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage divides into two sections: a commentary on Colossians (lines 1–8) and a new question on 1 Timothy (lines 9–14), each introduced by a lemma.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"I AD TIMOTHEUM","severity":"info","text":"The second section opens with a reference to 1 Timothy, likely 1 Tim 2:1, where Paul discusses forms of prayer.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"obsecrationes","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius distinguishes obsecrationes (supplications) for past or present sins, a technical usage in early Latin Christian vocabulary for penitential prayer.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The critique of carnal understanding of law and superstitious observances reflects Eucherius’s anti-heretical context, likely targeting Judaizing or rigorist practices.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius’s fourfold division of prayer (supplication, prayer, intercession, thanksgiving) was influential in later monastic and liturgical handbooks.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin text does not specify which Pauline passage on Colossians is being glossed; the reference is inferred from the preceding passage.","The phrase 'non in honore aliquo ad saturitatem carnis' is ambiguous in syntax; Eucherius interprets it as denying honor to God."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":94,"ref":"p94","source":"Locus ille quo modo accipiendus est in quo scribitur: quorundam hominum peccata manifesta sunt praecendentia ad iudicium, quosdam autem et subsequuntur?\n\nSupra dixerat aduersus presbyterum accusationem non recipiendam nisi sub duobus et tribus testibus, et paulo post addidit: quorundam hominum peccata manifesta sunt praecedentia ad iudicium, utique dum omnibus nota sunt, quosdam autem et subsequuntur, utique dum postea in iudicio conprobantur. quod si istud aliqui in iudicio dei magis accipiendum putant, potest ita intellegi: praecedere ad iudicium illa peccata quae ante hic unusquisque commiserit, subsequi uero illa, quibus nos quidem causas dedimus, sed iam post transitum nostrum consummata intelleguntur. ergo subsequuntur nos in iudicium huius modi peccata, si uerbi gratia cui inopiae nos causas adtulimus, fame post obitum nostrum atque egestate consumptus sit.","english":"How is that passage to be understood in which it is written: the sins of certain men are manifest, preceding to judgment, but those of others follow after?\n\nHe had said above that an accusation against a presbyter is not to be received except under two or three witnesses, and a little later he added: the sins of certain men are manifest, preceding to judgment, that is, while they are known to all; but those of others follow after, that is, while they are afterwards proven in judgment. But if some think that this is rather to be understood of the judgment of God, it can be understood thus: those sins which each one has committed here beforehand precede to judgment; but those follow after for which we indeed gave the causes, but which are understood to have been consummated only after our departure. Therefore sins of this kind follow us into judgment, if, for example, the one to whom we gave cause for want has perished from hunger and destitution after our death.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage is a self-contained quaestio: Eucherius poses a scriptural crux, then resolves it by citing the preceding context and offering an alternative eschatological reading.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"quorundam hominum peccata manifesta sunt praecendentia ad iudicium, quosdam autem et subsequuntur","severity":"info","text":"The lemma is not a direct biblical verse but a legal-ecclesiastical maxim, possibly from a canon law collection or a patristic florilegium; Eucherius treats it as authoritative.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The reference to an accusation against a presbyter requiring two or three witnesses reflects early church disciplinary norms, e.g., the Council of Carthage (c. 419) or earlier synodal decrees.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"subsequuntur","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius glosses 'subsequuntur' as 'proven afterwards in judgment' (dum postea in iudicio conprobantur), then offers an eschatological sense: sins that follow us after death because their effects outlast us.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius’s dual interpretation—first procedural, then eschatological—shows how late antique exegetes reconciled legal texts with moral theology, a method later used by Carolingian commentators.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the quoted maxim is not identified; it may be from a lost canonical collection or a patristic homily.","The phrase 'praecendentia ad iudicium' is ambiguous: Eucherius reads it as 'preceding to judgment' (i.e., known beforehand), but it could also mean 'going before the judge'."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":95,"ref":"p95","source":"II AD TIMOTHEUM.\n\nAlexander aerarius multa, inquit, mala mihi ostendit, reddet ei dominus secundum opera eius. et item: percutiet te dominus, paries dealbate; quo modo haec intellegenda sunt?\n\nPercutiet te, inquit, non percutiat, et rursum reddet, non reddat; unde fit, ut non tam maledicentis animo dicta esse uideantur quam iudicium dei atque uindictam denuntiantis. item aliter: et si per administrationem prophetiae immoto animo maledicat propheta, ut illud: obscurentur oculi eorum, dicit, quid eorum meritis debeatur. quia omnis praeuaricatio et inoboedientia accipit iustam operis atque mercedis retributionem.\n\nAD HEBRAEOS.\n\nQuid in hoc sequimur, quod apostolus dicit: fide Iacob moriens singulos filiorum Ioseph benedixit et adorauit fastigium uirgae eius?\n\nSceptri significatio est accipienda per uirgam et per hoc regni potestatisque. fastigium in quo Christus intellegitur adoratus, qui uidelicet futurus erat regni Hebraeorum caput.","english":"II AD TIMOTHEUM.\n\nAlexander the coppersmith, he says, has shown me much evil; the Lord will repay him according to his works. And again: the Lord will strike you, whitewashed wall; how are these things to be understood?\n\nHe says \"will strike you,\" not \"may he strike you,\" and again \"will repay,\" not \"may he repay\"; whence it comes about that these words seem to have been spoken not so much in the spirit of a curse as of one announcing the judgment and vengeance of God. Likewise, in another way: and if by the administration of prophecy the prophet curses with an unmoved spirit, as in that saying: \"let their eyes be darkened,\" he declares what is owed to their merits. Because every transgression and disobedience receives a just retribution of work and reward.\n\nAD HEBRAEOS.\n\nWhat do we follow in this, that the apostle says: by faith Jacob, dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and adored the top of his staff?\n\nThe signification of the scepter is to be understood through the staff, and through this, of royal power and authority. The top, in which Christ is understood to have been adored, who evidently was to be the head of the kingdom of the Hebrews.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"II AD TIMOTHEUM","severity":"info","text":"The opening lemma 'II AD TIMOTHEUM' introduces a citation from 2 Timothy, though the exact verse is not given. The phrase 'Alexander aerarius multa mala mihi ostendit' echoes 2 Timothy 4:14, where Alexander the coppersmith is mentioned as an opponent.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"percutiet te dominus, paries dealbate","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'percutiet te dominus, paries dealbate' (the Lord will strike you, whitewashed wall) is a biblical allusion, possibly to a prophetic curse, but its exact source is not identified in the standard canon. It may derive from patristic tradition or apocryphal sayings.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"aerarius","severity":"info","text":"The term 'aerarius' (coppersmith) is a Latin rendering of the Greek 'χαλκεύς', used in 2 Timothy 4:14 to describe Alexander. Eucherius retains the Vulgate reading, which is standard in the Latin tradition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"AD HEBRAEOS","severity":"info","text":"The lemma 'AD HEBRAEOS' introduces a passage from the Epistle to the Hebrews, but the cited content—Jacob blessing Joseph's sons and adoring a staff—does not appear in the canonical Hebrews. This suggests Eucherius is referencing a non-canonical tradition or a misattributed text.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"fastigium uirgae","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius interprets 'fastigium uirgae' (top of the staff) as a symbol of the scepter, representing royal power, and identifies the top as a type of Christ, the future head of the Hebrew kingdom. This allegorical reading reflects patristic typology common in Latin exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"item aliter","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'item aliter' (likewise, in another way) marks a shift to an alternative interpretation of the same biblical curses, showing Eucherius's method of offering multiple exegetical possibilities for difficult passages.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the phrase 'percutiet te dominus, paries dealbate' is unclear; it may be a non-canonical saying or a conflation of biblical allusions.","The passage attributed to 'AD HEBRAEOS' does not correspond to any known text in the Epistle to the Hebrews; it may be a misattribution or a reference to a lost apocryphal work."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":96,"ref":"p96","source":"DE ACTIBUS APOSTOLORUM.\n\nQuid indicat illud, quod legimus: sabbati habens iter? Id est mille passus; sabbato autem usque ad montem Oliueti ire Iudaeis licitum erat, uel certe sicubi fuissent, tanto spatio deambulandi licentiam praesumebant.\n\nSpiritus sanctus quo modo ante ascensionem a saluatore secundum euangelistam Iohannem apostolis insufflatur, cum. secundum actus apostolorum post decimum ascensionis diem in apostolos missus sit?\n\nMultae sancti spiritus gratiarum donationes sunt secundum illud, quod apostolus dicit: alii quidem datur per spiritum sermo sapientiae, alii sermo scientiae secundum eundem spiritum, alii gratia sanitatum in uno spiritu, et cetera. igitur ante ascensionem gratiam sancti spiritus acceperunt qua possint peccata dimittere et baptizare et credentibus spiritum adoptionis infundere; secundum quod et tunc, cum eis a saluatore spiritus insufflaretur, dictum fuerat: quorum remiseritis peccata remittentur eis et quorum retinueritis retenta erunt. at uero post ascensionem multo maiorem sancti spiritus gratiam perceperunt in operatione uirtutum et gratia sanitatum et diuersarum perceptione linguarum iuxta illud, quod eisdem eodem die promissum fuerat, ut baptizarentur spiritu sancto et induerentur uirtute qua euangelium Christi uniuersis possint gentibus praedicare.","english":"FROM THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES.\n\nWhat is indicated by what we read: \"sabbati habens iter\"? That is, a thousand paces; on the Sabbath, it was lawful for Jews to go as far as the Mount of Olives, or certainly, wherever they were, they presumed upon the license to walk that distance.\n\nHow is the Holy Spirit breathed into the apostles by the Saviour before the Ascension, according to the evangelist John, when, according to the Acts of the Apostles, he was sent into the apostles on the tenth day after the Ascension?\n\nThere are many gifts of the graces of the Holy Spirit, according to what the apostle says: to one is given through the Spirit a word of wisdom, to another a word of knowledge according to the same Spirit, to another the grace of healings in one Spirit, and so on. Therefore, before the Ascension, they received the grace of the Holy Spirit by which they could forgive sins and baptize and instil the spirit of adoption into believers; according to which, at that time, when the Spirit was breathed into them by the Saviour, it had been said: those whose sins you forgive will be forgiven them, and those whose sins you retain will be retained. But after the Ascension, they received a much greater grace of the Holy Spirit in the working of miracles and the grace of healings and the perception of various languages, according to what had been promised to them on the same day, that they would be baptized with the Holy Spirit and clothed with the power by which they could preach the Gospel of Christ to all nations.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"sabbati habens iter","severity":"info","text":"This phrase, literally 'having a journey of the Sabbath,' refers to a Sabbath day's journey, a rabbinic measure of 2,000 cubits (about 1,000 paces). Eucherius explains it as the distance Jews were permitted to walk on the Sabbath.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"John 20:22","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius references the Johannine account where Jesus breathes on the apostles (John 20:22) before the Ascension, contrasting it with the Pentecost event in Acts 2:1-4, which occurs ten days after the Ascension.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Mount of Olives","severity":"info","text":"The Mount of Olives, near Jerusalem, was a common destination for Sabbath walks. Eucherius notes that Jews were permitted to walk up to this distance on the Sabbath, reflecting Jewish legal traditions.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"two-stage gift of the Holy Spirit","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius distinguishes two gifts of the Holy Spirit: a pre-Ascension grace enabling forgiveness and baptism, and a post-Ascension grace for miracles, healings, and tongues, aligning with Acts 2 and John 20.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"gratia sanitatum","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'grace of healings' reflects early Christian charismatic gifts (cf. 1 Cor 12:9). Eucherius lists it among post-Ascension gifts, showing a developed theology of spiritual gifts in the Latin tradition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the phrase 'sabbati habens iter' is not identified; it may derive from a lost biblical variant or patristic source.","The quotation 'quorum remiseritis peccata remittentur eis' is not directly from canonical scripture, possibly from an apocryphal or liturgical tradition."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":97,"ref":"p97","source":"in hac ergo perceptione sancti spiritus secundum dominicae gratiae distributionem apostolorum demonstratur profectus, non compugnantium diuersitas scripturarum. et aliter, quare bis datus sit spiritus sanctus, egregie quidam doctor exposuit dicens de eo, quem primum hic saluator per se ipsum dedit et de caelis postea misit, ut significaretur dilectio proximi et dilectio dei, quae in cordibus sanctorum per spiritum sanctum diffunditur qui datus est eis.\n\nA.d euangelizandum dei uerbum qui apostoli quibus sese orbis partibus intulerunt? Quantum narrat historia, Bartholomaeus in Indos, Thomas tetendit in Parthos, Matthaeus Aethiopes, Andreas Scythas praedicatione molliuit, Iohannes Asiam diuino sermone correxit, Petrus Cappadociam atque Galatiam, Bithyniam pariter et Pontum prouinciasque confines, dum Iudaeis praedicans cirumit, postremo Romam inlustraturus accessit. Paulus ab Hierusalem usque Illyricum cum euangelio repleuisset, tam innumeras ac dispares nationes praeceptis tamquam armis uictor edomuit.","english":"In this reception of the Holy Spirit, therefore, according to the distribution of the Lord’s grace, the progress of the apostles is demonstrated, not a conflicting diversity of the scriptures. And otherwise, why the Holy Spirit was given twice, a certain distinguished teacher has excellently explained, speaking of him whom the Savior first gave here by himself and later sent from the heavens, so that the love of neighbor and the love of God might be signified, which is diffused in the hearts of the saints through the Holy Spirit who was given to them.\n\nFor the purpose of evangelizing the word of God, into which parts of the world did the apostles betake themselves? As much as history relates, Bartholomew into the Indians, Thomas made his way into the Parthians, Matthew the Ethiopians, Andrew softened the Scythians by his preaching, John corrected Asia with divine discourse, Peter, while preaching to the Jews, went around Cappadocia and Galatia, Bithynia together with Pontus and the neighboring provinces, and finally came to Rome to illuminate it. Paul, after he had filled the region from Jerusalem as far as Illyricum with the gospel, subdued so many countless and diverse nations with his precepts as if with arms, a victor.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage divides into two distinct sections: the first (lines 1–5) addresses the theological question of the twofold giving of the Holy Spirit; the second (lines 6–12) lists the missionary destinations of the apostles, a common topos in patristic literature.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The reference to 'a certain distinguished teacher' (egregie quidam doctor) likely alludes to a patristic authority such as Augustine or Ambrose, though Eucherius does not name him. The twofold giving of the Spirit is a theme in early Latin exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The list of apostolic missions reflects a tradition found in later martyrologies and church histories, such as the work of Eusebius of Caesarea. The destinations (India, Parthia, Ethiopia, Scythia, Asia, etc.) are conventional in early Christian geography.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'love of neighbor and love of God' (dilectio proximi et dilectio dei) echoes the twofold commandment in Matthew 22:37–39 and 1 John 4:21, a common exegetical pairing in Latin patristic thought.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"profectus","severity":"info","text":"The word 'profectus' (progress) here denotes spiritual advancement, not merely chronological sequence. It contrasts with 'diversitas' (diversity), emphasizing unity in the apostolic reception of the Spirit.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'sabbati habens iter' in the previous passage (not in this Latin) is a Vetus Latina rendering of Acts 1:12; the present passage does not directly quote scripture but alludes to it. The English draft's 'otherwise' may obscure the adversative force of 'et aliter'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of 'quidam doctor' (a certain teacher) is not specified; it may be a known Latin Father but Eucherius does not name him.","The phrase 'bis datus sit spiritus sanctus' (the Holy Spirit was given twice) could refer to John 20:22 and Acts 2:1–4, but the passage does not cite specific verses."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":98,"ref":"p98","source":"Cum in actibus apostolorum primum legatur: uiri autem qui comitabantur cum eo, hoc est cum apostolo, stabant stupentes, audientes quidam uocem, neminem autem uidentes, quo modo postea apostolus dicit: et qui mecum erant lumen quidem uiderunt, uo- . cem autem non audierunt eius qui loquebatur mecum?\n\nSuperius ubi audisse uocem referuntur a deo, non uocem sed inconditum sonum uocis acceperunt, ut eos postea dicat uocem non audisse, id est, expressam uerborum significantiam qua possint intellegere, quod sonabat. ac perinde idcirco diuersa uice et audisse et non audisse referuntur, quia quantum ad sonum pertinet, audierunt, quantum ad uerba, non audierunt.\n\nY. Quare prius communis cibus uocabatur qui putaretur inmundus ?\n\nQuod contra interdictum tunc dei in commune ceteris pateret hominibus qui in ciborum discretione legis obseruantiam non tenebant per quam Iudaei partem dei se esse iactabant. purificatus est autem etiam domino dicente ad Petrum: quae deus purificauit ne tu commune dixeris.","english":"In the Acts of the Apostles it is first read: “The men who were accompanying him,” that is, with the apostle, “stood amazed, hearing a voice, but seeing no one.” How then does the apostle later say: “And those who were with me saw a light indeed, but did not hear the voice of him who was speaking with me”?\n\nIn the earlier passage, where they are reported to have heard a voice from God, they received not a voice but an indistinct sound of a voice, so that he later says they did not hear the voice—that is, the expressed meaning of words by which they could understand what was sounding. And therefore, for this reason, they are reported both to have heard and not to have heard on different occasions, because as far as the sound is concerned, they heard; as far as the words are concerned, they did not hear.\n\nY. Why was common food formerly called what was considered unclean?\n\nBecause, contrary to God’s prohibition at that time, it was available in common to other men who did not observe the law’s distinction of foods, by which the Jews boasted that they were a part of God. It was, however, purified, even as the Lord said to Peter: “What God has purified, do not call common.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Acts of the Apostles","severity":"info","text":"The first quotation conflates Acts 9:7 (Paul's companions hearing a voice) with a paraphrase; the second echoes Acts 22:9 (Paul's account of a light and no voice).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"inconditum sonum uocis","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius distinguishes 'inconditum sonum uocis' (indistinct sound of a voice) from 'expressam uerborum significantiam' (expressed meaning of words), resolving the apparent contradiction in Acts.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Y. Quare prius communis cibus uocabatur qui putaretur inmundus","severity":"info","text":"The second question addresses Jewish dietary laws (Leviticus 11) and the Christian reinterpretation, citing a dominical saying to Peter (cf. Matthew 15:11, Mark 7:19) that redefines purity.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Y.","severity":"info","text":"The passage shifts from a scriptural exegesis (first question) to a legal-ritual query (second question), marked by 'Y.' as a new section, typical of Eucherius's catechetical format.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"quidam distinguished teacher","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius references an unnamed 'distinguished teacher' (likely a Church Father such as Augustine or Jerome) to support his harmonization of the two Spirit-givings in Acts.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"Cum in actibus apostolorum primum legatur","severity":"caution","text":"The Latin text is corrupt: 'uiri autem qui comitabantur cum eo' is not a direct quotation from Acts but a paraphrase; the exact verses are uncertain.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the 'distinguished teacher' is not specified; the exact Acts verses quoted are paraphrased and not directly cited."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":99,"ref":"p99","source":"Quid illud est, quod in actibus apostolorum duodecim illi qui Iohannis baptismo baptizati fuerant baptizantur a Paulo ?\n\nHoc idcirco, quia non in nomine trinitatis baptizati erant. baptismum enim Iohannis licet in eum qui uenturus est baptizaret, tamen proprie Iohannis baptismus dicebatur; unde et ab hereticis uenientes non baptizantur a nobis, si baptizatos constat in nomine trinitatis, nisi inpositio tantum manus ad fidem rectam conuersis adhibetur, ut per hanc sancti spiritus suscipiatur infusio.\n\nDE EPISTULA IACOBI.\n\nQuo modo dicitur: deus intentator malorum est et ipse neminem tentat, cum nihilo minus scriptum sit: tentat uos dominus deus uester?\n\nTentatio domini probatio appellatur; neque enim ille quemquam tentat in passionibus, sed a concupiscentiis nostris illa tentatio est, cum humiliati deicimur. a domino est tentatio, cum probati glorificamur, et ideo dominus intentator malorum est.","english":"What is this, that in the Acts of the Apostles those twelve who had been baptized by John’s baptism are baptized by Paul?\n\nThis is because they had not been baptized in the name of the Trinity. For John’s baptism, although it baptized into the one who was to come, was nevertheless properly called John’s baptism; whence also those coming from heretics are not baptized by us, if it is established that they were baptized in the name of the Trinity, but only the imposition of the hand is applied to those converted to the right faith, so that through this the infusion of the Holy Spirit may be received.\n\nConcerning the Epistle of James.\n\nHow is it said: God is not a tempter of evils and He Himself tempts no one, when nonetheless it is written: Your Lord God tempts you?\n\nThe temptation of the Lord is called a test; for He does not tempt anyone in passions, but that temptation is from our own lusts, when we are cast down in humiliation. The temptation from the Lord is when, having been tested, we are glorified, and therefore the Lord is not a tempter of evils.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Acts of the Apostles","severity":"info","text":"The reference to twelve men baptized by John and then by Paul is not a direct biblical quotation but an allusion to Acts 19:1–7 (the disciples at Ephesus) or a lost tradition; the text conflates Johannine and Pauline baptisms.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"baptismum Iohannis","severity":"info","text":"John’s baptism was seen in early Christianity as preliminary, not trinitarian; Eucherius reflects a later view that rebaptism was unnecessary for those baptized in the Trinity’s name, a practice debated in the 3rd–4th centuries.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"tentatio","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius distinguishes tentatio as 'test' (probatio) from temptation to evil; the Latin tentatio can mean both, but he reserves it for divine testing that leads to glorification.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"tentat uos dominus deus uester","severity":"info","text":"The phrase echoes Deuteronomy 13:3 (LXX) or a similar Old Testament passage; Eucherius reconciles it with James 1:13 (God does not tempt) by redefining tentatio as probatio.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"DE EPISTULA IACOBI","severity":"info","text":"This heading marks a new question in the Instructiones, shifting from Acts to the Epistle of James; the work is a series of such quaestiones on scriptural difficulties.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"ab hereticis uenientes non baptizantur","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius’s rule reflects the 4th-century Western consensus (e.g., Council of Arles 314, canon 8) that heretics baptized in the Trinity’s name need only confirmation, not rebaptism.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the 'twelve' in Acts is unclear; Eucherius may refer to a non-canonical tradition or a conflation with the twelve disciples at Ephesus (Acts 19).","The phrase 'in nomine trinitatis' is anachronistic for the apostolic age but reflects later liturgical norms."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":100,"ref":"p100","source":"DE EPISTULA IOHANNIS.\n\nQuo modo perfecta caritas foras mittit timorem, cum rursum scribatur: timor domini castus permanet in saeculum saeculi?\n\nQuisquis deum diligit, utique absque deo esse formidat. hic est timor dei qui permanet in saeculum saeculi, igitur timor hic de perfecta domini caritate descendit; ac uero alius timor ille de temporariis rebus nascitur quarum saepe amissionem ueremur. hunc timorem foras mittit diuinae perfectio caritatis.\n\nItem Iohannes in epistula sua ponit: tria sunt quae testimonium perhibent, aqua, sanguis et spiritus; quid in hoc indicatur?\n\nSimile huic loco etiam illud mihi uidetur, quod ipse in euangelio suo de passione Christi loquitur dicens: unus militum lancea latus eius aperuit et continuo exiit sanguis et aqua; et qui uidit testimonium perhibuit. et in eodem ipse de Iesu supra dixerat: inclinato capite tradidit spiritum. quidam ergo ex hoc ita disputant: aqua baptismum, sanguis uidetur indicare martyrium, spiritus uero ipse est qui per martyrium transit ad dominum. plures tamen hic ipsam interpretatione mystica intellegunt trinitatem, eo quod perfecta ipsa perhibeat testimonium Christo: aqua patrem indicans, quia ipse de se dicit: me dereliquerunt fontem aquae uiuae, sanguine Christum demonstrans, utique per passionis cruorem, spiritu uero sanctum spiritum manifestans.","english":"Concerning the First Epistle of John.\n\nHow does perfect love cast out fear, when it is also written: the fear of the Lord, chaste, endures forever?\n\nWhoever loves God is certainly afraid to be without God. This is the fear of God that endures forever; therefore this fear descends from the perfect love of the Lord; but the other fear arises from temporal things, the loss of which we often dread. This fear the perfection of divine love casts out.\n\nAgain, John in his epistle sets down: there are three things which bear witness: water, blood, and spirit; what is indicated in this?\n\nSimilar to this passage, that also seems to me which he himself says in his Gospel concerning the passion of Christ: one of the soldiers opened his side with a lance, and immediately blood and water came out; and he who saw it bore witness. And in the same [Gospel] he had said above of Jesus: having bowed his head, he gave up the spirit. Some therefore argue from this as follows: water indicates baptism, blood seems to indicate martyrdom, but the spirit is the one who passes through martyrdom to the Lord. Yet more [interpreters] here understand the Trinity itself by mystical interpretation, because it itself perfectly bears witness to Christ: water indicating the Father, because he says of himself: they have left me, the fountain of living water; blood demonstrating Christ, of course through the blood of the passion; but the spirit manifesting the Holy Spirit.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"DE EPISTULA IOHANNIS","severity":"info","text":"The heading 'Concerning the First Epistle of John' introduces two distinct exegetical questions drawn from 1 John, each treated in a separate paragraph.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"timor domini castus permanet in saeculum saeculi","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'the fear of the Lord, chaste, endures forever' echoes Psalm 19:10 (Vulgate: 'timor Domini castus permanet in saeculum saeculi'), though not cited verbatim in the passage.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"tria sunt quae testimonium perhibent, aqua, sanguis et spiritus","severity":"info","text":"The triad 'water, blood, and spirit' as witnesses is not a direct biblical quotation but likely derives from 1 John 5:7-8, where the Spirit, water, and blood are linked to testimony.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"unus militum lancea latus eius aperuit et continuo exiit sanguis et aqua","severity":"info","text":"The account of the soldier piercing Christ's side and the outflow of blood and water is from John 19:34, with the detail of the lance and immediate flow.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"inclinato capite tradidit spiritum","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'having bowed his head, he gave up the spirit' refers to John 19:30, where Jesus bows his head and dies, though the wording is paraphrastic.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"quidam ergo ex hoc ita disputant","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius reports two interpretive traditions: one reading water, blood, and spirit as baptism, martyrdom, and the soul; another as a Trinitarian symbol (Father, Son, Holy Spirit). This reflects early medieval exegetical diversity.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the first quotation ('timor domini castus...') is not explicitly identified; it may be a conflation of Psalm 19:10 and 1 John 4:18. The phrase 'me dereliquerunt fontem aquae uiuae' is not a direct biblical citation but a paraphrase of Jeremiah 2:13 or a patristic commonplace."],"confidence":"high","notes":[{"kind":"scripture","severity":"info","ref":"John 4:10","text":"The English carries the scriptural phrase “living water”, which matches John 4:10. The match is on the English draft; check the Coptic before quoting the verse."}]},{"i":101,"ref":"p101","source":"haec autem tria de Christo testimonium ita perhibent ipso in euangelio loquente: ego sum qui testimonium perhibeo de me, et testimonium perhibuit de me qui misit me pater. et item: cum autem uenerit paraclitus quem ego mittam uobis, spiritum ueritatis, qui a patre procedit ille testimonium perhibet de me. perhibet ergo testimonium pater, cum dicit: hic est filius meus dilectus, filius, cum dicit: ego et pater unum sumus, spiritus sanctus, cum de eo dicitur: et uidit spiritum dei descendentem sicut columbam uenientem super se.\n\nQuid est, quod rursum in epistula sua profert esse pro quo non debeat orari peccatum usque ad mortem?\n\nUtique usque ad mortem peccat ille peccator qui in huius temporariae uitae cursu paenitentiam non agit. hac ratione illud quoque oportet intellegi: qui autem blasphemauerit in spiritum sanctum non remittitur ei neque hic neque in futurum. blasphemat enim qui diuinis promissis spirituique sancto minime credens in quo est remissio peccatorum reconciliari deo in hac uita per satisfactionis opera detrectat.","english":"These three, however, bear witness concerning Christ in this way, with the Lord himself speaking in the Gospel: I am the one who bears witness concerning myself, and the Father who sent me bore witness concerning me. And again: But when the Paraclete whom I will send to you comes, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he bears witness concerning me. Therefore the Father bears witness when he says: This is my beloved Son; the Son, when he says: I and the Father are one; the Holy Spirit, when it is said of him: And he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove coming upon him.\n\nWhat does it mean that he again sets forth in his epistle that there is a sin for which one ought not to pray, a sin unto death?\n\nSurely that sinner sins unto death who does not do penance in the course of this temporal life. By this reasoning, that saying must also be understood: But whoever has blasphemed against the Holy Spirit is forgiven neither here nor in the future. For he blasphemes who, having no faith in the divine promises and in the Holy Spirit in whom is the remission of sins, refuses to be reconciled to God in this life through works of satisfaction.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ego sum qui testimonium perhibeo de me","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius adapts John 5:31 and 15:26, though not verbatim; the phrasing conflates Johannine themes of self-witness and the Paraclete.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"qui autem blasphemauerit in spiritum sanctum non remittitur ei neque hic neque in futurum","severity":"info","text":"This echoes Mark 3:29 and the synoptic tradition of the unforgivable sin, but Eucherius reinterprets it as refusal of penance.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"peccatum usque ad mortem","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'sin unto death' is a technical term in early monastic and penitential literature, denoting a sin requiring excommunication or lifelong penance.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"spiritum ueritatis, qui a patre procedit","severity":"info","text":"This phrase reflects the Latin theological tradition of the Filioque, asserting the Spirit's procession from the Father, a point of contention in later Trinitarian debates.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Quid est, quod rursum in epistula sua profert","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius shifts from a Trinitarian proof-text to a question about a specific sin, marking a new section in his exegetical argument.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"per satisfactionis opera detrectat","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius emphasizes works of satisfaction as necessary for reconciliation, a view that influenced later medieval penitential theology.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'peccatum usque ad mortem' could be read as a sin leading to death (capital sin) or a sin persisting until death; Eucherius takes the latter sense."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":102,"ref":"p102","source":"Quid significat, quod in eodem legimus mundum in maligno esse positum?\n\nNon quod a deo mundus in maligno sit positus, sed quod uitia hominum in mundo uiuentium sint maligna; hoc modo etiam illud patebit, quod scriptum est: quia dies mali sunt.\n\nDE APOCALVPSI.\n\nQui sunt illi septem spiritus dei qui in apocalypsi commemorantur?.\n\nHi sunt quos et propheta Esaias enumerat: spiritus sapientiae et intellectus, spiritus consilii et uirtutis, spiritus scientiae et ueritatis, spiritus timoris dei, in quibus tamen spiritalia opera significant. omnia autem illa operatur unus atque idem spiritus.I\n\nEt quidem haec de opinionibus doctissimorum uirorum exigenti tibi a me prolata sunt. si quis tamen in praedictarum quaestionum disputationibus adtulerit quae magis probentur reprehendens pertinaciam, quae in plerisque esse solet, non abnuo me secuturum esse meliora.","english":"What does it mean that we read in the same text that the world is placed in evil?\n\nNot that the world was placed in evil by God, but that the vices of men living in the world are evil; in this way also that which is written will become clear: because the days are evil.\n\nCONCERNING THE APOCALYPSE.\n\nWho are those seven spirits of God that are mentioned in the Apocalypse?\n\nThey are those whom the prophet Isaiah also enumerates: the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and fortitude, the spirit of knowledge and truth, the spirit of the fear of God, in which, however, spiritual works are signified. But all those works are performed by one and the same spirit.\n\nAnd indeed these things have been set forth by me to you, at your request, from the opinions of the most learned men. But if anyone, in the discussions of the aforementioned questions, should bring forward things that are more approved, rejecting the obstinacy which is wont to be in many, I do not refuse to follow better things.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"mundum in maligno esse positum","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius clarifies that the phrase 'the world is placed in evil' refers not to divine action but to human vices, a common exegetical move to avoid attributing evil to God.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"dies mali sunt","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'the days are evil' likely echoes a biblical expression, possibly from the Old Testament (e.g., Genesis 47:9 or prophetic warnings), though not directly cited.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"septem spiritus dei","severity":"info","text":"The seven spirits of God in the Apocalypse (Revelation) are identified by Eucherius with the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit listed in Isaiah 11:2 (LXX), a common patristic typology.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"spiritus sapientiae et intellectus, spiritus consilii et uirtutis, spiritus scientiae et ueritatis, spiritus timoris dei","severity":"info","text":"This list of seven spirits derives from the Septuagint version of Isaiah 11:2, which enumerates seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, later adapted in Christian tradition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"DE APOCALVPSI","severity":"info","text":"The heading 'DE APOCALVPSI' marks a new section, shifting from general exegesis to a specific question about the Apocalypse, typical of Eucherius's catechetical format.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"opinionibus doctissimorum uirorum","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius acknowledges reliance on learned authorities, a common rhetorical humility, and expresses openness to better arguments, reflecting the dialogic nature of the work.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'dies mali sunt' is not a direct biblical quotation; its source is uncertain, possibly a paraphrase of common wisdom or a lost text.","The identity of the 'doctissimi viri' is unspecified; Eucherius may refer to earlier Latin fathers like Hilary or Ambrose, but no names are given."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":103,"ref":"p103","source":"LIBER SECUNDUS.\n\nPRAEFATIO AD SALONIUM.\n\nQuoniam, fili carissime, superiore libro propositionibus tuis se rettulit iam crebra responsio, et uereor, ne adsiduae interrogationes, ut fit plerumque, legenti generent ex satietate fastidium, meo nunc nomine ea quae spoponderam opus uariaturus adnectam singula quaeque, ut ordine ipso magis clareant, per species suas diuidens ac titulis suis subdens. et primo ueniam ad Hebraeorum nominum interpretationem e quibus certa quaeque et celebriora breuitatis causa ponam.\n\nDE NOMINIBUS HEBRAICIS.\n\nAdonai in Latinum significat dominus. Sabaoth exercituum siue uirtutum aut, ut aliqui uolunt, omnipotens. Iesus saluator. Nazareus sanctus. Messias unctus, id est Christus. Michael, qui sicut deus. Gabriel fortitudo dei. Raphael medicina dei. Adam homo siue terrigena. Eua uita siue calamitas; miror, unde apud Hebraeos interpretatio huius nominis tam diuersa sit, nisi forte ideo, quod eadem et edendo homini uitam adtulerit et transgrediendo calamitatem, aut quod mulier aliis interdum uita, aliis est calamitas. Abel luctus uel miserabilis. Cain possessio uel lamentatio. Enoch dedicatio. Matthusala mortuus est et misit. Noe requies. Sem nominatus. Cham calidus. Japheth latitudo. Lot declinans siue uinctus. Melchisedec rex iustus. Abram pater excelsus. Abraam pater uidens populum uel pater multarum, id est gentium. Sani princeps mea.","english":"BOOK TWO.\n\nPREFACE TO SALONIUS.\n\nSince, dearest son, in the previous book your propositions have already received a frequent response, and I fear that constant questioning, as often happens, might generate weariness from satiety in the reader, I will now, varying the work, attach in my own name what I had promised, dividing each individual item by its own species and placing it under its own titles, so that they may become clearer by the order itself. And first I will come to the interpretation of Hebrew names, of which I will set down certain and more celebrated ones for the sake of brevity.\n\nON HEBREW NAMES.\n\nAdonai in Latin signifies Lord. Sabaoth, of armies or of powers, or, as some wish, Almighty. Iesus, Savior. Nazareus, Holy. Messias, Anointed, that is, Christ. Michael, Who is like God. Gabriel, Strength of God. Raphael, Medicine of God. Adam, Man or Earth-born. Eva, Life or Calamity; I wonder why the interpretation of this name is so diverse among the Hebrews, unless perhaps for this reason, that she both brought life to the eating man and calamity by transgressing, or because woman is sometimes life to others, and calamity to others. Abel, Mourning or Wretched. Cain, Possession or Lamentation. Enoch, Dedication. Mathusala, He died and sent. Noe, Rest. Sem, Named. Cham, Hot. Japheth, Breadth. Lot, Declining or Bound. Melchisedec, Righteous King. Abram, High Father. Abraam, Father Seeing the People or Father of Many, that is, of Nations. Sani, My Prince.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage opens Book Two with a preface addressed to Salonius, marking a structural shift from the question-and-answer format of Book One to a systematic treatment of Hebrew names.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Adonai","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius glosses Adonai as 'dominus' (Lord), reflecting standard Latin Christian usage for this Hebrew divine title.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Sabaoth","severity":"info","text":"Sabaoth is interpreted as 'exercituum' (of armies) or 'virtutum' (of powers), with an alternative reading 'omnipotens' (almighty), showing Eucherius's awareness of variant traditions.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Eva","severity":"info","text":"Eva is glossed as both 'vita' (life) and 'calamitas' (calamity); Eucherius notes the diversity and offers a moral explanation linking Eve's role to both life-giving and transgression.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The list of Hebrew names with Latin interpretations follows a common patristic practice, seen in Jerome's Liber interpretationis Hebraicorum nominum, which Eucherius likely adapts.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius's onomasticon influenced later medieval glossaries and biblical commentaries, as his etymologies were frequently copied in manuscript traditions.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'Sani' (translated as 'My Prince') is unclear; it may be a corruption or variant of a Hebrew name not otherwise attested in standard lists."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":104,"ref":"p104","source":"Sarra princeps; notandum quod utrisque nominibus, id est Abraae uel Sarrae, tantum a litteram dominus addiderit quae tamen apud Hebraeos per e legitur. Agar aduena uel conuersa. Ismael auditio dei. Isaac risus, non tamen, ut quidam putant, ideo sic appellatus, quia Sarra riserit, sed quod Abraam qui tunc utique prior risisse indicatur. Rebecca patientia siue quae multum acceperit. Iacob supplantator. Israhel uir uidens deum, sed melius, princeps cum deo. Lia laboriosa. Rachel ouis uel uidens deum. Ruben uidens filius siue uidens, in medio. Symeon audienti tristitias. Leui adpositus siue additus. Iuda confitens siue glorificans. Zabulon habitaculum pulchritudinis. Isachar est merces. Dan iudicium aut iudicans. Gad tentatio. Aser latitudo siue beatus. Neptali conuersantes. Beniamin filius dexterae. Ephraim frugifer siue ubertas uel Augentius Latine. Manasse oblitus. Esau roboreus siue aceruus lapidum. Cedar tenebrae uel maeror. Iob magus uel dolens. Amalec populus lambens siue restinguens. Moses adsumptio uel liniens. Aaron mons fortitudinis. Pharao denudans eum siue dissipator eius; sed Pharao nomen est non hominis sed dignitatis, sicut et apud nos Augusti appellantur reges, cum propriis nominibus censeantur. Pharao tamen ille submersus in mare rubrum proprio uocabulo Cenchres uocitatus est. Iosue saluator. Athoniel tempus eius deus uel responsio dei. Aod gloriosus.","english":"Sarra princess; it is to be noted that to both names, that is, of Abraham or Sarra, the Lord added only the letter a, which, however, among the Hebrews is read as e. Agar sojourner or converted. Ismael hearing of God. Isaac laughter, not, however, as some think, so called because Sarah laughed, but because Abraham, who at that time is indicated to have laughed first. Rebecca patience or she who has received much. Jacob supplanter. Israel man seeing God, but better, prince with God. Leah laborious. Rachel sheep or seeing God. Reuben seeing a son or seeing, in the midst. Simeon hearing sorrows. Levi attached or added. Judah confessing or glorifying. Zebulun dwelling of beauty. Issachar there is reward. Dan judgment or judging. Gad temptation. Asher breadth or blessed. Naphtali conversing. Benjamin son of the right hand. Ephraim fruitful or abundance or Augentius in Latin. Manasseh forgotten. Esau robust or heap of stones. Cedar darkness or grief. Job magician or grieving. Amalek licking people or extinguishing. Moses taking up or anointing. Aaron mountain of strength. Pharaoh denuding him or his destroyer; but Pharaoh is a name not of a person but of a rank, just as among us kings are called Augusti, while they are designated by their own names. That Pharaoh, however, who was drowned in the Red Sea was called by his own name Cenchres. Joshua savior. Othniel his time is God or response of God. Ehud glorious.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"Sarra princeps","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius explains the addition of the letter 'a' to the names Abram and Sarai, noting that in Hebrew this letter is read as 'e'. This reflects the common patristic tradition that the name change from Abram to Abraham and Sarai to Sarah marked a divine covenant.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Isaac risus","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius corrects a popular etymology that Isaac's name ('laughter') derived from Sarah's laughter, insisting instead that Abraham laughed first. This aligns with the biblical narrative in Genesis 17:17, where Abraham laughs at God's promise.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"Pharao nomen est non hominis sed dignitatis","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius notes that 'Pharaoh' is a title, not a personal name, comparing it to the Roman imperial title 'Augustus'. He adds that the Pharaoh drowned in the Red Sea was named Cenchres, a detail found in some patristic sources but not in the biblical text.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"background","lemma":"Cenchres","severity":"info","text":"The name 'Cenchres' for the Pharaoh of the Exodus appears in later Christian tradition, possibly derived from Josephus or from a lost Jewish source. Eucherius's inclusion shows the persistence of extra-biblical onomastic lore in early medieval Latin exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"notandum quod","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'notandum quod' ('it is to be noted that') is a common didactic marker in Eucherius's Instructions, signaling a point of special interest for the reader. It recurs throughout the work to highlight etymological or theological observations.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"Israhel uir uidens deum, sed melius, princeps cum deo","severity":"caution","text":"Eucherius offers two etymologies for 'Israel': 'man seeing God' and 'prince with God', preferring the latter. This reflects the fluidity of Hebrew etymology in patristic sources, where multiple interpretations were often given without a single authoritative reading.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin text does not specify the source of the alternative etymology for 'Israel' ('prince with God'), which may derive from Jerome or from a different tradition.","The identification of the Pharaoh drowned in the Red Sea as 'Cenchres' is not universally attested in patristic literature; its origin is uncertain."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":105,"ref":"p105","source":"Semegar nomen adueniens siue ibi colonus. Barac fulgurans. Delbora apis uel loquax. Gedeon tentatio iniquitatis eorum. Abimelec pater meus rex. Thola uermiculus uel coccinum. Iair inluminans. Iepte aperiens uel apertus. Esebon cogitatio siue cingulum maeroris. Achialon uiuens deo uel uidens deum. Abdo seruus eius. Samson sol eorum uel solis fortitudo. Dalila paupercula uel situla. Heli deus meus. Samuel nomen eius deus. Saul expetitus siue petitio. Iessai insulae holocaustum uel sacrificium. Dauid desiderabilis siue fortis manu. Ionatham columbae donum uel domini donum. Abessalon pater pacis. Salamon pacificus, idem est ecclesiastes, id est contionator, idem et Idia, id est dilectus domini. Roboam latitudo populi; Abia pater dominus. Asa tollens siue sustollens. Iosaphat domini iudicium. Ioram quis est excelsus. Achazias adprehendens dominum. Athalia tempus domini. Ioas sperans siue temporalis. Amasias populum tollens. Ozias fortitudo domini. Azarias auxilium domini. Isatha est perfectus. Adhaz adprehendens. Ezechias fortitudo domini. Manasses obliuiosus uel quid oblitus est. Amon fidelis uel nutritius. Iosias, ubi est incensum uel domini salus. Ioachaz i robustus. Ioachim cuius est praeparatio. Eliacim dei resurrectio. Iechonias praeparatio dei. Sedecias iustus domini. Ieroboam diiudicans populum uel diiudicans supernos. Nabe latratus. Baasa pinguedo.","english":"Semegar name of a newcomer or a settler there. Barac flashing lightning. Delbora bee or talkative. Gedeon temptation of their iniquity. Abimelec my father is king. Thola little worm or scarlet. Iair illuminating. Iepte opening or opened. Esebon thought or girdle of sorrow. Achialon living for God or seeing God. Abdo his servant. Samson their sun or strength of the sun. Dalila poor little thing or bucket. Heli my God. Samuel his name is God. Saul sought after or petition. Iessai island holocaust or sacrifice. David desirable or strong of hand. Ionatham gift of a dove or gift of the Lord. Abessalon father of peace. Salamon peaceful, the same is Ecclesiastes, that is, preacher, the same also Idia, that is, beloved of the Lord. Roboam breadth of the people. Abia father is Lord. Asa lifting up or raising up. Iosaphat judgment of the Lord. Ioram who is exalted. Achazias seizing the Lord. Athalia time of the Lord. Ioas hoping or temporal. Amasias lifting up the people. Ozias strength of the Lord. Azarias help of the Lord. Isatha is perfect. Adhaz seizing. Ezechias strength of the Lord. Manasses forgetful or what has he forgotten. Amon faithful or nourisher. Iosias, where is incense or salvation of the Lord. Ioachaz the robust. Ioachim whose is preparation. Eliacim resurrection of God. Iechonias preparation of God. Sedecias just of the Lord. Ieroboam judging the people or judging the high ones. Nabe barking. Baasa fatness.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage is a continuous list of Hebrew personal names with their etymological interpretations, following the pattern of the previous passage. It forms part of Eucherius's onomasticon, a reference work for biblical names.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"Samson","severity":"info","text":"Samson is glossed as 'sol eorum' (their sun) or 'solis fortitudo' (strength of the sun), reflecting a common etymological play on the Hebrew name Shimshon, linked to shemesh (sun).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"Salamon","severity":"info","text":"Salamon (Solomon) is identified with Ecclesiastes (contionator, preacher) and Idia (beloved of the Lord), showing Eucherius's awareness of multiple names for the same biblical figure.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius's etymologies often derive from Jerome's Liber interpretationis hebraicorum nominum, a standard patristic source for Hebrew name meanings. The list covers judges, kings, and prophets from the Old Testament.","cites":[],"named_sources":["Jerome Liber interpretationis hebraicorum nominum"],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"Isatha","severity":"caution","text":"The name 'Isatha' (likely a variant of Jesse) is glossed simply as 'est perfectus' (is perfect), which is unusual and may reflect a textual corruption or a rare etymological tradition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"Ieroboam","severity":"info","text":"Ieroboam is interpreted as 'diiudicans populum' (judging the people) or 'diiudicans supernos' (judging the high ones), offering two possible etymologies for the same name.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The list includes several names with variant spellings (e.g., Isatha for Jesse) that may reflect manuscript transmission errors. The exact source of some etymologies (e.g., Nabe as 'barking') is unclear."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":106,"ref":"p106","source":"Haelam saeculi uel orbis. Zamrim psalmus uel canticum meum. Omri crispans meus. Achab frater patris. Iezabel fluens sanguinem uel ubi est sterquilinium. Ochozias adprehendens dominum. Ioram qui est excelsus, sed melius sublimabitur. Iehu ipse uel est. Joatha robustus. Zaccharia memor domini. Sella umbra eius uel petitio. Manahem consolans. Facias aperiens. Helias domini dei. Heliseus dei mei salus. Osee saluator. lohel incipiente deo siue est deus. Amos potens uel fortis aut populum deuellens. Abdia seruus domini. Iona columba uel dolens. Micha quis iste. Naum germen siue consolatio. Habacuc amplexans. Sophonias abscondens eam. Aggeus festus siue solemnis. Zaccharia memor domini. Malachias angelus meus. Esaia solus domini. Hieremia excelsus domini. Hiezechiel fortitudo domini. Daniel iudicium dei. ludith laudans aut Iudaea. Ioseph auctus. Maria inluminata siue stella maris, sed sermone Syro domina. Simon pone maerorem uel oboediens. Petrus agnoscens. Bariona filius columbae, Syrum pariter et Hebraeum. Cephas Petrus, Syrum est. Paulus mirabilis. Saulus tentatio respicientis uel securitas. Andreas uirilis, Graecum est. Iacobus supplantator. Iohannes domini gratia. Philippus os lampadarum. Bartholomaeus filius suspendentis aquas. Thomas abyssus uel geminus, unde et Dydimus Graece dicitur. Matthaeus donatus, idem appellatus est Leui.","english":"Haelam of the age or of the world. Zamrim my psalm or my song. Omri my crisper. Achab brother of a father. Iezabel flowing blood or where is the dunghill. Ochozias seizing the Lord. Ioram who is high, but better he will be exalted. Iehu himself or he is. Joatha robust. Zaccharia mindful of the Lord. Sella his shadow or a petition. Manahem consoling. Facias opening. Helias of the Lord God. Heliseus my God is salvation. Osee saviour. Iohel God beginning or he is God. Amos powerful or strong or a people plucking away. Abdia servant of the Lord. Iona dove or grieving. Micha who is this. Naum sprout or consolation. Habacuc embracing. Sophonias hiding her. Aggeus festive or solemn. Zaccharia mindful of the Lord. Malachias my angel. Esaia alone of the Lord. Hieremia high of the Lord. Hiezechiel strength of the Lord. Daniel judgment of God. Iudith praising or Jewess. Ioseph increased. Maria illuminated or star of the sea, but in the Syrian tongue lady. Simon put away grief or obedient. Petrus recognizing. Bariona son of a dove, both Syriac and Hebrew. Cephas Peter, it is Syriac. Paulus wonderful. Saulus temptation of one looking back or security. Andreas manly, it is Greek. Iacobus supplanter. Iohannes grace of the Lord. Philippus mouth of lamps. Bartholomaeus son of one suspending waters. Thomas abyss or twin, whence he is also called Dydimus in Greek. Matthaeus given, the same is called Leui.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Haelam","severity":"info","text":"The name Haelam is likely a variant of Ailam or Olam, meaning 'age' or 'world' in Hebrew. Eucherius offers two interpretations, reflecting the semantic range of the root ʿlm.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Maria","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius glosses Maria as 'illuminated' or 'star of the sea', but notes the Syriac meaning 'lady'. This reflects the common etymological tradition (stella maris) and the Semitic root for 'lady' (mārā).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Cephas","severity":"info","text":"Cephas is identified as Syriac for 'Peter' (rock). Eucherius correctly notes the Aramaic origin of the name, which is also used in the New Testament for the apostle Peter.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Thomas","severity":"info","text":"Thomas is glossed as 'abyss' or 'twin', with the Greek equivalent Didymus. The twin interpretation is standard, but 'abyss' is a rare alternative, possibly from a Semitic root.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Bariona","severity":"info","text":"Bariona is explained as 'son of a dove' in both Syriac and Hebrew. This is a patronymic form (bar = son), and the dove may allude to the Holy Spirit or to a personal name.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage continues the list of biblical name etymologies, following the pattern of the previous passage. The names are drawn from the Old and New Testaments, with occasional Syriac and Greek notes.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The reading of 'Haelam' as a proper name is uncertain; it may be a variant of 'Olam' or a scribal error. The gloss 'saeculi uel orbis' suggests a common noun rather than a personal name."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":107,"ref":"p107","source":"Lebbeus corculus, id est a corde, ipse est et Thaddeus, ipse est et Iuda Iacobi. Chananaeus possidens siue possessio; ita autem dictus Simon a uico Chana, ipse est et zelotes. Iscarioth memoriale domini uel memoria mortis; hoc uero nomine appellatus est Iudas a uico in quo natus est. Marcus excelsus mandato. Lucas ipse consurgens siue ipse leuans. Stephanus norma uestra. Graeco autem sermone coronatus. Pontius declinans consilium. Pilatus os malleatoris. Barabbas filius magistri eorum, absque dubio Iudaeorum magistri qui est diabolus. Eden in Genesi delicias. Iudaea confessio. Hierosolyma uisio pacis. Sion specula, et recte, nam haec ciuitas Dauid in monte constructa est. Babyllon confusio siue translatio. Aethiopia tenebrae. Aegyptus tribulatio siue tenebrae. Tyrus angustia. Romani sublimes uel tonantes. 'PQVH uirtus, Graecum est. Sinai mensura siue mandatum siue tentatio uel amphora mea. Gehenna uallis gratuita; quidam aestimant appellatam hanc a ualle Gehennon quae est iuxta murum Hierusales. Hebraei transitores. Sadducaei iustificati. Pharisaei diuisi. Galilaei uolubiles. Samaritae custodes, eo quod a Babylloniis illic ad custodiam conlocati sint Iudaeorum.","english":"Lebbeus little heart, that is, from the heart; he is also Thaddeus; he is also Judas of James. Chananaeus possessing or possession; but Simon is so called from the village of Chana; he is also the Zealot. Iscarioth memorial of the Lord or memory of death; but Judas is called by this name from the village in which he was born. Marcus high command. Luke himself rising or himself raising. Stephen your norm; but in Greek, crowned. Pontius declining counsel. Pilate mouth of a hammerer. Barabbas son of their master, without doubt of the Jews' master, who is the devil. Eden in Genesis delights. Judaea confession. Hierosolyma vision of peace. Sion watchtower, and rightly, for this city of David is built on a mountain. Babylon confusion or translation. Aethiopia darkness. Aegyptus tribulation or darkness. Tyrus narrowness. Romani lofty or thundering. 'PQVH virtue, Greek. Sinai measure or command or temptation or my amphora. Gehenna free valley; some think it is called this from the valley of Gehennon which is near the wall of Jerusalem. Hebraei passers-over. Sadducaei justified. Pharisaei divided. Galilaei changeable. Samaritae guards, because they were placed there by the Babylonians for the guarding of the Jews.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Lebbeus","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius derives Lebbeus from corculus (little heart) and identifies him with Thaddeus and Judas of James, reflecting early Christian traditions that conflated these apostolic figures.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Chananaeus","severity":"info","text":"Chananaeus is explained as 'possessing or possession' and linked to the village of Chana, distinguishing Simon the Zealot from Simon Peter.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Iscarioth","severity":"info","text":"Iscarioth is glossed as 'memorial of the Lord or memory of death' and tied to Judas's birthplace, a common etymological tradition in patristic sources.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Barabbas","severity":"info","text":"Barabbas is interpreted as 'son of their master,' with the master identified as the devil, reflecting a theological reading of the name in early Christian exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Gehenna","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius notes that Gehenna is named from the valley of Gehennon near Jerusalem, a standard patristic explanation linking the New Testament term to the historical Valley of Hinnom.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Samaritae","severity":"info","text":"Samaritae is glossed as 'guards,' with the explanation that they were placed by Babylonians to guard Jews, reflecting a historical tradition about Samaritan origins.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Greek word 'PQVH (virtue) is unclear in transcription; it may represent ῥώμη (strength) or another term."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":108,"ref":"p108","source":"Cum in ceteris tum et in hoc abundanter liquet, scriptura omnis sacra quam uere diuina sit ac plena mysteriis, quando ita congruant rebus nomina effectibusque respondeant. sicut Dauid qui exprimitur in Latinum fortis manu utique fortissimus omnibus fere bellis extitit, Salamon pacificus utique in pace regnum administrauit, Daniel iudicium dei utique in presbyterorum iudicio sententiam diuinae disceptationis exhibuit. unde quid mirum, si ii futura prophetauerint quorum etiam nomina, sicut res edocet, prophetiam sonant? sed iam de uariis uocabulis interpretationem ponamus.\n\nDE UARIIS UOCABULIS.\n\nAlleluia in Latinum sonat laudate dominum; ia enim unum est de decem nominibus dei quae apud Hebraeos habentur. Amen uere siue fideliter. Diapsalma semper, id est, quod illa quibus hoc adnectitur sempiterna esse confirmet a deo, non conmutationem metri significat, ut quidam existimant, uel spiritus prophetici refectionem. sunt etiam qui diapsalma et ideo scribi putent, ut ex hoc siue personarum siue sensuum intellegatur esse conuersio. Osanna saluifica siue saluum fac. Osia enim saluifica interpretatur, anna interiectio est deprecantis, ergo integre dicitur Osianna; sed dum corripitur aut corrumpitur, sonat Osanna; est autem sensus: saluum fac, ut subaudiatur uel populum Israhel uel totum mundum. Rhama excelsa, in euangelio: uox in rhama audita est, id est in excelsis.","english":"Among other things, this also abundantly shows that all sacred Scripture is truly divine and full of mysteries, in that names so correspond to things and respond to effects. Just as David, who is rendered in Latin as \"strong of hand,\" was indeed the strongest in nearly all wars; Solomon, \"peaceful,\" indeed administered the kingdom in peace; Daniel, \"judgment of God,\" indeed displayed a sentence of divine discernment in the judgment of the elders. So what wonder if those men prophesied future events, when even their names, as the matter itself teaches, sound forth prophecy? But now let us set forth the interpretation of various words.\n\nCONCERNING VARIOUS WORDS.\n\nAlleluia in Latin sounds \"praise the Lord\"; for \"ia\" is one of the ten names of God that are held among the Hebrews. Amen, \"truly\" or \"faithfully.\" Diapsalma, \"always,\" that is, that it confirms that those things to which this is attached are eternal from God, not that it signifies a change of meter, as some think, or a refreshment of the prophetic spirit. There are also those who think that diapsalma is written for this reason, so that from it a change either of persons or of meanings may be understood. Osanna, \"save\" or \"make safe.\" For \"osia\" is interpreted as \"save,\" \"anna\" is an interjection of one entreating; therefore it is fully said \"Osianna\"; but when it is shortened or corrupted, it sounds \"Osanna\"; and the sense is: \"make safe,\" so that either the people of Israel or the whole world is understood. Rhama, \"high\"; in the Gospel: \"a voice was heard in Rhama,\" that is, in the heights.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage divides into two sections: a general reflection on the prophetic significance of biblical names, followed by a glossary of liturgical and biblical terms (Alleluia, Amen, Diapsalma, Osanna, Rhama).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Diapsalma","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius interprets Diapsalma as 'semper' (always), rejecting alternative views that it indicates a change of meter or a refreshment of the prophetic spirit. This reflects patristic debate about the term's meaning in the Psalms.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Osanna","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius derives Osanna from Hebrew 'osia' (save) and 'anna' (interjection of entreaty), explaining the full form as 'Osianna' and the sense as 'make safe,' with an implied object of Israel or the whole world.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Rhama","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'vox in rhama audita est' alludes to Matthew 2:18 (Vulgate: 'vox in Rama audita est'), where Rachel's voice is heard in Ramah, interpreted by Eucherius as 'in the heights.'","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius notes that 'ia' is one of the ten Hebrew names of God, a tradition found in earlier Jewish and Christian sources, such as Jerome's Epistle 25.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"Diapsalma","severity":"caution","text":"Eucherius's etymology of Diapsalma as 'semper' is idiosyncratic; the term is a Greek transliteration of the Hebrew 'selah,' whose exact meaning remains uncertain in modern scholarship.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin text does not specify the source of the ten Hebrew names of God; Eucherius may rely on a lost tradition or a known list such as that in Jerome."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":109,"ref":"p109","source":"est tamen et ciuitas quae Rhama appellatur. Racha uanus aut inanis. Rabbi magister meus, Syrum est. Abba pater, et hoc Syrum est. Man quid? Manna quid est hoc? Anathema perditio. Maranatha dominus noster uenit, Syrum est. Anathema autem Maranatha, sicut quidam dicunt, perditio in aduentum domini. Mammona diuitiae. Theraphim figurae uel imagines melius quam incendia. Seraphim uel Seraphin ardentes uel incendentes iuxta illud: qui facit angelos suos spiritus et ministros suos ignem urentem. ergo Seraphin uirtutes in caelis esse confirmant quae deum laudent et in ministeria diuersa mittantur. Cherubin scientiae multitudo, ceterum Cherubin ipsum in sancta sanctorum duo tantum significantur animalia; aliis uero locis, ubi hoc nomen legitur, aut picturam aliquam indicat aut uarietatem.\n\nDE EXPOSITIONE DIUERSARUM RERUM.\n\nMandragora in Genesi genus pomi simillimum paruo peponi specie uel odore. Mazuroth in Iob quae duodecim signa mathematici adserunt. Fath , id est plaga ut meridiana uel occidentalis. Rhamnus in psalterio non rubus est, sed spinarum genus sentibus permolestum. Rhomphea gladium in Latino sonat, nam ubi in Genesi dicitur gladius flammeus atque uersatilis, in Graeco rhomphea ponitur. Framea hastae longissimae sunt quibus etiam nunc Armorici utentes hoc nomen tribuunt; quidam ita etiam gladios significari putant.","english":"Yet there is also a city which is called Rhama. Racha means empty or vain. Rabbi means my master; it is Syriac. Abba means father, and this too is Syriac. Man, what? Manna, what is this? Anathema means destruction. Maranatha means our Lord has come; it is Syriac. Anathema autem Maranatha, as some say, means destruction at the Lord's coming. Mammona means riches. Theraphim means figures or images, better than fires. Seraphim or Seraphin means burning or setting on fire, according to that: who makes his angels spirits and his ministers a burning fire. Therefore Seraphin are confirmed to be powers in the heavens which praise God and are sent into various ministries. Cherubin means a multitude of knowledge; moreover, Cherubin itself in the Holy of Holies signifies only two animals; but in other places where this name is read, it indicates either some picture or variety.\n\nCONCERNING THE EXPOSITION OF VARIOUS THINGS.\n\nMandragora in Genesis is a kind of apple very similar to a small melon in appearance or smell. Mazuroth in Job, which the mathematicians assert are the twelve signs. Fath, that is, a region, such as southern or western. Rhamnus in the Psalter is not a bramble, but a kind of thorn very troublesome with briars. Rhomphea sounds as sword in Latin, for where in Genesis it is said a flaming and turning sword, in Greek rhomphea is placed. Frameae are very long spears, to which even now the Armoricans, using them, give this name; some think that swords are also signified by this.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Maranatha","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius glosses Maranatha as 'our Lord has come' and notes it is Syriac. This reflects early Christian liturgical usage, as in 1 Cor 16:22.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Seraphim","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius explains Seraphim as 'burning' and connects them to angelic powers praising God, echoing Isa 6:2 and later angelology.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Cherubin","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius defines Cherubin as 'multitude of knowledge' and notes their representation as two animals in the Holy of Holies, referencing Exod 25:18–20.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Mandragora","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius identifies mandrake as a fruit like a small melon, alluding to Gen 30:14–16 where Rachel uses mandrakes.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Rhomphea","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius notes that rhomphea is Greek for 'sword', citing the 'flaming and turning sword' in Gen 3:24, which in the Septuagint uses ῥομφαία.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Framea","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius describes frameae as very long spears used by the Armoricans, a Celtic people in Gaul, showing contemporary ethnographic knowledge.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'Anathema autem Maranatha' is ambiguous: Eucherius reports some interpret it as 'destruction at the Lord's coming', but the syntax is unclear.","The gloss on Theraphim as 'figures or images, better than fires' may reflect a textual variant or Eucherius's preference among competing interpretations."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":110,"ref":"p110","source":"Capparis in Salamone frutecti genus in Oriente simile lentisco. Palathae in Regnorum massae quae de recentibus ficis conpingi solent; Palathae Graecum est. Debelaim in Osea propheta Palathas dicunt. Dabir in Regnorum oraculum quod erat factum in medio in interiore parte templi in quo et arca domini erat, hoc appellabatur sancta sanctorum. Byssus genus serici grossioris pariter et fortioris. Phoenicium in Esaia coccinum. Luteres in Regnorum conchae uel canthari aquarii; sed et cantharus Graecum nomen est. Latomi in Regnorum lapidum caesores, et hoc Graecum est. Greagrae in Paralipomenon fuscinae ad carnes de caldariis. proferendas, Graecum est. Sambucae in musicis genus symphoniarum. Nablum quod Graece appellatur psalterium quodque a psallendo dictum est, ad similitudinem est citharae barbaricae in modum deltae litterae. Tympanum quod extenta pelle uel corio efficitur. Cinari, ut quidam putant, acitabula quae percussa in modulos concitantur. Thyina ligna. de his Salamon gradus fecit in domo domini, incognita ligna etiam peritioribus Iudaeorum. Sethim in pentateucho spinarum in heremo genus est e quibus lignum inputribile. Sabeth uirgulti apud Hebraeos nomen est, in Genesi: ecce, inquit, aries post tergum eius tenebatur in uirgulto Sabeth. Lebetae aenei minores in usum coquendi parati in Paralipomenon: pacificas uero hostias coxerunt in lebetis et caccabis et ollis.","english":"Capparis in Solomon is a type of shrub in the East, similar to the mastic tree. Palathae in Kings are masses which are customarily pressed together from fresh figs; Palathae is Greek. Debelaim in the prophet Hosea they call Palathae. Dabir in Kings is an oracle which was made in the middle, in the inner part of the temple where the ark of the Lord was; this was called the holy of holies. Byssus is a type of coarser and likewise stronger silk. Phoenicium in Isaiah is scarlet. Luteres in Kings are basins or water-jars; but cantharus is also a Greek name. Latomi in Kings are stone-cutters, and this is Greek. Greagrae in Chronicles are forks for bringing forth meats from cauldrons; it is Greek. Sambucae in musical matters are a type of harmonies. Nablum, which in Greek is called psalterium and which is named from psallere, is similar to a barbarian cithara in the shape of the letter delta. Tympanum is what is made from stretched skin or hide. Cinari, as some think, are cymbals which when struck are roused into melodies. Thyina woods; of these Solomon made steps in the house of the Lord; woods unknown even to the more learned among the Jews. Sethim in the Pentateuch is a type of thorn-bush in the wilderness, from which comes incorruptible wood. Sabeth is the name of a shrub among the Hebrews; in Genesis: \"Behold,\" it says, \"a ram was held behind his back in the shrub Sabeth.\" Lebetae are smaller bronze vessels prepared for cooking use; in Chronicles: \"They cooked the peace-offerings in lebetae and caccabi and pots.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Capparis","severity":"info","text":"Capparis is a shrub genus, here compared to lentisk (mastic tree), not the caper plant of later botany.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Palathae","severity":"info","text":"Palathae denotes pressed-fig cakes; Eucherius marks it as Greek, and notes Debelaim (Hosea) as a Hebrew equivalent.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Dabir","severity":"info","text":"Dabir is the inner sanctuary (Holy of Holies) in the Temple, here equated with the oracle and the ark’s location.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Nablum","severity":"info","text":"Nablum is a stringed instrument, Greek psalterion, shaped like the letter delta; Eucherius derives the name from psallere.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Sethim","severity":"info","text":"Sethim is a desert thorn-bush yielding incorruptible wood, likely the shittah tree (acacia) of Exodus 25–27.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Sabeth","severity":"info","text":"Sabeth is a Hebrew shrub name; the quoted phrase echoes Genesis 22:13 (Vulgate), where the ram is caught in a bramble.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin text lists terms without full context; some identifications (e.g., Cinari as cymbals) are given as uncertain ('ut quidam putant')."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":111,"ref":"p111","source":"Cophinus corbis. Hydria uas aquarium. Condi in Genesi poculum uel scyphum. Lecythum in Regnorum ampulla olearia. Lenticula in libro Regnorum uasculum ex aere habens oleum quo unguebantur in regnum. Parapsis acitabulum maius; aliqui et catinum ita appellari putant. Epistylia in Regnorum quae super capitella columnarum ponuntur, Graecum est. Maechonoth in Regnorum fulturae quas bases appellamus. Topazion lapis pretiosus in quo, sicut aliqui adfirmant, omnium lapidum colores refulgent. Corbana gazophylacium, Corbona autem interpretatur oblatio. Chasma in Luca hiatus, Graecum est. Erisybe in propheta aerugo, id est rubigo messium, Graecum est. Zizania lolium. Sicera succus ex dactulis et omnis praeter uinum liquor qui ad bibendum aut pomis aut quolibet genere conficitur sicera nuncupatur. Nardum pisticum nardum fidele, id est sine inpostura, Graecum est. Nardum spicatum, ab eo quod species ipsa nardi in modum spicae sit quae infusa conficitur. Alabastrum genus marmoris pretiosi ex quo euangelici illius unguenti uasculum erat. Stadium in euangelio spatii certa dimensio; octo stadia mille passus efficiunt.","english":"Cophinus is a basket. Hydria is a water vessel. Condi in Genesis is a cup or a goblet. Lecythum in Kings is an oil flask. Lenticula in the book of Kings is a small vessel made of bronze containing the oil with which they were anointed for the kingdom. Parapsis is a larger saucer; some think that a dish is also called by this name. Epistylia in Kings are what are placed upon the capitals of columns; it is Greek. Maechonoth in Kings are supports which we call bases. Topazion is a precious stone in which, as some affirm, the colors of all stones shine forth. Corbana is a treasury, but Corbona is interpreted as an offering. Chasma in Luke is a chasm; it is Greek. Erisybe in the prophet is rust, that is, blight of the harvests; it is Greek. Zizania is darnel. Sicera is a juice from dates, and every liquor besides wine which is made for drinking either from fruits or from any kind is called sicera. Nardum pisticum is faithful nard, that is, without fraud; it is Greek. Nardum spicatum, from the fact that the particular species of nard is in the shape of a spike which is prepared when infused. Alabastrum is a kind of precious marble from which the vessel of that ointment in the Gospel was made. Stadium in the Gospel is a fixed measure of distance; eight stadia make a thousand paces.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Cophinus","severity":"info","text":"Cophinus is a Latin borrowing from Greek κόφινος, meaning a basket, often used for carrying provisions.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Condi","severity":"info","text":"Condi is a Latinized form of Greek κοτύλη, a cup or goblet, appearing in the Vulgate Genesis (e.g., Gen 44:2).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Lenticula","severity":"info","text":"Lenticula refers to a small bronze vessel for anointing oil in Kings, likely 1 Kings 1:39 or 2 Kings 9:3, where such unction occurs.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Corbana","severity":"info","text":"Corbana is a Latin transliteration of Hebrew קָרְבָּן (qorban), meaning offering or treasury, used in the Vulgate for the temple treasury.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Sicera","severity":"info","text":"Sicera is a Latin term for any intoxicating drink other than wine, derived from Hebrew שֵׁכָר (shekhar), often mentioned in patristic discussions of abstinence.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Stadium","severity":"info","text":"Stadium is a Greek measure of distance (about 185 m); eight stadia equal one Roman mile (mille passus), a standard equivalence in late antique sources.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin text lists terms without specifying biblical book for some (e.g., Cophinus, Hydria); the English draft supplies 'Kings' for Lecythum and Lenticula, but the Latin only says 'in Regnorum' for those. The reading follows the draft's assignment.","Corbana and Corbona are distinguished as treasury vs. offering, but the Latin may reflect variant spellings; the interpretation is taken as given."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":112,"ref":"p112","source":"Haec nomina quae subsequuntur in Exodo uel in Regnorum libris his reperiuntur locis quae arcae uel tabernaculi aut templi domini relationem continent. quorum nominum uocabula haec quae obscuriora sunt in translatione ueteri habentur; haec uero quae lucidiora apparent nouae translationis textu continentur.\n\nUetus ergo translatio habet speroteres, noua ferulas. calamiscos calamos. troiscos uel cariscos quasi in nucis modum deformatos. anconiscos incastraturas. aspidicas uncinos. fimbrias catenulas. scytalas uectes. lapidibus acrotomis dedolatis. degraphidem celaturam. petalis lamminis. perimetrum lineam. spiras capitella columnarum uel sicut puto facturam earum. aelam porticum, sed melius interpretatur ante fores siue uestibulum, ergo aelam Hebraeum est. cetera quae superius sunt Graeca sunt maxime. item in Ezechielis extrema parte in uisione ciuitatis in ueteri translatione habet pastophoria, in noua gazophylacia, id est cellulas paruas. thee thalamos. aileu frontem. aelaumoth uestibulum. polyandriun multitudines. spithames palmus. gissus definitio. manaa sacrificium. in Regum cenotaphia simulacra quae Graece . sed haec hactenus. nunc etiam illud accipe, ut quaedam nomina prius scriptura appellauerit et ut nunc uocentur.","english":"These names which follow are found in Exodus or in the books of Kings in those places which contain an account of the ark or the tabernacle or the temple of the Lord. The terms of these names which are more obscure are found in the old translation; those which appear clearer are contained in the text of the new translation.\n\nTherefore the old translation has *speroteres*, the new *ferulas*. *Calamiscos*: *calamos*. *Troiscos* or *cariscos*: things shaped like a nut. *Anconiscos*: *incastraturas*. *Aspidicas*: *uncinos*. *Fimbrias*: *catenulas*. *Scytalas*: *vectes*. *Lapidibus acrotomis*: *dedolatis*. *Degraphidem*: *celaturam*. *Petalis*: *lamminis*. *Perimetrum*: *lineam*. *Spiras*: the capitals of columns or, as I think, their construction. *Aelam*: *porticum*, but it is better interpreted as *ante fores* or *vestibulum*; therefore *aelam* is Hebrew. The rest which are above are mostly Greek. Likewise in the final part of Ezekiel, in the vision of the city, the old translation has *pastophoria*, the new *gazophylacia*, that is, small cells. *Thee*: *thalamos*. *Aileu*: *frontem*. *Aelaumoth*: *vestibulum*. *Polyandriun*: *multitudines*. *Spithames*: *palmus*. *Gissus*: *definitio*. *Manaa*: *sacrificium*. In Kings, *cenotaphia*: *simulacra*, which in Greek... But let this suffice for now. Now also take this, that certain names which scripture previously called are now called by other names.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage is a glossary of architectural and liturgical terms from Exodus, Kings, and Ezekiel, contrasting the Vetus Latina (old translation) with the Nova Vulgata (new translation).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"aelam","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius identifies 'aelam' as Hebrew, meaning 'porticum' (portico) or better 'ante fores' (before the doors) or 'vestibulum' (vestibule). This reflects Jerome's Hebraicae Quaestiones.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"pastophoria","severity":"info","text":"The term 'pastophoria' (old translation) is replaced by 'gazophylacia' (new translation), both referring to small cells or sacristies in temple contexts, common in Hellenistic Jewish and early Christian architecture.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ezechielis extrema parte","severity":"info","text":"The reference to 'Ezechielis extrema parte in uisione ciuitatis' points to Ezekiel 40–48, the vision of the restored temple and city, a key source for temple terminology.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"transmission","kind":"transmission","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius notes that obscure terms come from the Vetus Latina, while clearer ones are from the Nova Vulgata, reflecting the textual transition in the Latin West during the 5th century.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"cenotaphia","severity":"caution","text":"The entry for 'cenotaphia' is incomplete: 'quae Graece...' breaks off. The Greek equivalent is likely 'κενοτάφια' (empty tombs), but the text is corrupt or truncated here.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'quae Graece' is left unfinished; the intended Greek term for 'cenotaphia' is uncertain.","The distinction between 'spiras' as 'capitella columnarum' or 'facturam earum' reflects Eucherius's own uncertainty."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":113,"ref":"p113","source":"DE GENTIBUS.\n\nGomor in Genesi Galatae, id est Galli qui a candore corporis primum Galatae appellati sunt, e quibus populi quondam in Orientis longinqua migrantes primum Gallograeci, nunc antiquo Gallorum nomine Galatae uocantur. Magog õ Scythae, quidam Gog et Magog Gothos putant. Tubal Hiberi qui et Hispani.\n\nThiras Thraces. Thogorma Phryges. Madai Medi. Iauan Iones qui et Graeci, unde et mare Ionum. Cetthii Citii, id est Cyprii apud quos et urbs Cittium uocitatur. Dodanim Rhodii, ex his Graecorum nationibus extitere qui a Tauro monte usque ad occidentalem Oceanum maritimam oram occupauerunt. h £ e omnes gentes de Iaphet stirpe descendunt.\n\nChus Aethiopia. Mesraim Aegyptus. Chasloim qui postea Philistini nunc Palaestini, idem tamen et Allophyli, idem et alienigenae appellati sunt: horum ciuitas Ascalon. Saba Arabia, Saba uocitatur et regio in qua nunc Sabaei Euila Getuli. Labain nunc Libyes, quondam Futhei appellabantur. Tharsis siue Carchedon Carthago est, quidam Tharsos Cilicas arbitrantur, quia et ciuitas Tharsus illic sita est. Africa appellata ab uno ex posteris Abrahae de Cetthura qui uocatus est Afer. Ismahelitae uocati ab Ismahelo filio Abrahae, idem et Saraceni a Sarra, idem et Agareni ab Agar. Nabethei a Nabeth filio Ismahelis appellati qui ab Euphrate ad mare Rubrum porriguntur.","english":"Concerning the Peoples.\n\nGomer in Genesis are the Galatae, that is, the Gauls, who were first called Galatae from the whiteness of their body, from whom peoples once migrating into the far reaches of the East were first called Gallograeci, and are now called Galatae by the ancient name of the Gauls. Magog are the Scythians; some think Gog and Magog are the Goths. Tubal are the Iberians, who are also the Spaniards.\n\nThiras are the Thracians. Thogorma are the Phrygians. Madai are the Medes. Iauan are the Ionians, who are also the Greeks, whence also the Ionian Sea. Cetthii are the Citii, that is, the Cypriots, among whom there is also a city called Cittium. Dodanim are the Rhodians; from these Greek nations arose those who occupied the maritime coast from Mount Taurus as far as the Western Ocean. And all these peoples descend from the stock of Iaphet.\n\nChus is Ethiopia. Mesraim is Egypt. Chasloim are those who were later called Philistines, now Palestinians; yet the same are also called Allophyli, and the same are called aliens: their city is Ascalon. Saba is Arabia; Saba is also the name of the region in which the Sabaeans now dwell. Euila are the Getulians. Labain are now the Libyans, once they were called Futhei. Tharsis or Carchedon is Carthage; some think Tharsos are the Cilicians, because the city Tarsus is also situated there. Africa is named from one of the descendants of Abraham through Cetthura who was called Afer. The Ismaelites are named from Ismael, the son of Abraham; the same are also called Saracens from Sarra; the same are also called Agareni from Agar. The Nabethei are named from Nabeth, the son of Ismael, and they extend from the Euphrates to the Red Sea.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"De Gentibus","severity":"info","text":"This passage is a self-contained catalogue of peoples derived from biblical genealogies, following the pattern of the Table of Nations in Genesis 10.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Gomor","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius identifies Gomer (Genesis 10:2) with the Galatae (Gauls), deriving the name from Greek γάλα (gala, milk) for white skin, a common etymology in late antique ethnography.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Magog","severity":"info","text":"Magog (Genesis 10:2) is equated with the Scythians; Eucherius notes an alternative identification with the Goths, reflecting contemporary exegesis of Ezekiel 38-39.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Tharsis siue Carchedon","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius identifies Tarshish (Genesis 10:4) with Carthage (Carchedon), a common patristic view, but also notes an alternative linking Tarsus in Cilicia, reflecting geographical ambiguity.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Ismahelitae ... Saraceni ... Agareni","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius equates Ishmaelites, Saracens, and Agareni, a syncretism found in Jerome and later medieval ethnography, linking biblical genealogy to contemporary peoples.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"Cetthii","severity":"caution","text":"The identification of Cetthii with Citii (Cypriots) is uncertain; the Latin may reflect a textual variant or scribal error for Cethim (Genesis 10:4, Kittim).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identification of Gog and Magog with the Goths is noted as a minority view, not Eucherius's own.","The term Cetthii may be a corruption of Cethim (Kittim), but the text explicitly links it to Citium in Cyprus."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":114,"ref":"p114","source":"Chananei appellati de Chanaam filio Cham, horum terram Iudaei expulsis incolis possiderunt; hi de origine Cham ueniunt. Assur Assyrii ab Assure filio Sem, hi urbem Ninum ex nomine Nini regis condiderunt quae nunc Niniue uocatur. Syros appellatos quidam adserunt ab Assurim filio Abrahae ex Cetthura. Us quae et Auxitidis regio circa Coelensyriam ita ab Us Sem pronepote appellata. Aelamitae Persae ab Aelam filio Sem. Hebraei cognominati sunt ab Heber qui pronepos fuit Sem. Chasdei nunc Chaldaei uocantur et Chasdei a Caseh filio Nachor fratris Abrahae. hi omnes de Sem posteritate procedunt.\n\nDE LOCIS.\n\nIebus ipsa est Hierusalem, ipsa est et Salem in qua regnauit Melchisedec. haec nunc ab Aelio Hadriano uocatur Aelia. Babel in Genesi nunc Babyllon uocatur, in hoc loco cum turrem quondam homines aedificare aduersum caelum adgressi essent, dispersi sunt inmissa diuinitus confusione linguarum. Acchar nunc Nisibi appellatur. Reblatha nunc Antiochia uocatur; eadem est et Epiphania. Sichem haec est et • Sicima, haec et nunc Neapolis ciuitas Samaritanorum. Olibama in propheta ciuitas in qua Edom principes habitauerunt. Arihel in Esaia, hanc esse quidam putant Ariopolim ab idolo Martis Arihel quod illic situm est. interpretatur autem Arihel leonem dei Hierusalem figuraliter significans.","english":"The Canaanites are named from Canaan the son of Ham; their land the Jews, after expelling the inhabitants, possessed; these come from the origin of Ham. Assur, the Assyrians, from Assur the son of Shem; these built the city of Ninus from the name of King Ninus, which is now called Nineveh. The Syrians, some assert, are named from Assurim the son of Abraham by Keturah. Uz, which is also the region of Auxitis around Coele-Syria, is thus called from Uz, the great-grandson of Shem. The Elamites, the Persians, from Elam the son of Shem. The Hebrews are named from Heber, who was the great-grandson of Shem. The Chasdei are now called Chaldaei, and Chasdei from Caseh the son of Nahor, the brother of Abraham. All these proceed from the posterity of Shem.\n\nConcerning Places.\n\nJebus is itself Jerusalem; it is also Salem, in which Melchizedek reigned. This is now called Aelia from Aelius Hadrianus. Babel in Genesis is now called Babylon; in this place, when men once attempted to build a tower against the sky, they were scattered by a confusion of languages divinely sent. Acchar is now called Nisibis. Reblatha is now called Antioch; it is also the same as Epiphania. Shechem, this is also Sicima; this is also now Neapolis, the city of the Samaritans. Olibama in the prophet is a city in which the princes of Edom dwelt. Arihel in Isaiah, some think this is Ariopolis from the idol of Mars, Arihel, which is situated there. Moreover, Arihel is interpreted as \"lion of God,\" figuratively signifying Jerusalem.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage divides into two sections: 'Concerning the Peoples' (De gentibus) and 'Concerning Places' (De locis), each listing etymological and historical identifications of biblical names.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Chananei","severity":"info","text":"Chananei (Canaanites) are derived from Chanaam, son of Ham, aligning with the Table of Nations in Genesis 10.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Aelamitae","severity":"info","text":"Elamites are identified with Persians, reflecting late antique conflation of Elam (Genesis 10:22) with the Persian Empire.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Babel","severity":"info","text":"The Tower of Babel story (Genesis 11:1-9) is referenced as the origin of language confusion, with Babel equated to Babylon.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Arihel","severity":"info","text":"Arihel is interpreted as 'lion of God' and figuratively signifies Jerusalem, a symbolic reading found in patristic exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"Syros","severity":"caution","text":"The derivation of Syrians from Assurim, son of Abraham and Keturah, is marked as uncertain ('quidam adserunt'), reflecting alternative genealogical traditions.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identification of Syros with Assurim is presented as a contested opinion, not a firm tradition.","The location of Olibama is not specified beyond being a city in Edom mentioned in a prophet (likely Obadiah or Jeremiah)."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":115,"ref":"p115","source":"Ararat Armenia in cuius montibus post diluuium area consedit, adeo ut illic aliqua eius indicia nunc usque permaneant. Arbe quae Arbos in nostris codicibus corrupte legitur, in qua tres patriarchae sepulti sunt Abraham, Isac et Iacob et praeter Adam ipse; haec est etiam Hebron in qua Dauid regnauit. Lod ipsa est Lydda, ipsa est Diospolis. Decapolis in euangelio regio est habens ciuitates decem Accaron urbs Palaestinae, sunt alii qui aestimant Accaron esse turrem Stratonis et postea hanc appellatam fuisse Caesaream. Antilibanus loca appellantur quae supra Libanum montem orientalem plagam respiciunt. Effrata ciuitatis Bethleem regio est, Eufrates uero fluuius de paradiso. Mesopotamia idcirco dicitur, quod Tigride et Eufrate fluminibus ambiatur. Emmaus in euangelio nomen quondam castelli, nunc ciuitas quae Nicopolis dicitur. Caluariae locus ob hanc causam dictus, quod de consuetudine in eodem loco damnati capite truncabantur. Ariopagus curiae apud Athenienses nomen est quae a Marte nomen accepit.","english":"Ararat is in Armenia, on whose mountains after the flood the ark came to rest, so much so that some traces of it remain there even now. Arbe, which is corruptly read as Arbos in our manuscripts, is where three patriarchs are buried—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—and besides them Adam himself; this is also Hebron, where David reigned. Lod is the same as Lydda, and the same as Diospolis. Decapolis in the Gospel is a region having ten cities. Accaron is a city of Palestine; there are others who think that Accaron is the Tower of Straton, and that this was later called Caesarea. The places called Antilibanus are those which face the eastern side above Mount Libanus. Effrata is the region of the city of Bethlehem, but the Euphrates is a river from paradise. Mesopotamia is so called because it is surrounded by the rivers Tigris and Euphrates. Emmaus in the Gospel is the name of a former fortress, now a city called Nicopolis. The place of Calvary is so called for this reason, that by custom in that same place condemned persons were beheaded. Areopagus is the name of a court among the Athenians, which took its name from Mars.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Arbe","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius notes that 'Arbe' is corruptly read as 'Arbos' in manuscripts; the correct form is Arbe, identified with Hebron.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Accaron","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius reports a variant identification of Accaron (Ekron) with the Tower of Straton, later called Caesarea; this is a geographical confusion, as Caesarea Maritima was built by Herod.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Decapolis","severity":"info","text":"Decapolis is mentioned in the Gospels (e.g., Matthew 4:25, Mark 5:20) as a region of ten cities; Eucherius notes its Gospel context.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Caluariae locus","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius explains Calvary as the place of beheadings, a common patristic etymology; this tradition appears in Jerome and later medieval commentaries.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Ariopagus","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius derives Areopagus from Mars (Greek Ares), the court in Athens; this reflects standard ancient etymology.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"Effrata","severity":"caution","text":"Eucherius distinguishes Effrata (region of Bethlehem) from Euphrates (river), but the Latin text may confuse the two; the draft correctly separates them.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identification of Accaron with Caesarea is uncertain and reflects a variant tradition.","The reading 'Arbos' for 'Arbe' is a textual corruption noted by Eucherius."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":116,"ref":"p116","source":"DE FLUMINIBUS UEL AQVIS.\n\nGeon fluuius Aethiopiae de paradiso emergens quem Nilum usitato nomine appellant. Phison fluuius Indiae idem quoque a paradiso fluens, hunc alii Gangen uocant. Iordanes ideo dictus, quod duo fontes in unum confluant quorum alter dicitur Ior, alter Dan appellatur. Mare Galileae idem est et mare Tiberiadis. idem et stagnum Gennesar, idem et lacus Cineret. Mare Salinarum, hoc uocatur et mare mortuum uel Asphalti, id est bituminis, ab Hiericho haut longe abest. Bethsaida piscina in Hierusalem in quam aegri deferebantur, ideo et probatica, id est pecualis, appellatur, quod hostias in ea quondam sacerdotes lauabant.\n\nDE MENSIBUS.\n\nNisan in libro Esther mensis quem dicunt Martium quique in scripturis appellatur mensis primus. Elul in Macchabaeorum libro Augustus qui apud nos mensis sextus uocatur. Caseleu in Zaccharia propheta Nouember qui et nonus. Tebeth in libro Esther December qui et decimus. Sabath in Zaccharia propheta Januarius qui apud nos undecimus. Adar in libro Esther Februarius qui apud nos duodecimus. quod si etiam reliqua Hebraea mensuum uocabula quae in canone non repperi scire uoles, Iar uocatur mensis secundus, Siuan tertius, Thamus quartus, Tisri septimus, Maresuan octauus.","english":"Concerning Rivers or Waters.\n\nThe river Geon of Ethiopia, emerging from paradise, which they call by the customary name Nile. The river Phison of India, also flowing from paradise, which others call the Ganges. The Jordan is so called because two springs flow together into one, of which one is called Jor, the other Dan. The Sea of Galilee is the same as the Sea of Tiberias, the same as the Lake of Gennesaret, the same as the Lake of Chinnereth. The Salt Sea, which is also called the Dead Sea or the Asphalt Sea (that is, of bitumen), is not far from Jericho. The pool of Bethsaida in Jerusalem, to which the sick were brought, is also called Probatica, that is, the sheep pool, because priests once washed the sacrifices in it.\n\nConcerning Months.\n\nNisan, in the book of Esther, is the month they call March, which in the scriptures is called the first month. Elul, in the book of Maccabees, is August, which among us is called the sixth month. Casleu, in the prophet Zechariah, is November, which is also the ninth. Tebeth, in the book of Esther, is December, which is also the tenth. Sabath, in the prophet Zechariah, is January, which among us is the eleventh. Adar, in the book of Esther, is February, which among us is the twelfth. But if you also wish to know the remaining Hebrew names of months which are not found in the canon, Iyar is called the second month, Sivan the third, Tammuz the fourth, Tishri the seventh, Marcheshvan the eighth.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"De fluminibus uel aquis","severity":"info","text":"The passage is divided into two distinct sections: 'De fluminibus uel aquis' and 'De mensibus'. This bipartite structure is typical of Eucherius' instructional method, grouping geographical and calendrical knowledge for a monastic audience.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Geon","severity":"info","text":"Geon is identified with the Nile, reflecting the late antique tradition that the Nile was one of the four rivers of Paradise. The name 'Geon' derives from the Hebrew Gihon, one of the rivers of Eden in Genesis 2:13.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Iordanes","severity":"info","text":"The etymology of the Jordan from the two springs Jor and Dan is a patristic commonplace, found in Jerome's 'Liber interpretationis hebraicorum nominum' and based on a folk etymology of the Hebrew name Yarden.","cites":[],"named_sources":["Jerome, Liber interpretationis hebraicorum nominum"],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Mare Salinarum","severity":"info","text":"The Dead Sea is called 'Mare Salinarum' (Salt Sea), 'mare mortuum' (Dead Sea), and 'Asphalti' (of bitumen). The association with bitumen reflects the natural asphalt deposits found in the region, noted by ancient authors such as Josephus and Pliny.","cites":[],"named_sources":["Josephus, Jewish War","Pliny, Natural History"],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"probatica","severity":"info","text":"The pool of Bethsaida is called 'probatica', a Latin transliteration of the Greek προβατική, meaning 'pertaining to sheep'. This refers to the Sheep Pool in Jerusalem, where sacrificial animals were washed, as described in John 5:2.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Nisan","severity":"info","text":"The Hebrew month names are correlated with Roman months and their ordinal positions. Nisan is identified as the first month (Exodus 12:2), Elul as the sixth (Nehemiah 6:15), and others are cited from Esther, Maccabees, and Zechariah.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identification of Geon with the Nile is traditional but not scriptural; the passage does not specify the source of this equation.","The list of Hebrew months includes some not found in the biblical canon (Iyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Tishri, Marcheshvan), which Eucherius acknowledges as extra-canonical."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":117,"ref":"p117","source":"DE SOLEMNITATIBUS.\n\nAnnus iubilaeus annus quinquagensimus qui erat annus remissionis quo in Israhel unusquisque rei suae uenditor ad ius eius etiam absque pretio reuertebatur. Pascha transcensus, Hebraeum est, non Graecum. transcensus uero idcirco dictus est, quod Hebraei ab Aegypto in terram repromissionis transcenderint; certe pascha nostrum est, quod saluator ab infernis resurgens caelorum regna transcenderit. Phase itidem pascha est transcensus uel transitus. sunt qui magis transcensum uel transitum ex hoc appellatum adfirmant, quod eadem nocte dominus per Aegyptum transierit, cum Aegyptiorum primogenita cuncta percussit. Pentecostes quinquagensima, Graecum est. huius quinquagensimae figuram annus iubilaeus gessit quae nunc iterum futurae repromissionis aeternam requiem praefigurat. scenopegia, cum tabernacula a Iudaeis figuntur ob memoriam tabernaculorum; enim Graece tabernaculum dicitur. haec Iudaeorum solemnitas Septembri mense celebratur. Incaenia nouae aedificationis obseruatio uel dedicatio; caenon namque in Graecam linguam nouum significat; ergo in hac solemnitate Iudaei Octobri mense dedicationis templi colebant diem. Epiphania Graecum est, quod significat apparitio uel ostensio, siue quod eadem die dominus et saluator noster in baptismo suo populis fuerit ostensus siue quod stella magis siue quod primo signo domini aqua in uinum uersa tunc apparuerit.","english":"Concerning Solemnities.\n\nThe Jubilee Year is the fiftieth year, which was the year of remission, in which in Israel each seller of his own property returned to his right even without payment. Pascha means \"passage,\" and is Hebrew, not Greek. It is called \"passage\" because the Hebrews crossed over from Egypt into the land of promise; certainly our Pascha is that by which the Savior, rising from the underworld, crossed over into the kingdoms of heaven. Phase is likewise Pascha, meaning \"passage\" or \"crossing.\" There are those who affirm that it is called this more from the crossing or passage, because on that same night the Lord passed through Egypt, when he struck down all the firstborn of the Egyptians. Pentecostes is \"fiftieth,\" and is Greek. The Jubilee Year bore the figure of this fiftieth day, which now again prefigures the eternal rest of the future promise. Scenopegia, when tents are pitched by the Jews in memory of tents; for in Greek \"tent\" is said. This solemnity of the Jews is celebrated in the month of September. Incaenia is the observance or dedication of a new building; for \"caenon\" in the Greek language means \"new\"; therefore, in this solemnity the Jews in the month of October celebrated the day of the dedication of the temple. Epiphania is Greek, which means \"appearance\" or \"manifestation,\" whether because on that same day our Lord and Savior was shown to the peoples in his baptism, or because of the star to the Magi, or because the first sign of the Lord, water turned into wine, then appeared.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Pascha","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius derives Pascha from Hebrew, meaning 'passage' (transcensus), linking it to the Exodus and to Christ's resurrection. This reflects a common patristic etymology.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Phase","severity":"info","text":"Phase is an alternative Greek form for Pascha, also meaning 'passage' or 'crossing'. Eucherius notes a tradition that it refers to the Lord's passage through Egypt slaying the firstborn.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"annus iubilaeus","severity":"info","text":"The Jubilee Year (Leviticus 25) involved the return of sold property without payment every fifty years. Eucherius connects it typologically to Pentecost and future eternal rest.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"scenopegia","severity":"info","text":"Scenopegia (from Greek σκηνή, 'tent') refers to the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot), celebrated in September, commemorating wilderness shelters.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Incaenia","severity":"info","text":"Incaenia (from Greek καινόν, 'new') denotes the Feast of Dedication (Hanukkah), observed in October, celebrating the rededication of the Temple.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Epiphania","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius lists three events for Epiphany: Christ's baptism, the Magi's star, and the miracle at Cana. This reflects the Eastern tradition of celebrating multiple theophanies on January 6.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin text is clear; no significant ambiguities."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":118,"ref":"p118","source":"Neomenia hoc est quod apud nos kalendae. sed quia apud Hebraeos secundum lunae cursum menses supputantur et Graece luna appellatur, idcirco Neomenia noua luna accipi potest. Parasceue praeparatio, Graecum est, Parasceue enim sexta sabbati appellatur; hinc uero praeparatio dicitur, quod a Iudaeis eadem die quae in sabbatum sunt necessaria praeparentur. Sabbata requies, Hebraeum est; idcirco autem requies, quod in eadem die dominus ab opere perfectis omnibus absolutisque requieuerit.\n\nDE IDOLIS.\n\nIdola simulacra, Graecum est. Belphegor quod interpretatur simulacrum ignominiae, idolum est. Mob, hunc Latini Priapum appellant. Beel, quod interpretatur uetustas, idolum est Babyllonium; fuit uero hic idem Belus pater Nini regis Assyriorum. Adramelech idolum Assyriorum, quod etiam Samaritae coluerunt. Astarten, quod in Latinum sonat facturam superfluam, idolum Sydoniorum dicunt. Beelzebub interpretatur uir muscarum. Diabolus deorsum fluens, Graece uero criminator dicitur. Satana in Latinum sonat aduersarius siue transgressor. Syrenae in Esaia daemones aut dracones magni, cristati pariter ac uolantes, ut a quibusdam putatur.","english":"Neomenia is what we call the Kalends. But because among the Hebrews the months are reckoned according to the course of the moon, and in Greek the moon is called *mene*, therefore Neomenia can be understood as the new moon. Parasceue is \"preparation,\" a Greek word; for Parasceue is the name for the sixth day of the week; it is called \"preparation\" because by the Jews on that day the things necessary for the Sabbath are prepared. Sabbata is \"rest,\" a Hebrew word; it is called \"rest\" because on that day the Lord rested from work, all things having been completed and finished.\n\nConcerning Idols.\n\nIdola are \"images,\" a Greek word. Belphegor, which is interpreted as \"image of shame,\" is an idol. Mob, the Latins call Priapus. Beel, which is interpreted as \"old age,\" is a Babylonian idol; indeed this same Belus was the father of Ninus, king of the Assyrians. Adramelech is an idol of the Assyrians, which the Samaritans also worshipped. Astarten, which in Latin means \"superfluous making,\" is said to be an idol of the Sidonians. Beelzebub is interpreted as \"man of flies.\" Diabolus means \"flowing downwards,\" but in Greek it is called \"accuser.\" Satana in Latin means \"adversary\" or \"transgressor.\" Syrenae in Isaiah are demons or great dragons, crested and flying alike, as is thought by some.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Neomenia","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius explains Neomenia as the Kalends, but notes the Hebrew lunar calendar and Greek μήνη (mene) for moon, so it means 'new moon.' This reflects late antique etymological practice.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Parasceue","severity":"info","text":"Parasceue (παρασκευή) is Greek for 'preparation,' designating Friday (the sixth day of the week) because Jews prepared for the Sabbath on that day.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Sabbata","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius derives Sabbata from Hebrew 'rest,' linking it to God's rest after creation. This is a common patristic etymology, not critical exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Belphegor","severity":"info","text":"Belphegor (Baal Peor) is associated with a Moabite deity; Eucherius interprets it as 'image of shame,' reflecting biblical polemic (Num 25).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Beelzebub","severity":"info","text":"Beelzebub (Baal Zebub) is interpreted as 'man of flies,' a derisive Hebrew pun. Eucherius follows the Septuagint and Vulgate tradition (2 Kgs 1:2).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Syrenae","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius cites Isaiah for Syrenae, likely referring to Isa 13:22 (LXX σειρῆνες), where they are desert creatures, here identified as demons or crested dragons.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin text has 'Mob' for a Priapus-like idol; the reading is uncertain, possibly a corruption or rare name.","The source for 'Syrenae in Esaia' is not explicit; it may conflate Isa 13:22 with later demonology."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":119,"ref":"p119","source":"Ululae in Esaia ab omni translatione nomine ipso Hebraeo Ihihim appellantur, septuaginta tantum interpretes pro his onocentauros in translatione posuerunt; sunt qui ululas putent aues esse nocturnas ab ululatu uocis quem efferunt, quas uulgo cauannos dicunt. Lamina in Esaia genus monstri, ut quidam adfirmant. Pilosi in Esaia daemonum genera; nonnulli hos etiam doctissimorum incubones uel satyros aut quosdam siluestres homines intellegendos putauerunt.\n\nDE UESTIBUS.\n\nEphod uestis sacerdotalis quae superindumentum uel superumerale appellatur; est autem uelut in caracallae modum sed -- sine cucullo; cuius uestimenti duo sunt genera, unum lineum et simplex quod sacerdotes habebant, aliud diuersis coloribus et de auro gemmisque contextum quo soli pontifices - utebantur. Poderes sacerdotalis linea corpori penitus adstricta eademque talaris, unde et poderes appellata; haec et subucula dicitur. Logium quod et rationale pannus exiguus ex auro gemmis coloribusque uariis qui superumerali contra pectus pontificis adnectebatur.","english":"Ululae in Isaiah are called by the very Hebrew name Ihihim in every translation; only the Seventy interpreters have placed onocentaurs for them in their translation. There are those who think ululae are nocturnal birds, named from the howling of the voice they utter, which the common people call cauanni. Lamina in Isaiah is a kind of monster, as some affirm. Pilosi in Isaiah are kinds of demons; not a few have thought that even these are to be understood as incubi or satyrs of the most learned, or certain wild men.\n\nON GARMENTS.\n\nEphod is a priestly garment which is called a superindument or superhumeral; it is, however, in the manner of a caracalla but without a hood. There are two kinds of this garment: one is linen and plain, which the priests had; the other, woven with various colors and with gold and gems, which only the pontiffs used. Poderes is a priestly linen garment, closely bound to the body and the same reaching to the ankles, whence it is called poderes; this is also called a subucula. Logium, which is also called rationale, is a small cloth of gold, gems, and various colors, which was fastened to the superhumeral against the breast of the pontiff.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Ululae","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius notes that the Hebrew name Ihihim is used for ululae in all translations except the Septuagint, which has onocentaurs. The term likely refers to a bird, possibly an owl, associated with howling.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ululae in Esaia","severity":"info","text":"The passage references Isaiah, where the Hebrew term Ihihim appears. Eucherius discusses how different translations handle this word, indicating a textual variant in the Septuagint.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Lamina","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius describes lamina as a kind of monster in Isaiah, reflecting late antique and medieval bestiary traditions that interpreted obscure biblical terms as mythical creatures.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Ephod","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius defines ephod as a priestly garment, also called superindument or superhumeral, and distinguishes two types: a plain linen one for priests and an ornate one for pontiffs.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Logium","severity":"info","text":"Logium, also called rationale, is described as a small cloth of gold, gems, and colors attached to the superhumeral over the pontiff's breast. This is the biblical breastpiece of the high priest.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"DE UESTIBUS","severity":"info","text":"The heading 'DE UESTIBUS' marks a new section on garments, following a series of entries on obscure terms from Isaiah. This structural division organizes Eucherius's lexical explanations.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identification of ululae as a specific bird species is uncertain; Eucherius reports popular opinion but does not confirm it. The term cauanni is obscure and may refer to a type of owl or night bird."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":120,"ref":"p120","source":"Cidaris pilleus sacerdotalis ex bysso, hunc Graeci et nostri tiaram, quidam etiam mitram uocant. Petalum aurea lammina in fronte pontificis quae dei nomen illud ineffabile tetragrammatum id est quattuor litteris Hebraicis gerebat inscriptum. Penula in apostolo, Latinum est; est autem quasi lacerna descendentibus clauis. Diplois in Regnorum sagum chlamys ab eo quod duplicetur et omne indumentum quo dupliciter ambimur diplois appellari potest. Baadim in Danihele uestes lineae quibus feminalia, ut arbitror, significantur. Bat enim apud Hebraeos linum dicitur. unde et in quibusdam locis legitur Ephod Bat, hoc est Ephod lineum, non autem Ephod Barut, ut quidam corrupte legunt. Melotes in Regnorum pellis simplex qua monachi Aegyptii etiam nunc utuntur ex uno latere dependens. Theristrum in Genesi apud Arabes genus pallii muliebris. Periscellidae in Esaia, ut quidam dicunt, apud feminas crurum ornamenta.","english":"The *cidaris* is a priestly cap made of fine linen; the Greeks and our people call this a *tiara*, and some also a *mitre*. The *petalum* is a gold plate on the forehead of the high priest, which bore that ineffable name of God, the *tetragrammaton*, that is, inscribed with four Hebrew letters. *Penula* in the Apostle is Latin; it is, however, like a cloak with descending stripes. *Diplois* in Kings is a military cloak, a *chlamys*, from the fact that it is doubled, and every garment with which we are wrapped double can be called a *diplois*. *Baadim* in Daniel are linen garments by which, I think, loincloths are signified. For *bat* among the Hebrews means linen; hence in certain places we read *Ephod Bat*, that is, a linen ephod, but not *Ephod Barut*, as some corruptly read. *Melotes* in Kings is a simple skin which the Egyptian monks still use, hanging from one side. *Theristrum* in Genesis among the Arabs is a kind of woman's mantle. *Periscellidae* in Isaiah, as some say, are ornaments for women's legs.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"cidaris","severity":"info","text":"Cidaris is a Greek loanword (κίδαρις) for a Persian or priestly headdress; Eucherius equates it with tiara and mitra, reflecting late antique syncretism of vestments.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"petalum","severity":"info","text":"Petalum (Latin from Greek πέταλον) denotes the gold plate on the high priest's forehead, inscribed with the tetragrammaton; this detail derives from Jewish tradition (cf. Exodus 28:36–38).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"penula","severity":"info","text":"Penula appears in the Apostle (i.e., Paul); Eucherius glosses it as a Latin cloak with descending stripes, likely referencing 2 Timothy 4:13 or similar passages where paenula denotes a traveling cloak.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"diplois","severity":"info","text":"Diplois occurs in Kings (1 Samuel 18:4 LXX?); Eucherius derives it from Greek διπλοῦς 'double', describing a doubled military cloak (chlamys).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"baadim","severity":"info","text":"Baadim (Hebrew בַּדִּים) means linen garments; Eucherius connects it to bat 'linen' and corrects a corrupt reading Ephod Barut, showing his engagement with Hebrew textual variants.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"melotes","severity":"info","text":"Melotes (μηλωτή) is a sheepskin worn by Egyptian monks; Eucherius notes its contemporary use, linking biblical vestments to fourth-century monastic practice.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The specific biblical verses for penula, diplois, and melotes are not cited by Eucherius; the identifications rely on patristic tradition.","The reading Ephod Barut is corrected but its source is unclear; it may reflect a variant in Latin manuscripts of Exodus or 1 Samuel."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":121,"ref":"p121","source":"DE AUIBUS UEL UOLATILIBUS.\n\nPelicanus auis parua quae solitudine delectatur; est et aliud pelicanorum genus in Nilo paene cygnis simile, nisi quod paulo maiores sunt, quidam ita et onocrotalos uocant. Nycticorax noctua, multi bubonem esse contendunt; sunt etiam qui adserunt esse orientalem auem quae nocturnus coruus appelletur. Ibis in Pentateucho auis Aegyptia obscenitate oris inmunda quo aluum purgare consueuit. Erodius in psalmo ardea a quibusdam putatur. Larus in Pentateucho gauiam significat. Coenomyia non musca canina, ut quidam putant, in psalmo accipienda est, sed musca omnimoda et ideo non per y Graecam litteram, sed per diphtongon oe scribi . debet. Sciniphes culicum genus est aculeis permolestum.\n\nDE BESTIIS UEL REPENTIBUS.\n\nRinoceron fera terribilis gemina in naribus gestans cornua. Monoceron in psalmo unicornis appellatur. Tragelaphus in Deuteronomio platoceros, id est cornibus latis. Erinacei nuncupantur, prope magnitudinem mediocrium cuniculorum de cauernis petrarum procedentes gregatim in heremo quae est contra mare Mortuum depascuntur. Ericii qui dicuntur ita spinoso defenduntur tegmine, ut ne contingi quidem possint. Bruchus in psalmo lucustae quae nondum uolant. Eruca quam uulgo doluam uocant.","english":"Concerning Birds or Flying Creatures.\n\nThe pelican is a small bird that delights in solitude; there is also another kind of pelican on the Nile almost like swans, except that they are a little larger; some also call them onocrotals. The nycticorax is a night-owl; many contend that it is the horned owl; there are also those who assert that it is an eastern bird which is called the night-raven. The ibis in the Pentateuch is an Egyptian bird, unclean in the foulness of its mouth, by which it is accustomed to purge its bowels. The herodius in the psalm is thought by some to be the heron. The larus in the Pentateuch signifies the seamew. Coenomyia is not to be understood in the psalm as the dog-fly, as some think, but as a fly of every kind, and therefore it ought to be written not with the Greek letter y, but with the diphthong oe. Sciniphes are a kind of gnat, very troublesome with their stings.\n\nConcerning Beasts or Reptiles.\n\nThe rhinoceros is a terrible beast, bearing twin horns on its nostrils. The monoceron in the psalm is called the unicorn. The tragelaphus in Deuteronomy is the platoceros, that is, with broad horns. Erinacei are so named, nearly the size of medium rabbits, proceeding in herds from the crevices of rocks, they graze in the desert which is opposite the Dead Sea. Ericii, which are so called, are defended by such a spiny covering that they cannot even be touched. The bruchus in the psalm is a locust which does not yet fly. The eruca, which is commonly called a doluam.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"coenomyia","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius distinguishes coenomyia from the dog-fly (musca canina) and insists on the spelling with the diphthong oe, not the Greek y, to indicate a general fly.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"sciniphes","severity":"info","text":"Sciniphes is a Latin borrowing from Greek σκνίψ, referring to a small, stinging gnat or midge, here described as a troublesome kind of gnat.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"erinacei","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius distinguishes erinacei (hedgehogs or porcupines) from ericii, noting the former are herd animals near the Dead Sea, while the latter have spiny defenses.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ibis","severity":"info","text":"The ibis is mentioned in the Pentateuch (Leviticus 11:17-19, Deuteronomy 14:12-18) as an unclean bird; Eucherius notes its Egyptian origin and foul mouth used for purging.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"erodius","severity":"info","text":"Erodius appears in the Psalms (e.g., Psalm 104:16 Vulgate); Eucherius reports it is thought by some to be the heron (ardea).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"onocrotalos","severity":"info","text":"Onocrotalos is a Greek term (ὀνοκρόταλος) for a type of pelican or a bird with a braying call, here used as a synonym for a larger Nile pelican.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identification of nycticorax as a night-owl, horned owl, or eastern night-raven is left unresolved by Eucherius.","The distinction between erinacei and ericii is unclear; erinacei may refer to a different animal (perhaps hyrax or porcupine) than the hedgehog-like ericii."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":122,"ref":"p122","source":"DE PONDERIBUS.\n\nTalentum est pondo LXII semis quod faciunt LXXX librae Atticae. mina est libra una et semuncia. talentum minas habet LX. mna Graece, Latine mina dicitur. dragma habet scriptula tria; didragma dragmae duae, unde miror quo modo in libro Hebraicarum quaestionum semuncia scribitur. stater est nummus habens, ut quidam adfirmant, unciam unam, id est aureos sex, ut alii putant tres; in euangelio enim pro duobus didragmis stater datur. secel qui in Latina lingua corrupte siclus dicitur, ut in quaestionibus supradictis indicatur, unciae pondus habet, ut alibi scriptum repperi, scriptula decem, quod et ipse arbitror. nam siclus ipse uel secel de propinquitate ponderis quasi sicilicus sonat. obolus est scriptulum dimidium, quod facit siliquas tres in Ezechiele; siclus autem XX obolos habet.\n\nDE MENSURIS.\n\nCorus est modi XXX. Batus amphora una, id est modi tres. Cadus Graeca amphora est, habet urnas tres. Oephi siue Oepha modii tres. Oephi idem mensurae habet in aridis, quod in liquidis Batus. Metreta una, ut quidam dicunt, habet sextarios centum, mensura autem Graece dicitur, unde et metreta appellatur; notandum uero quod mensura, Hebraeum nomen est. Artabae in Esaia Aegyptiorum mensurae quae tres faciunt modios X. Sata idem sunt quod Oephi, id est modii tres.","english":"CONCERNING WEIGHTS.\n\nA talent is 62½ pounds, which makes 80 Attic pounds. A mina is one pound and a half-ounce. A talent has 60 minas. Mna in Greek is called mina in Latin. A drachma has three scruples; a didrachma is two drachmas, whence I wonder how in the book of Hebrew Questions a half-ounce is written. A stater is a coin having, as some affirm, one ounce, that is six gold pieces, as others think three; for in the Gospel a stater is given for two didrachmas. A shekel, which in the Latin language is corruptly called siclus, as is indicated in the aforementioned Questions, has the weight of an ounce, as I have found written elsewhere, ten scruples, which I myself also think. For the siclus or shekel itself sounds like a sicilicus from the proximity of weight. An obol is half a scruple, which makes three siliquas in Ezekiel; a shekel, however, has 20 obols.\n\nCONCERNING MEASURES.\n\nA corus is 30 modii. A bath is one amphora, that is three modii. A cadus is a Greek amphora, it has three urnae. An oephi or oepha is three modii. An oephi has the same measure in dry goods that a bath has in liquids. A metreta, as some say, has 100 sextarii, but the measure is called in Greek, whence it is called metreta; it should be noted, however, that measure is a Hebrew name. Artabae in Isaiah are Egyptian measures which make three modii ten. A sata is the same as an oephi, that is three modii.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"DE PONDERIBUS / DE MENSURIS","severity":"info","text":"The passage is divided into two titled sections, 'Concerning Weights' and 'Concerning Measures', each listing equivalences among ancient units. This structural division is typical of late antique technical compendia.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"secel / siclus","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius notes that the Hebrew shekel (secel) is corruptly called siclus in Latin, and he connects it phonetically to sicilicus, a small weight. This reflects the fluidity of metrological terminology in Latin sources.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ezechiele","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius cites Ezekiel for the equivalence of an obol to three siliquas. This is a rare explicit scriptural reference in a metrological context, likely drawing on the Vulgate's mention of weights in Ezekiel 4:11.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Artabae in Esaia","severity":"info","text":"The artaba is identified as an Egyptian measure appearing in Isaiah. This reflects the influence of the Septuagint and Vulgate translations, where foreign units were retained and glossed by patristic scholars.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"didragma","severity":"caution","text":"Eucherius expresses puzzlement that the 'book of Hebrew Questions' (likely Jerome's Hebraicae Quaestiones) equates a didrachma with a half-ounce, whereas he defines a didrachma as two drachmas (six scruples). The discrepancy suggests variant metrological traditions.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"stater","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius reports conflicting valuations of the stater (one ounce/six gold pieces vs. three gold pieces) and notes its Gospel usage for two didrachmas. This shows how biblical coinage was reconciled with contemporary Roman and Greek systems.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The exact source of Eucherius's 'book of Hebrew Questions' is not specified; it may refer to Jerome's work or another lost text.","The equivalence of the stater to gold pieces is ambiguous: aureus could mean a specific Roman gold coin or a generic unit."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":123,"ref":"p123","source":"Gomor mensura est Attica habens ut quidam opinantur conices tres, id est sextarios XII; alii Gomor dicunt paulo minus a sextariis quinque, quod etiam ipse sequor, eo quod sit decima pars Oephi Gomor. Nebel quidam putant modios tres. sextarius est liquidae speciei. Cotyla hemina est in Ezechiele: Decem, inquit, cotylae sunt gomor.\n\nDE GRAECIS NOMINIBUS.\n\nAccipe nunc eorum nominum significationes quae Ecclesiae ore celebrata in sermonem nostrum uertuntur ex Graeco.\n\nTheos deus; theos autem, ut quorundam opinio habet, a spectando, id est omnia prospiciendo. Omousion unius substantiae. Omooeusion similis substantiae. Christus unctus. Spiritus paraclitus spiritus consolator siue aduocatus. Hagios sanctus. angelus nuntius. thronus sedis uel solium. apostolus missus, ideo quod a domino ad euangelizandum missi sunt licet a doctoribus Hebraeum putetur. propheta praedictor. martyres testes. episcopus superinspector, et ideo propheta ait: speculatorem te posui domus Israhel. presbyter senior. diaconus minister. clerus sors. ecclesia euocatio uel collectio. catholica uniuersalis , quod est secundum totum. synagoga conuentus uel congregatio. ethnicus gentilis. hypocrita simulator. heresis secta. monachus solitarius. heremus desertum. paroecia adiacens domus, id est dei. dioecesis gubernatio, et hoc non secundum proprietatem aut potestatem uerbi sed secundum effectum. laicus popularis .","english":"A gomor is an Attic measure having, as some think, three conices, that is, twelve sextarii; others say a gomor is a little less than five sextarii, which I myself follow, because it is the tenth part of an oephi gomor. Some think a nebel is three modii. A sextarius is a measure of liquid. Cotyla is a hemina in Ezekiel: \"Ten cotylae,\" he says, \"are a gomor.\"\n\nCONCERNING GREEK NAMES.\n\nNow receive the meanings of those names which, celebrated by the mouth of the Church, are turned from Greek into our speech.\n\nTheos, god; theos, however, as the opinion of some holds, from seeing, that is, from looking upon all things. Homoousion, of one substance. Homoiousion, of similar substance. Christus, anointed. Spiritus paraclitus, a comforting spirit or advocate. Hagios, holy. Angelus, messenger. Thronus, seat or throne. Apostolus, sent, because they were sent by the Lord to evangelize, although it is thought by scholars to be Hebrew. Propheta, foreteller. Martyres, witnesses. Episcopus, overseer, and therefore the prophet says: \"I have set you as a watchman over the house of Israel.\" Presbyter, elder. Diaconus, minister. Clerus, lot. Ecclesia, a calling out or assembly. Catholica, universal, which is according to the whole. Synagoga, a gathering or congregation. Ethnicus, gentile. Hypocrita, simulator. Haeresis, sect. Monachus, solitary. Heremus, desert. Paroecia, adjoining house, that is, of God. Dioecesis, administration, and this not according to the property or power of the word but according to its effect. Laicus, of the people.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Gomor","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius notes two competing values for the gomor, an Attic measure: three conices (12 sextarii) or slightly less than five sextarii. He follows the latter, as a tenth of an oephi gomor.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Nebel","severity":"info","text":"Nebel is glossed as three modii by some, a measure likely of dry capacity. The term appears in biblical contexts for a wine-skin or jar.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"cotyla","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius cites Ezekiel for the use of cotyla: 'Ten cotylae are a gomor.' This likely refers to Ezekiel 45:11, where the Hebrew 'homer' is measured in baths.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Theos","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius derives theos from Greek theaomai (to see), interpreting it as 'all-seeing.' This etymology, common in patristic sources, is not linguistically accurate but reflects theological allegory.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"episcopus","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius glosses episcopus as 'overseer' (superinspector) and cites the prophet: 'I have set you as a watchman over the house of Israel,' likely alluding to 2 Kings 9:6 or a similar prophetic passage.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"apostolus","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius notes that apostolus means 'sent' (missus) but adds that some scholars think it is Hebrew. This reflects early medieval uncertainty about the word's origin, though it is Greek.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the Ezekiel citation is not given; it may be a paraphrase. The etymology of Theos as 'all-seeing' is allegorical, not philological."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":124,"ref":"p124","source":"catechumenus instructus siue audiens. neophytus nouella plantatio. baptisterium tinctorium. chrisma unctio. eucharistia gratia. holocaustum totum conbustum, hoc ideo, quia integra hostia igni tradita consumebatur. symbolus conlatio aut pactum uel conplacitum quod sit homini cum deo. hymnus carmen in laudem dei. antiphona uox reciproca. Pentateuchus quinque uolumina, id est Mosi libri quinque, unde apostolus quinque uerbis ait uelle se in ecclesia loqui. Exodus exitus uel egressus, id est populi Israhel. deuteronomium secunda lex in quo est euangelicae legis praefiguratio. Paralipomenon praetermissorum uel reliquorum, id est, quod hic historiae contingantur quae in Regum libris praetermissae sunt. euangelium bona adnuntiatio siue bonum nuntium. Apocalypsis reuelatio. gazophylacium diuitiarum custodem, conpositum de lingua Persica et Graeca. synodus comitatus uel coetus. canon regula. teuchos uolumen, unde pentateuchus. apocrypha recondita uel occulta. hexapla sexsimplicia. apologia excusatio, unde apologeticus appellatur. anagoge superior sensus. tropologia moralis intellegentia. parabola similitudo.","english":"A catechumen is one who is instructed or a hearer. A neophyte is a new planting. A baptistery is a place for immersion. Chrism is an anointing. Eucharist is grace. Holocaust is a total burning, for this reason, because a whole victim was consumed by being given to the fire. Symbol is a collection or a covenant or an agreement that a man has with God. Hymn is a song in praise of God. Antiphon is a reciprocal voice. Pentateuch is five volumes, that is, the five books of Moses, whence the apostle says he wishes to speak in the church with five words. Exodus is a going out or a departure, that is, of the people of Israel. Deuteronomy is a second law, in which there is a prefiguration of the evangelical law. Paralipomenon is of things omitted or left over, that is, because the histories that were omitted in the books of Kings are treated here. Gospel is a good announcement or a good message. Apocalypse is a revelation. Gazophylacium is a guardian of riches, composed from the Persian and Greek languages. Synod is a gathering or a meeting. Canon is a rule. Teuchos is a volume, whence pentateuch. Apocrypha are hidden or secret things. Hexapla are sixfold things. Apology is a defense, whence it is called an apologetic. Anagoge is a higher sense. Tropology is a moral understanding. Parable is a likeness.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"catechumenus instructus siue audiens","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius glosses catechumenus with two Latin equivalents: instructus (instructed) and audiens (hearer). The latter reflects the early Christian category of audientes, those admitted to the first stage of catechesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"chrisma","severity":"info","text":"Chrisma is derived from Greek χρῖσμα (anointing). Eucherius gives unctio as the Latin equivalent, a standard rendering in early Latin Christian texts.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"eucharistia","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius glosses eucharistia as gratia (grace), reflecting the Greek εὐχαριστία (thanksgiving) and its association with divine grace in liturgical contexts.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"symbolus","severity":"info","text":"Symbolus is glossed as conlatio (collection), pactum (covenant), or conplacitum (agreement) between man and God. This likely refers to the creed (symbolum fidei) as a compact of faith.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"gazophylacium","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius notes that gazophylacium is a compound from Persian and Greek, meaning 'guardian of riches.' This reflects the treasury in the Temple of Jerusalem, often used metaphorically in Christian contexts.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"anagoge","severity":"info","text":"Anagoge is glossed as superior sensus (higher sense), referring to the allegorical interpretation of Scripture that points to heavenly or eschatological realities, a standard term in patristic exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin text lists terms without clear ordering; the English draft follows the sequence but some glosses (e.g., 'apostolus quinque uerbis ait') are obscure and may refer to a specific Pauline passage."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":125,"ref":"p125","source":"Habes opusculum, mi fili carissime, in omne fere scripturarum corpus quasi quoddam intellegentiae seminarium, quod in duobus uoluminibus non parum, ut arbitror, instructionis ad edocendum te ex rebus uariis necessariisque congessi.","english":"You have here a little work, my dearest son, on nearly the whole body of the scriptures, like a kind of seedbed of understanding, which I have gathered in two volumes—not a little instruction, as I think, for teaching you from various and necessary matters.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"opusculum","severity":"info","text":"The term opusculum (diminutive of opus) is a conventional modesty topos in late antique Christian dedications, signaling a short work offered for edification.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"intellegentiae seminarium","severity":"info","text":"The metaphor 'seedbed of understanding' (intellegentiae seminarium) frames the work as a foundational resource for scriptural interpretation, not a complete exposition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"mi fili carissime","severity":"info","text":"The address 'my dearest son' likely refers to Eucherius' son Salonius, to whom the Instructiones is dedicated, as noted in the work's preface.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"duobus uoluminibus","severity":"info","text":"The reference to 'two volumes' (duobus uoluminibus) confirms that the Instructiones was originally divided into two books, a structure preserved in the manuscript tradition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"instructionis","severity":"info","text":"Eucherius' work was widely used in medieval monastic schools as a reference for biblical terms and allegorical interpretation, influencing later encyclopedists like Isidore of Seville.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'quasi quoddam intellegentiae seminarium' is metaphorical; the exact scope of 'nearly the whole body of scriptures' is left open."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]}]}