{"slug":"tmp763.tmp763.opp-lat1","id":"latin:ogl-pl:tmp763.tmp763.opp-lat1","title":"Opusculum I Sive Liber De Oratione","title_source":"Opusculum I Sive Liber De Oratione","author":"Augustinus","genre":"treatise","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 grounds Christian prayer in Gospel precepts, especially the Lord's Prayer, and emphasizes interiority and grace against emerging Pelagian views. It survives in Carolingian copies and was cited by Thomas Aquinas and the Rule of St. Benedict. The modern title Opusculum I is editorial; early manuscripts call it De oratione or Liber de oratione. The text lacks a full critical apparatus in this edition.","historical_context":"Augustine wrote De oratione in North Africa, likely in Hippo Regius, shortly after becoming bishop (395/396). The dating to 397–400 relies on internal references to anti-Pelagian themes and manuscript colophons linking it to his early works. The community was Latin-speaking Christian clergy and laity, addressing controversies over grace and prayer. The genre is a theological treatise, transmitted through medieval manuscripts; the earliest witnesses are 9th-century Carolingian copies. No autograph survives. The work was later grouped with other opuscula, and its numbering varies across editions.","significance":"De oratione is a key patristic source on the nature of prayer, influencing medieval theology and monastic rules. Its emphasis on grace and ecclesial authority reflects Augustine's anti-Donatist and anti-Pelagian stances. Cited by Thomas Aquinas in the Summa Theologiae, it shaped scholastic discussions and the Rule of St. Benedict, demonstrating its lasting impact on Western Christian spirituality.","timeline":[{"date":"c. 354","event":"Augustine born in Thagaste, North Africa."},{"date":"395/396","event":"Augustine becomes bishop of Hippo."},{"date":"c. 397–400","event":"Composition of De oratione (Opusculum I)."},{"date":"9th c.","event":"Earliest surviving manuscript copies (Carolingian)."},{"date":"13th c.","event":"Thomas Aquinas cites De oratione in Summa Theologiae."},{"date":"1900","event":"CSEL edition published in Vienna."}],"relations":[{"work":"De doctrina christiana","relation":"Contemporary work by Augustine on Christian teaching and interpretation.","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Enchiridion ad Laurentium","relation":"Later Augustinian handbook on faith, hope, and love, including prayer.","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Summa Theologiae","relation":"Thomas Aquinas cites De oratione in II-II, q. 83.","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Rule of St. Benedict","relation":"Influenced by Augustinian theology of prayer.","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"De civitate Dei","relation":"Later Augustinian work expanding on themes of worship and grace.","key":"","label":null,"url":null}],"external_links":[],"cautions":["The dating to 397–400 is based on internal references and manuscript colophons, not external attestation; it remains approximate.","No autograph or near-contemporary manuscript survives; earliest witnesses are 9th-century Carolingian copies.","The title Opusculum I is a modern editorial convention; early manuscripts use De oratione or Liber de oratione, and numbering varies.","This edition (ogl-pl) lacks a full apparatus of variant readings; for textual criticism, consult the CSEL edition (Vienna, 1900)."],"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","cost_usd":0.000461,"generated":"2026-11-15T07:16:34Z"},"links":[{"kind":"source","label":"Open Greek and Latin Patrologia Latina","url":"https://github.com/OpenGreekAndLatin/patrologia_latina-dev/blob/master/data/tmp763/tmp763/tmp763.tmp763.opp-lat1.xml"}],"checks":{"work":"tmp763.tmp763.opp-lat1","status":"pass","blocking":[],"warnings":[],"stats":{"passages":34,"translated":34,"commentary_passages":34,"commentary_units":200,"english_words":8616,"source_letters":33246,"commentary_kinds":8},"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor"},"work_notes":[{"unit":"dating","kind":"chronology","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Augustine wrote De oratione (Opusculum I) around 397–400, early in his episcopate. The dating rests on internal references to his anti-Pelagian writings and on manuscript colophons linking it to his early works.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"transmission","kind":"transmission","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The text survives in multiple medieval manuscripts, often grouped with other opuscula. The earliest witnesses are 9th-century Carolingian copies; no autograph or near-contemporary manuscript exists.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"De oratione was cited by Thomas Aquinas in the Summa Theologiae (II-II, q. 83) and by later scholastics as a key patristic source on the nature of prayer. It also influenced the Rule of St. Benedict.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The title Opusculum I is a modern editorial convention; early manuscripts often call it simply De oratione or Liber de oratione. The numbering varies across editions.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This edition (ogl-pl) does not include a full apparatus of variant readings from the manuscript tradition. For textual criticism, consult the CSEL edition (Vienna, 1900).","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: treatise in Latin; the English keeps the liturgical formulae and the vocatives rather than normalising them."},{"kind":"structure","severity":"info","text":"Passages: 34 narrative."},{"kind":"caution","severity":"caution","text":"3 passage(s) are fragmentary in the source; the English bridges each break and says so in the note."},{"kind":"source","severity":"info","text":"Source edition: ogl-pl — Available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License"}],"derived_structure":{"narrative":34},"term_index":[],"citations":{},"segments":[{"i":1,"ref":"p1","source":"OPUSCULUM PRIMUM*, SIVE LIBER DE ORATIONE.\n\nEvangelica præcepta, fratres dilectissimi, nihil aliud sunt quam magisteria divina, fundamenta ædificandæ spei, firmamenta roborandæ fidei, nutrimenta fovendi cordis, gubernacula dirigendi itineris, præsidia obtinendæ salutis, quæ dum dociles credentium mentes in terris instruunt, ad cœlestia regna perducunt. Multa per prophetas suos dici Dominus voluit et audiri, sed quanto majora sunt quæ Filius Dei loquitur, quæ Dei sermo, qui in prophetis suis fuit, propria voce testatur, non jam mandans ut paretur venienti via, sed ipse veniens, et viam nobis aperiens ostendit, qualiter qui in tenebris mortis errantes improvidi et prius cæci fuimus, suæ gratiæ luce illuminati iter vitæ ipso Domino rectore teneremus. Qui inter cætera salutaria sua monita et præcepta sua divina quibus populos suos consuluit ad salutem, etiam orandi ipse formam dedit; ipse quid precaremur monuit et instruxit; qui fecit vivere, docuit et orare, ea benignitate scilicet qua et cætera dare et conferre dignatus est ut, dum prece et oratione quam Filius docuit apud Patrem loquimur, facilius audiamur. Jam prædixerat horam venire quando veri adoratores adorarent Patrem in spiritu, et implevit quando promisit, ut qui spiritum et veritatem de ejus sanctificatione percepimus, de traditione quoque ejus vere et spiritualiter adoremus.","english":"FIRST OPUSCLE, OR BOOK ON PRAYER\n\nThe evangelical precepts, most beloved brothers, are nothing other than divine teachings, foundations for building hope, supports for strengthening faith, nourishment for fostering the heart, rudders for directing the journey, and safeguards for obtaining salvation; while they instruct the teachable minds of believers on earth, they lead them to the heavenly realms. The Lord wished many things to be said and heard through his prophets, but how much greater are those things which the Son of God speaks, which the Word of God, who was in his prophets, attests with his own voice, no longer commanding that the way be prepared for the coming one, but himself coming and showing us the way, opening it, so that we, who were wandering in the darkness of death, improvident and previously blind, illuminated by the light of his grace, might hold to the path of life with the Lord himself as our guide. Among his other salutary warnings and divine precepts, by which he provided for his peoples for salvation, he himself also gave the form of praying; he himself advised and instructed what we should pray for; he who made us live also taught us to pray, with that same kindness by which he deigned to give and bestow all other things, so that, when we speak to the Father with the prayer and supplication which the Son taught, we may be more easily heard. He had already foretold that the hour would come when true worshippers would worship the Father in spirit, and he fulfilled what he promised, so that we who have received the spirit and truth from his sanctification might also from his tradition truly and spiritually worship.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Opusculum Primum, sive Liber De Oratione","severity":"info","text":"The title identifies this as the first opuscle or book on prayer, establishing the work's genre and position within a larger collection.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"Evangelica praecepta","severity":"info","text":"The opening phrase 'Evangelica praecepta' (evangelical precepts) sets the theme: the teachings of the Gospel as divine instruction for Christian life.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"qui inter cetera salutaria sua monita ... etiam orandi ipse formam dedit","severity":"info","text":"The passage echoes Christ's teaching on prayer, particularly the Lord's Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13), as the form given by Christ himself.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"veri adoratores adorarent Patrem in spiritu","severity":"info","text":"This phrase alludes to John 4:23-24, where Jesus speaks of worshipping God in spirit and truth, a key theme in early Christian liturgy.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"de traditione quoque ejus vere et spiritualiter adoremus","severity":"info","text":"Augustine emphasizes that true worship comes from Christ's tradition, reflecting his anti-Donatist and anti-Pelagian insistence on grace and ecclesial authority.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"Opusculum Primum*","severity":"caution","text":"The asterisk after 'Primum' may indicate textual uncertainty or a later editorial addition; the title's authenticity is debated.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'Opusculum Primum*' may be a later editorial addition; the asterisk suggests textual uncertainty.","The reference to 'veri adoratores' could be interpreted as a specific group or as a general description of true worshippers."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":2,"ref":"p2","source":"Quæ enim potest esse magis spiritualis oratio quam quæ nobis a Christo, a quo nobis et Spiritus Sanctus missus est? Quæ vero magis apud Patrem precatio, quam quæ a Filio, qui est veritas de ejus ore prolata, ut aliter orare quam docuit non ignorantia sola sit, sed culpa, cum ipse posuerit et dixerit, Rejicitis mandatum Dei ut traditionem vestram statuatis. Oremus itaque, fratres dilectissimi, sicut magister Deus docuit: amica et familiaris est oratio Domini de suo rogare, ad aures ejus ascendere Christi orationem. Agnoscat Pater Filii sui verba cum precem facimus; qui habitat intus in pectore, ipse sit et in voce; cum habeamus ipsum apud Patrem advoca: tum, pro peccatis nostris petimus, advocati nostri verba propinamus. Nam cum dicat, quia quodcumque petieritis Patrem in nomine meo dabit vobis: quanto efficacius impetrabimus quod petimus Christi nomine, si petamus ipsius oratione? Sit enim orantibus sermo et precatio cum disciplina quietem continens et pudorem. Cogitemus nos sub conspectu Dei stare; placendum est divinis oculis et habitu corporis, et modo vocis; nam ut imprudentis est clamoribus strepere, ita congruit e contra verecundiorem modestis precibus orare.","english":"For what prayer can be more spiritual than that which we have from Christ, from whom the Holy Spirit was also sent to us? And what petition before the Father can be more effective than that which comes from the Son, who is truth uttered from His mouth, so that to pray otherwise than He taught is not only ignorance but also fault, since He Himself has established and said, \"You reject the commandment of God in order to establish your own tradition.\" Let us therefore pray, most beloved brothers, as the teacher God taught: the prayer of the Lord is familiar and dear, to ask of Him, to let the prayer of Christ ascend to His ears. Let the Father recognize the words of His Son when we make our petition; He who dwells within the breast, let Him also be in the voice; since we have Him as advocate before the Father, when we ask for our sins, we utter the words of our advocate. For since He says that whatever you ask the Father in my name He will give you, how much more effectively shall we obtain what we ask in the name of Christ, if we ask with His own prayer? Let the speech and petition of those praying be with discipline, containing quietness and modesty. Let us think that we stand in the sight of God; we must please the divine eyes both by the bearing of the body and the manner of the voice; for just as it is foolish to clamor with shouts, so it is fitting, on the contrary, for the more modest to pray with humble petitions.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Rejicitis mandatum Dei ut traditionem vestram statuatis","severity":"info","text":"This is a paraphrase of Christ's words, likely echoing Matthew 15:3 or a similar synoptic rebuke of the Pharisees. Augustine adapts it to contrast divine teaching with human tradition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"advocatum","severity":"info","text":"Advocatum (advocate) here refers to Christ as intercessor before the Father, a legal metaphor common in early Latin theology. Augustine emphasizes that the believer uses Christ's own words in prayer.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"disciplina quietem continens et pudorem","severity":"info","text":"Augustine's call for quiet and modest prayer reflects early Christian monastic and liturgical norms, contrasting with the noisy, undisciplined practices of some heretical groups.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Oremus itaque, fratres dilectissimi","severity":"info","text":"This phrase marks a transition from doctrinal argument to exhortation, a common rhetorical move in Augustine's sermons and treatises, inviting the reader to join in prayer.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"quodcumque petieritis Patrem in nomine meo dabit vobis","severity":"info","text":"This echoes John 16:23-24, where Christ promises that prayers in his name will be granted. Augustine uses it to ground his argument for praying with Christ's own words.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'Rejicitis mandatum Dei ut traditionem vestram statuatis' is not a direct biblical quotation but a paraphrase; its exact source is uncertain.","The Latin 'advocatum' could be read as a noun or a participle; the translation as 'advocate' follows standard patristic usage."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":3,"ref":"p3","source":"Denique magisterio suo Dominus secreto orare nos præcepit in abditis et secretis locis, in cubiculis nostris, quod magis congruit fidei, ut sciamus Deum ubique esse præsentem, audire omnes et videre, et majestatis suæ plenitudinem in abdita quæque et occulta penetrare, sicut scriptum est; Ego Deus approximans, et non Deus de longinquo; si absconditus fuerit homo in absconditis, ergo ego non videbo eum? Nonne cœlum et terram ego impleo? Et iterum: In omni loco oculi Domini contemplantur bonos et malos. Et quando in unum cum fratribus convenimus et sacrificia divina cum Dei sacerdote celebramus, verecundiæ et disciplinæ memores esse debemus, non passim ventilare preces nostras inconditis vocibus, nec petitionem, commendandam modeste Deo, tumultuosa loquacitate jactare, quia Deus non vocis, sed cordis auditor est, nec admonendus est clamoribus qui cogitationes videt, probante Domino et dicente: Quid cogitatis nequam in cordibus vestris? et alio loco: Sciant omnes quia ego scrutator renis et cordis, quod Anna in primo Regum libro typum portans custodit et servat, quæ Dominum, non clamorosa petitione, sed tacite et modeste inter ipsas pectoris latebras precatur. Loquebatur prece occulta, sed manifesta fide loquebatur, non voce sed corde, quia sic Dominum sciebat audire: impetravit efficaciter quod petiit, quia fideliter postulavit.","english":"Finally, by His teaching the Lord commanded us to pray in secret, in hidden and secluded places, in our own rooms, which is more fitting for faith, so that we may know that God is present everywhere, hears and sees all, and that the fullness of His majesty penetrates every hidden and secret place, as it is written: \"I am a God who draws near, and not a God from afar; if a man is hidden in hiding places, will I not see him? Do I not fill heaven and earth?\" And again: \"In every place, the eyes of the Lord watch over the good and the evil.\" And when we gather together with our brothers and celebrate the divine sacrifices with the priest of God, we ought to be mindful of modesty and discipline, not to scatter our prayers abroad with disorderly voices, nor to fling out with tumultuous loquacity a petition that should be modestly commended to God, because God is a hearer not of the voice but of the heart, and is not to be admonished by shouts, He who sees our thoughts, as the Lord testifies and says: \"What evil do you think in your hearts?\" and in another place: \"Let all know that I am a searcher of the reins and the heart.\" This is what Anna, who in the first book of Kings bears a type, guards and observes, she who prays to the Lord not with a clamorous petition, but silently and modestly within the very recesses of her heart. She spoke with a hidden prayer, but she spoke with manifest faith, not with her voice but with her heart, because she knew that the Lord hears in this way; she effectively obtained what she asked, because she asked faithfully.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ego Deus approximans, et non Deus de longinquo","severity":"info","text":"Augustine adapts a biblical phrase; cf. Jer 23:23-24, where God is 'approaching' and fills heaven and earth. The exact wording is not a direct Vulgate citation but a paraphrase.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"In omni loco oculi Domini contemplantur bonos et malos","severity":"info","text":"A loose echo of Prov 15:3 or Sir 15:18-19; the Vulgate has 'oculi Domini' in several wisdom passages. Augustine uses it to reinforce divine omnipresence.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Quid cogitatis nequam in cordibus vestris?","severity":"info","text":"Not a direct biblical verse; Augustine may be paraphrasing a sentiment from Ps 139 or a patristic commonplace. The phrase 'scrutator renis et cordis' echoes Job 28:24 or Ps 7:10.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Anna in primo Regum libro typum portans","severity":"info","text":"Anna (Hannah) from 1 Sam 1-2 is presented as a type of silent prayer. Her story was used in early Christian exegesis to exemplify devout, interior petition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"secreto orare","severity":"info","text":"Augustine uses 'secreto' to mean both 'in secret' and 'inwardly,' linking physical privacy with interior devotion. The term is central to his argument against noisy, public prayer.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Denique ... Et quando ...","severity":"info","text":"The passage moves from private prayer (secreto) to communal worship, contrasting proper silence with 'tumultuosa loquacitas.' This binary structure reinforces the treatise's theme of interiority.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'Ego Deus approximans' is not a standard Vulgate reading; Augustine may be quoting a lost Latin version or paraphrasing freely.","The identity of 'Anna' as a type is clear, but the specific exegetical tradition (e.g., Origen, Ambrose) is not cited."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":4,"ref":"p4","source":"Declarat hæc Scriptura divina quæ dicit: Loquebatur in corde suo, et labia illius non movebantur. Item legimus in psalmo: Dicite in cordibus vestris, et in cubilibus vestris cumpungimini. Per Jeremiam quoque hæc eadem Spiritus sanctus suggerit et docet dicens: In sensu autem debet adorari tibi Dominus. Adorans autem, fratres dilectissimi, nec illud ignoret quemadmodum in templo cum Pharisæo Publicanus oraverit, non elevatis in cœlum impudenter oculis nec manibus insolenter erectis, pectus pulsans et peccata intus inclusa contestans divinæ misericordiæ implorabat auxilium. Et cum Pharisæus sibi placeret, sanctificari hic magis meruit qui sic oravit, qui spem salutis non in fiducia innocentiæ suæ posuit, cum innocens nemo sit, sed peccata confessus humiliter oravit, et exaudivit orantem qui humilibus ignoscit, quod Dominus in Evangelio posuit et dixit: Hi duo ascenderunt in templum adorare, unus Pharisæus, alter publicanus; Pharisæus cum stetisset, talia apud se precabatur: Deus, gratias ago tibi, quia non sum sicut cæteri hominum injusti, raptores, adulteri quomodo et publicanus iste: jejuno bis in sabbato, decimas do omnium quæ possideo.","english":"This divine Scripture declares, saying: He spoke in his heart, and his lips did not move. Likewise we read in the Psalm: Say in your hearts, and be pricked in your hearts in your chambers. Through Jeremiah also the same Holy Spirit suggests and teaches this, saying: But the Lord must be worshipped by you in your mind. Moreover, dearest brethren, let him who worships not be ignorant of how the Publican prayed in the temple with the Pharisee, not raising his eyes shamelessly to heaven nor his hands insolently erect, but beating his breast and confessing the sins shut up within, imploring the aid of divine mercy. And when the Pharisee was pleasing himself, the one who prayed thus, who placed his hope of salvation not in the confidence of his own innocence (since no one is innocent), but humbly prayed confessing his sins, was more worthy of being sanctified; and He who forgives the humble heard him praying, which the Lord set down in the Gospel and said: These two went up into the temple to worship, one a Pharisee, the other a publican; the Pharisee, when he had stood, prayed thus within himself: God, I give thanks to you, because I am not like other men, unjust, robbers, adulterers, as this publican is: I fast twice a week, I give tithes of all that I possess.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Loquebatur in corde suo, et labia illius non movebantur","severity":"info","text":"The source of this quotation is uncertain; it may be a loose citation of a biblical verse or a patristic commonplace. No exact match is found in the Vulgate.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Dicite in cordibus vestris, et in cubilibus vestris cumpungimini","severity":"info","text":"This phrase is not a direct biblical quotation but echoes Psalm 4:5 (Vulgate: 'dicite in cordibus vestris') and the ascetic tradition of compunction.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"In sensu autem debet adorari tibi Dominus","severity":"info","text":"This is a paraphrase of Jeremiah 29:13 (LXX) or a similar prophetic call for inward worship; the exact wording is not in the Vulgate.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Pharisaeus et Publicanus","severity":"info","text":"The story of the Pharisee and the publican praying in the temple is not found in the canonical Gospels. It likely derives from an apocryphal or patristic tradition, possibly from the Gospel of the Hebrews or a homiletic source.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"narrative","severity":"info","text":"This passage shifts from scriptural citation to an extended narrative exemplum (the Pharisee and publican), illustrating the theme of humble, inward prayer.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"Hi duo ascenderunt in templum adorare...","severity":"caution","text":"The long prayer attributed to the Pharisee is not in the canonical Gospels and may be a later expansion. The text's attribution to 'the Lord in the Gospel' is ambiguous and likely refers to a non-canonical source.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the quotations from 'divine Scripture' and the 'Psalm' is uncertain; they may be paraphrases or misremembered verses.","The story of the Pharisee and publican is not found in the canonical Gospels; its origin is unclear."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":5,"ref":"p5","source":"Publicanus de longinquo stabat et neque oculos ad cœlum volebat levare, sed percutiebat pectus suum, dicens: Deus, propitius esto mihi peccatori; dico vobis, descen· dit hic justificatus in domum suam magis quam ille Pharisæus, quia omnis qui se extollit humiliabitur et qui se humiliat exaltabitur. Quare nos, fratres carissimi, divina locutione dicentes [F. discentes],postquam cognovimus ad orationem qualiter accedere debeamus, cognoscamus, dicente Domino, quid oremus: sic. inquit, orate: Pater noster qui es in cœlis, sanctificetur nomen tuum, adveniat regnum tuum, fiat voluntas tua sicut in cœlo et in terra: panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie, et dimitte nobis debita nostra, sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris; et ne nos inducas in tentationem, sed libera nos a malo. Amen.\n\nAnte omnia pacis doctor atque unitatis magister singillatim noluit et privatim precem dici, quasi qui precatur, pro se tantum precari videatur. Ne dicamus Pater meus, neque panem meum da mihi hodie, nec dimitti sibi tantum unusquisque postulet ut in tentationem non inducatur atque a malo liberetur pro solo se roget; publica est enim nobis et communis oratio et quando oramus non pro uno, sed pro populo toto oramus, quia populus totus unus sumus. Deus pacis et concordiæ magister qui docuit unitatem, sic orare etiam docuit, unde pro omnibus voluit, quomodo in uno omnes ipse portavit.","english":"The publican stood afar off and did not dare to raise his eyes to heaven, but struck his breast, saying: \"God, be merciful to me, a sinner.\" I tell you, this man went down from that place justified more than that Pharisee, because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted. Why, dearest brothers, learning from divine speech, after we have learned how we ought to approach prayer, let us learn, with the Lord speaking, what we should pray: \"Thus,\" he says, \"pray: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, let thy kingdom come, let thy will be done as in heaven and on earth: give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.\"\n\nAbove all, the teacher of peace and the master of unity did not wish prayer to be said individually and privately, as if he who prays seems to pray only for himself. Let us not say \"my Father,\" nor \"give me my bread today,\" nor let each one ask only for himself that he be not led into temptation and be delivered from evil; for our prayer is public and common, and when we pray we pray not for one, but for the whole people, because the whole people are one. The God of peace and concord, the teacher who taught unity, also taught us to pray thus, wherefore he wished for all, just as he himself bore all in one.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Pater noster qui es in cœlis, sanctificetur nomen tuum, adveniat regnum tuum, fiat voluntas tua sicut in cœlo et in terra: panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis ho","severity":"info","text":"Augustine adapts the Lord's Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13) with a variant order and the addition of 'panem nostrum quotidianum' and 'dimitte nobis debita nostra', reflecting early liturgical usage.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Publicanus de longinquo stabat","severity":"info","text":"The publican (tax collector) exemplifies humility in contrast to the Pharisee, a topos from Luke 18:10-14, used here to introduce the theme of proper prayer attitude.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"divina locutione dicentes [F. discentes]","severity":"caution","text":"The manuscript variant 'dicentes' (saying) vs. 'discentes' (learning) is noted; the context favors 'discentes' as the intended reading, aligning with the theme of learning from divine speech.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Ante omnia pacis doctor atque unitatis magister","severity":"info","text":"This phrase marks a structural shift from the example of the publican to the communal nature of prayer, introducing the argument that the Lord's Prayer is inherently collective.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"publica est enim nobis et communis oratio","severity":"info","text":"Augustine's emphasis on communal prayer over private petition became a key argument in later monastic and liturgical reforms, influencing the Rule of St. Benedict and Carolingian prayer practices.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The exact source of the publican story is unclear; it may be a conflation of Luke 18:10-14 and a patristic exemplum.","The variant 'dicentes/discentes' in the manuscript tradition leaves the intended verb uncertain, though 'discentes' is preferred."],"confidence":"high","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":6,"ref":"p6","source":"Hanc orationis legem servaverunt tres pueri) in camino ignis inclusi, consonantes in prece et spiritus consensione concordes. Hoc declarat divinæ Scripturæ fides; et, dum docet quomodo oraverint tales, dat exemplum quod imitari in precibus debeamus ut tales esse possimus. Tunc, inquit, illi tres quasi ex uno ore hymnum dicebant et benedicebant Dominum. Loquebantur quasi ex uno ore et nondum Christus illos docuerat orare, et idcirco orantibus fuit impetrabilis et efficax sermo, quia promerebatur Deum pacifica et simplex et spiritualis oratio. Sic et apostolos cum discipulis post ascensum Domini novimus orare: Erant, inquit, perseverantes unanimes in oratione, cum mulieribus et Maria quæ fuit mater Jesu et fratribus ejus. Perseverabant in oratione unanimes, orationis scilicet et instantiam simul et concordiam declarantes quia Deus inhabitare fecit unanimes in domo. Non admittit in divinam et æternam domum nisi eos apud quos unanimis oratio. Qualia autem sint, fratres dilectissimi, Orationis Dominicæ sacramenta, quam multa, quam magna, breviter in sermone collecta, sed in virtute spiritualiter copiosa ostendam, ut nihil omnino prætermissum sit quod non in precibus atque orationibus nostris cœlestis doctrinæ compendio apprehendatur. Animadvertite, sic, ait, orate:","english":"This law of prayer was observed by the three youths confined in the fiery furnace, harmonious in their petition and united in spirit and consent. The authority of divine Scripture declares this; and, while it teaches how such men prayed, it gives an example which we ought to imitate in our prayers so that we may be able to become such as they. Then, it says, those three, as if from one mouth, sang a hymn and blessed the Lord. They spoke as if from one mouth, and Christ had not yet taught them to pray; and for that reason the speech of those praying was effective and efficacious, because a peaceful, simple, and spiritual prayer was meriting God's favor. Thus we know that the apostles with the disciples prayed after the Lord's ascension: They were, it says, persevering with one mind in prayer, together with the women and Mary who was the mother of Jesus and his brothers. They persevered with one mind in prayer, declaring both the earnestness and the concord of prayer, because God caused the united in mind to dwell in the house. He admits into the divine and eternal house only those among whom there is prayer with one mind. But what the sacraments of the Lord's Prayer are, most beloved brothers, how many and how great, I will show, briefly gathered in discourse but spiritually abundant in power, so that nothing at all may be omitted which is not grasped in the compendium of heavenly doctrine within our petitions and prayers. Pay attention; thus, it says, pray:","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"tres pueri in camino ignis inclusi","severity":"info","text":"The three youths in the fiery furnace refer to Daniel 3:24-25 (LXX), where Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego pray in unison. Augustine uses this as a model of harmonious prayer.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Erant perseverantes unanimes in oratione","severity":"info","text":"This phrase echoes Acts 1:14, describing the apostles and disciples praying together after the Ascension. Augustine adapts it to emphasize unanimity in prayer.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"unanimis oratio","severity":"info","text":"Unanimis oratio (prayer with one mind) is a key term here, contrasting with individualistic prayer. Augustine stresses that God admits only the united in mind into the divine house.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Orationis Dominicæ sacramenta","severity":"info","text":"Orationis Dominicæ sacramenta refers to the Lord's Prayer (Pater Noster). Augustine treats it as a compendium of heavenly doctrine, a common patristic view.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Hanc orationis legem servaverunt","severity":"info","text":"This passage continues the narrative from the previous section, using biblical exempla (the three youths, the apostles) to illustrate the law of prayer introduced earlier.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"nondum Christus illos docuerat orare","severity":"info","text":"Augustine notes that the three youths prayed harmoniously before Christ taught the Lord's Prayer, implying that natural concord suffices for efficacious prayer.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'cum mulieribus et Maria quæ fuit mater Jesu et fratribus ejus' may conflate Acts 1:14 with later tradition; Augustine's source is unclear."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":7,"ref":"p7","source":"Pater noster qui es in cœlis. Homo novus, renatus, Deo suo per ejus gratiam restitutus, pater primo in loco dicit quia filius esse jam cœpit. In sua, inquit, propria venit et sui eum non receperunt; quotquot autem eum receperunt, dedit eis potestatem filios Dei fieri, qui credunt in nomine ejus, qui autem credit in nomine ejus et factus est Dei filius, hinc debet incipere, ut gratias agat, profiteatur se Dei Filium dum nominat patrem sibi esse in cœlis, Deum conte(??)tetur quoque inter prima statim nativitatis suæ verba, renuntiasse se terreno et carnali patri et patrem solum nosse esse et habere cœpisse qui sit in cœlis, dum scriptum est: Qui dicunt patri, et matri, Non novi te, et filios suos non agnoverunt, hi custodierunt verba tua et testamentum tuum servaverunt. Item Dominus in Evangelio suo præcepit, ne vocemus nobis patrem in terra, quod sit scilicet nobis unus Pater qui est in cœlis. Et discipulo qui mentionem patris fecerat respondit, Sine mortui sepeliant mortuos: dixerat en(??)m patrem suum mortuum, cum sit credentium pater unus. Neque hoc solum, fratres dilectissimi, animadvertere et intelligere debemus quod appellamus patrem qui sit in cœlis, sed conjungimus et adjicimus. Pater noster, id est eorum qui credunt quod per eum sanctificati et gratiæ spiritualis nativitate reparati, filii esse cœperunt.","english":"Our Father who art in heaven. The new man, reborn, restored to his God through his grace, first says \"father\" because he has already begun to be a son. \"He came,\" it says, \"into his own, and his own did not receive him; but as many as received him, he gave them the power to become sons of God, who believe in his name.\" He who believes in his name and has become a son of God must begin from this point: to give thanks, to profess himself a son of God while naming his father to be in heaven, and also to testify from the very first words of his birth that he has renounced his earthly and carnal father and has begun to know and have only the father who is in heaven, as it is written: \"Those who say to father and mother, 'I do not know you,' and do not acknowledge their own children, have kept your words and preserved your testament.\" Likewise, the Lord in his Gospel commanded that we not call anyone father on earth, because we have one Father who is in heaven. And to the disciple who had made mention of his father, he replied, \"Let the dead bury their dead\": for he had called his own father dead, whereas the father of believers is one. And we must not only notice and understand this, dearest brothers, that we call upon the father who is in heaven, but we also join and add: \"Our Father,\" that is, of those who believe that through him they have been sanctified and, restored by the spiritual birth of grace, have begun to be sons.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Pater noster qui es in cœlis","severity":"info","text":"The opening phrase is the Latin form of the Lord's Prayer (Matthew 6:9). The author uses it as a liturgical and exegetical starting point.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"In sua, inquit, propria venit et sui eum non receperunt","severity":"info","text":"This echoes John 1:11-12, where Jesus comes to his own and is not received. The author adapts the verse to illustrate the rejection of the new man by the old.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Qui dicunt patri, et matri, Non novi te","severity":"info","text":"This is a loose citation of a passage from the Old Testament, possibly from the story of the Rechabites (Jeremiah 35) or a similar renunciation tradition. The exact source is uncertain.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Sine mortui sepeliant mortuos","severity":"info","text":"This is a saying attributed to Jesus, not found in the canonical Gospels. It may derive from apocryphal traditions or early Christian oral teaching, emphasizing spiritual rebirth.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Homo novus, renatus","severity":"info","text":"The concept of the 'new man' reborn through grace is central to early Christian baptismal theology, particularly in the writings of Paul (e.g., 2 Corinthians 5:17) and in catechetical instruction.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Pater noster","severity":"info","text":"The author moves from the singular 'Pater' to the plural 'noster', emphasizing the communal nature of the prayer and the unity of believers as sons of God.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'Deum conte(??)tetur' is corrupt in the manuscript; the intended verb may be 'contestetur' (to testify) or 'contemplatur' (to contemplate). The reading 'testify' is adopted based on context.","The source of the saying 'Sine mortui sepeliant mortuos' is uncertain; it may be from an apocryphal gospel or a patristic tradition."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":8,"ref":"p8","source":"Quæ vox Judæos restringit et percutit, qui sibi Christum per prophetas annuntiatum et ad se prius missum, non tantum spreverunt infideliter, sed etiam crudeliter necaverunt: qui non possunt patrem Deum vocare, cum Dominus eos confundat et redarguat dicens: Vos de patre diabolo nati estis, et concupiscentias patris vestri facere vultis, ille enim homicida fuit ab initio et in veritate non stetit. quia veritas non est in illo: et per Isaiam prophetam Dominus clamat indignans: Filios genui et exaltavi: ipsi autem spreverunt me; agnovit bos possessorem suum et asinus præsepe Domini sui, Israel me non cognovit et populus meus non intellexit: væ, gens peccatrix, populus plenus peccatis, semen nequam, filii scelerati, dereliquisti Dominum Deum tuum et indignationem misisti semen Israel. In quorum exprobrationem Christiani quando oramus, Pater noster primo in loco dicimus quia noster esse cœpit et Judæorum qui eum dereliquerunt esse desiit. Nec peccator populus potest esse filius, sed quibus remissio peccatorum datur, eis filiorum nomen adscribitur, eis æternitas repromittitur, Domino ipso dicente: Omnis qui facit peccatum servus est peccati, servus autem non manet in æternum in domo. Quanta autem Domini indulgentia, quanta circa nos dignationis ejus et bonitatis ubertas!","english":"This voice restrains and strikes the Jews, who, when Christ was announced to them through the prophets and sent to them first, not only spurned him in faithlessness but also cruelly killed him; they cannot call God father, since the Lord confounds and rebukes them, saying: You are born from the father devil, and you wish to do the desires of your father, for he was a murderer from the beginning and did not stand in truth, because truth is not in him; and through the prophet Isaiah the Lord cries out in indignation: I have begotten sons and raised them up, but they themselves have spurned me; the ox has recognized its owner and the ass the manger of its master, Israel has not known me and my people have not understood: woe, a sinful race, a people full of sins, a wicked offspring, criminal sons, you have abandoned your Lord God and sent indignation upon the seed of Israel. To their reproach, when we Christians pray, we say \"Our Father\" first, because he has begun to be ours and has ceased to be of the Jews who abandoned him. Nor can a sinful people be sons, but to those to whom remission of sins is given, the name of sons is ascribed, eternity is promised to them, the Lord himself saying: Everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin, but a slave does not remain in the house forever. How great is the Lord's indulgence, how great the abundance of his condescension and goodness toward us!","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Vos de patre diabolo nati estis","severity":"info","text":"Augustine attributes to Christ a saying not found in the canonical Gospels; it may derive from a lost apocryphon or from a conflation of New Testament anti-Jewish polemic.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"per Isaiam prophetam Dominus clamat","severity":"info","text":"The following quotation is not from Isaiah but from a later Christian anti-Jewish text; Augustine may be citing a lost Latin translation or a pseudo-Isaiah source.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Omnis qui facit peccatum servus est peccati","severity":"info","text":"This echoes John 8:34–35, where Jesus says a sinner is a slave to sin and cannot remain in the house forever; Augustine adapts the verse to his argument about remission of sins.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Judæos","severity":"info","text":"Augustine’s polemic reflects the late fourth-century Christian supersessionist theology, where the Jews are portrayed as having forfeited the right to call God Father by rejecting Christ.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Pater noster primo in loco dicimus","severity":"info","text":"Augustine’s interpretation of the Lord’s Prayer as a marker of Christian identity over against Jewish rejection became influential in medieval exegesis and liturgy.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"agnovit bos possessorem suum et asinus præsepe Domini sui","severity":"caution","text":"This animal imagery is not found in the biblical text; it may be a patristic topos or a misattribution; the source is uncertain.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the sayings attributed to Christ and Isaiah is unclear; they may be from apocryphal or lost Latin traditions.","The phrase 'Vos de patre diabolo nati estis' has no direct biblical parallel; its origin is uncertain."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":9,"ref":"p9","source":"ut sic nos voluerit orationem celebrare in conspectu Dei, ut Deum patrem vocemus et ut est Christus, Filius Dei, sic et nos filios nuncupemus. Quod nomen nemo nostrum auderet attingere, nisi ipse sic nobis permisisset orare. Meminisse itaque, fratres dilectissimi, et scire debemus, quando Deum Patrem dicimus, quod quasi Filii Dei agere debemus, ut quomodo nobis placeamus de Deo, sic sibi et ipse placeat de nobis, conversemur quasi Dei templa, ut Deum in nobis constet habitare, nec sit degener actus noster a spiritu, ut qui spirituales et cœlestes esse cœpimus nonnisi spiritualia et cœlestia cogitemus et agamus. Quia et ipse Dominus dixit, Eos qui clarificant me clarificabo, et qui me spernet spernetur. Beatus quoque apostolus in Epistola sua exposuit dicens: Non estis vestri, empti enim estis pretio magno, clarificate, tollite et portate Deum in corde vestro. Post hoc dicimus, Sanctificetur nomen tuum, non quod optemus ut sanctificetur in orationibus nostris, sed quod petamus a Deo ut nomen ejus sanctificetur in nobis. Cæterum a quo sanctificatur Deus qui ipse sanctificat?","english":"so that He has willed us to celebrate prayer in the sight of God, that we call God Father and, just as Christ is the Son of God, so we too are named sons. That name none of us would dare to touch, unless He Himself had permitted us to pray in this way. Therefore, dearest brothers, we must remember and know that when we say \"God the Father,\" we ought to act as sons of God, so that just as we are pleased with ourselves concerning God, He too may be pleased with Himself concerning us; let us conduct ourselves as temples of God, so that God may dwell in us, and let our action not be degenerate from the spirit, so that we who have begun to be spiritual and heavenly think and do only spiritual and heavenly things. For the Lord Himself said, \"Those who glorify me, I will glorify, and those who spurn me will be spurned.\" The blessed apostle also explained in his Epistle, saying: \"You are not your own, for you have been bought at a great price; glorify, take up and carry God in your heart.\" After this we say, \"Hallowed be thy name,\" not that we wish it to be hallowed in our prayers, but that we ask from God that His name be hallowed in us. For by whom is God hallowed, who Himself hallows?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"ut sic nos voluerit orationem celebrare in conspectu Dei, ut Deum patrem vocemus","severity":"info","text":"Augustine explains that the Lord has willed Christians to pray by calling God 'Father,' a privilege granted only through Christ's permission.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Eos qui clarificant me clarificabo, et qui me spernet spernetur","severity":"info","text":"This saying of the Lord is not a direct biblical quotation but echoes themes of reciprocal glorification found in the Gospels, e.g., John 12:26 or Matthew 10:1.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Non estis vestri, empti enim estis pretio magno, clarificate, tollite et portate Deum in corde vestro","severity":"info","text":"Augustine attributes this to the 'blessed apostle,' but it is not a verbatim New Testament citation; it may be a paraphrase of 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 or a patristic adaptation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Sanctificetur nomen tuum","severity":"info","text":"This phrase is the second petition of the Lord's Prayer (Matthew 6:9; Luke 11:2), which Augustine interprets here as a request for God's name to be hallowed in the faithful, not in God Himself.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Post hoc dicimus","severity":"info","text":"This phrase marks a transition within the passage from discussing the address 'God the Father' to the petition 'Hallowed be thy name,' following the sequential structure of the Lord's Prayer.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"conversemur quasi Dei templa","severity":"info","text":"The metaphor of believers as temples of God echoes 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 and was influential in later Christian spiritual writings, emphasizing inner sanctity.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the apostle's saying is unclear; it may be a loose paraphrase or a non-canonical tradition.","The phrase 'clarificate' in the apostle's saying is ambiguous in meaning, possibly 'glorify' or 'praise.'"],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":10,"ref":"p10","source":"Sed quia ipse dixit: Sancti estote quoniam ego sanctus sum, (??)d petimus et rogamus ut qui in baptismo sanctificati sumus in eo quod esse cœpimus perseveremus, et hoc quotidie deprecamur; opus est enim nobis quotidiana sanctificatione, ut qui quotidie delinquimus, delicta nostra sanctificatione assidua repurgemus.\n\nQuæ autem sit sanctificatio quæ vobis Dei dignatione conferetur [F. conferatur] Apostolus prædicat dicens: Neque fornicarii, neque idolis servientes, neque adulteri, neque molles, neque masculorum appetitores, neque fures, neque fraudulenti, neque ebriosi, neque maledici, neque raptores regnum Dei consequentur: et hoc quidem fuistis, sed abluti estis, sed justificati estis, sed sanctificati estis in nomine Domini nostri Jesu Christi et Spiritu Dei nostri. Hæc sanctificatio ut in nobis permaneat oramus. Et Dominus quidem et judex noster a se justificato et sanato comminatur jam non delinquere ne quid ei deterius eveniat. Hanc continuis orationibus precem facimus, hoc diebus ac noctibus postulamus; et vivificatio quæ de Dei gratia sumitur, ipsius protectione servetur in oratione. Sequitur*: Adveniat regnum tuum. Regnum etiam Dei repræsentari nobis petimus sicut et nomen ejus ut sanctificetur in nobis postulamus. Nam Deus quando non regnat? aut apud eum quando incœpit quod semper fuit et esse non desinet?","english":"But because He Himself said: \"Be holy, for I am holy,\" (??) we ask and pray that we who have been sanctified in baptism may persevere in what we have begun to be, and we entreat this daily; for we have need of daily sanctification, so that we, who daily commit offenses, may cleanse our faults by constant sanctification.\n\nWhat this sanctification is, which will be conferred upon you by God's grace, the Apostle proclaims, saying: \"Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate men, nor pursuers of males, nor thieves, nor fraudulent men, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor plunderers will obtain the kingdom of God: and this indeed you were, but you have been washed, but you have been justified, but you have been sanctified in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and the Spirit of our God.\" We pray that this sanctification may remain in us. And indeed our Lord and Judge threatens one who has been justified and healed by Him not to offend again, lest something worse befall him. We make this petition with continuous prayers, we demand this day and night; and the life-giving power which is taken from God's grace is preserved by His protection in prayer. It follows: \"Let your kingdom come.\" We also ask that the kingdom of God be represented to us, just as we ask that His name be sanctified in us. For when does God not reign? Or when did it begin with Him, who always was and will not cease to be?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Sancti estote quoniam ego sanctus sum","severity":"info","text":"The lemma is a loose citation of Leviticus 20:7 (LXX) or a baptismal exhortation; the exact source is uncertain, as indicated by the editor's '(??)'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Neque fornicarii ... regnum Dei consequentur","severity":"info","text":"This list of vices and the promise of the kingdom echoes 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 and related baptismal catechesis, though not a direct quotation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"sanctificatio","severity":"info","text":"Sanctificatio here denotes both the baptismal consecration and the ongoing purification from daily sins, a key Augustinian concept of continuous grace.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Sequitur*: Adveniat regnum tuum","severity":"info","text":"The asterisk and 'Sequitur' mark a transition to the next petition of the Lord's Prayer, showing the treatise's exegetical structure.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"F. conferatur","severity":"info","text":"The variant 'conferatur' (subjunctive) in the source edition suggests a textual crux; the preferred reading 'conferetur' (future) aligns with the promise of sanctification.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"Spiritu Dei nostri","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'Spiritu Dei nostri' is unusual; it may reflect a variant baptismal formula or a scribal error for 'Spiritu Sancto'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the initial scripture citation 'Sancti estote quoniam ego sanctus sum' is unclear; the editor marks it with '(??)'.","The phrase 'Spiritu Dei nostri' may be a corruption or a non-standard liturgical reading."],"confidence":"high","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":11,"ref":"p11","source":"Nostrum regnum petimus advenire a Deo nobis repromissum, Christi sanguine et passione quæsitum, ut qui in sæculo ante servivimus, postmodum Christo dominante regnemus,sicut ipse pollicetur et dicit: Venite, benedicti Patris mei; percipite regnum quod vobis paratum est ab origine mundi.\n\nPotest vero, fratres carissimi, et ipse Christus esse regnum Dei, quoniam venire quotidie cupimus, cujus adventus ut cito nobis repræsentetur optamus. Nam cum resurrectio ipse sit, quia in ipso resurgimus, sic et regnum Dei potest ipse intelligi, quia in ipso regnaturi sumus. Bene regnum Dei petimus, id est regnum cœleste, quia est et terrestre regnum; sed qui renuntiat sæculo major est honoribus ejus et regno, et ideo qui se Deo et Christo dicat, non terrena, sed cœlestia regna desiderat. Continua autem oratione et prece opus est, ne excidamus a regno cœlesti, sicut Judæi, quibus prius promissum fuerat. exciderunt Domino manifestante et probante: Multi, inquit, venient ab Oriente et Occidente et accumbent cum Abraham, Isaac et Jacob in regno cœlorum; filii autem regni ejicientur in tenebras exteriores, illic erit ploratio et stridor dentium.","english":"We seek the kingdom promised to us by God, won by the blood and passion of Christ, so that we who formerly served in the world may afterwards reign with Christ as our ruler, as He Himself promises and says: \"Come, blessed of my Father; receive the kingdom that has been prepared for you from the beginning of the world.\"\n\nBut indeed, dearest brothers, Christ Himself can be the kingdom of God, which we daily desire to come, whose advent we long to be quickly presented to us. For just as He is the resurrection, because we rise again in Him, so too can He be understood as the kingdom of God, because we are to reign in Him. We rightly seek the kingdom of God, that is, the heavenly kingdom, for there is also an earthly kingdom; but he who renounces the world is greater than its honors and its kingdom, and therefore he who dedicates himself to God and Christ desires not earthly but heavenly kingdoms. However, there is need of continuous prayer and supplication, lest we fall from the heavenly kingdom, as the Jews did, to whom it was earlier promised. They fell, as the Lord reveals and proves: \"Many,\" He says, \"will come from the East and the West and will recline with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven; but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"Nostrum regnum petimus advenire a Deo nobis repromissum","severity":"info","text":"The phrase echoes the Lord's Prayer (Matthew 6:10) but reinterprets 'kingdom' as an eschatological reward won by Christ's passion.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Venite, benedicti Patris mei; percipite regnum quod vobis paratum est ab origine mundi","severity":"info","text":"This is not a direct biblical quotation but a paraphrase of eschatological promises, possibly conflating Matthew 25:34 and Revelation 21:7.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"regnum Dei","severity":"info","text":"Augustine identifies Christ himself as the kingdom of God, a theological identification that merges the person of Christ with the eschatological realm.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"sicut Judaei, quibus prius promissum fuerat","severity":"info","text":"Augustine refers to the supersessionist view that Jews lost their promised kingdom due to rejection of Christ, a common polemic in patristic literature.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Multi venient ab Oriente et Occidente et accumbent cum Abraham, Isaac et Jacob in regno caelorum; filii autem regni ejicientur in tenebras exteriores","severity":"info","text":"This is a non-canonical saying, possibly from an apocryphal source or a loose paraphrase of Matthew 8:12 and 22:13, warning of exclusion from the kingdom.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"filii autem regni ejicientur in tenebras exteriores","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'filii regni' is ambiguous: it may mean 'sons of the kingdom' (i.e., rightful heirs) or 'sons of the king' (i.e., Jews), and the source of the saying is uncertain.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the quoted saying about Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is unclear; it may be apocryphal or a conflation.","The identity of 'filii regni' is ambiguous: either Jewish heirs or Christian believers."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":12,"ref":"p12","source":"Ostendit quia antea filii regni erant Judæi, quando et filii Dei perseverabant: postquam cessavit contra eos nomen paternum, cessavit et regnum, et ideo nos Christiani qui in oratione appellamus Deum Patrem et cœpimus eum nosse, ut regnum Dei nobis veniat oramus. Addimus quoque et dicimus: Fiat voluntas tua sicut in cœlo et in terra; non ut solum Deus faciat quod vult, sed ut nos facere possimus quod vult: nam Deo quis obsistit, quominus quando velit faciat? Sed quia a diabolo obsistitur quominus per omnia noster animus atque actus Deo obsequatur, oramus et petimus ut fiat in nobis voluntas Dei. Quod ut fiat in nobis opus est Dei voluntate, id est opere ejus et protectione, quia nemo suis viribus fortis est, sed Dei indulgentia et misericordia tutus est. Denique Dominus et infirmitatem hominis quam portabat ostendens ait: Pater, si fieri potest transeat calix iste a me; etiam exemplum discipulis suis tribuens ut non voluntatem suam, sed illam Dei faciant, addit dicens: Verumtamen non sicut ego volo, sed quod tu;et alio loco dicit: Non descendi de cœlo ut faciam voluntatem meam, sed ejus qui misit me. Quod si Filius obaudivit ut faceret voluntatem Patris, quanto magis servus obaudire debet, ut faciat Domini voluntatem?","english":"He shows that the Jews were formerly sons of the kingdom when they also persevered as sons of God; after the paternal name ceased for them, the kingdom also ceased, and therefore we Christians, who in prayer call upon God as Father and have begun to know Him, pray that the kingdom of God may come to us. We also add and say: \"Let your will be done, as in heaven and on earth,\" not only so that God may do what He wills, but so that we may be able to do what He wills; for who hinders God from doing what He wishes whenever He wishes? But because the devil hinders our mind and action from obeying God in all things, we pray and ask that the will of God be done in us. For this to be done in us, there is need of God's will, that is, of His work and protection, because no one is strong by his own strength, but is safe by God's indulgence and mercy. Finally, the Lord, showing the weakness of the man He bore, said: \"Father, if it can be done, let this cup pass from me\"; and also giving an example to His disciples that they should not do their own will, but that of God, He adds, saying: \"Nevertheless, not as I wish, but as You wish\"; and in another place He says: \"I did not descend from heaven to do my own will, but that of the one who sent me.\" If the Son obeyed to do the Father's will, how much more must the servant obey to do the Lord's will?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage moves from a historical claim about the Jews to a liturgical petition (the Lord's Prayer), then to a theological argument about divine will and human obedience, culminating in Christ's example.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Fiat voluntas tua sicut in cœlo et in terra","severity":"info","text":"This is a direct citation of the Lord's Prayer (Matthew 6:10), here interpreted as a petition for human compliance with God's will, not merely divine action.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Pater, si fieri potest transeat calix iste a me","severity":"info","text":"Augustine attributes to Christ a saying not found in canonical Gospels; it may derive from apocryphal tradition or a liturgical paraphrase, illustrating Christ's human weakness.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Non descendi de cœlo ut faciam voluntatem meam, sed ejus qui misit me","severity":"info","text":"This saying is not attested in the New Testament; it likely reflects a patristic or apocryphal source, used here to underscore Christ's obedience.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The reference to Jews as former 'sons of the kingdom' reflects a supersessionist theology common in Latin Christianity, where the Old Covenant is seen as superseded by the New.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"voluntas Dei","severity":"info","text":"Augustine distinguishes God's will as an active power (opus) and protection, not merely divine desire, emphasizing human dependence on grace.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the two non-canonical sayings attributed to Christ is uncertain; they may be from lost apocryphal gospels or liturgical adaptations.","The phrase 'filii regni' (sons of the kingdom) is ambiguous: it could refer to Jewish identity under the Old Covenant or to a specific eschatological status."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":13,"ref":"p13","source":"Sicut in epistola Joannes quoque ad faciendam Dei voluntatem hortatur et instruit dicens: Nolite diligere mundum, neque ea quæ in mundo sunt; si quis dilexerit mundum, non est charitas Patris in eo, quia omne quod in mundo est, concupiscentia carnis est et oculorum, et ambitio sœculi, et mundus transit et concupiscentia ejus. Qui autem fecerit voluntatem Dei manet in æternum quomodo et Deus manet in æternum; quare si in æternum manere volumus, Dei, qui æternus est, voluntatem facere debemus. Voluntas autem Dei, quam et Christus docuit et fecit, est humilitas in conversatione, stabilitas in fide, verecundia in verbis, in factis justitia, in operibus misericordia, in moribus disciplina: injuriam facere non nosse et factam posse tolerare, cum fratribus pacem tenere, Deum ex toto corde diligere, amare in illo quod pater est, timere quod Deus est, Christo nihil præponere omnino quia nec nobis i le quidquam præposuit, charitati ejus inseparabiliter adhærere, cruci ejus fortiter ac fidenter assistere, quando de ejus nomine et honore certatur exhibere in sermone constantiam qua confirmamur, in quæstione fiduciam qua congredimur, in morte patientiam qua coronamur, hoc est cohæredem Christi velle esse, hoc est præceptum Dei sequi, hoc est voluntatem Patris facere, hoc est voluntatem Patris implere.","english":"Just as in his epistle John also exhorts and instructs us to do the will of God, saying: Do not love the world, nor those things which are in the world; if anyone has loved the world, the charity of the Father is not in him, because everything that is in the world is lust of the flesh and of the eyes, and ambition of the age, and the world passes away along with its lust. But he who has done the will of God abides in eternity, just as God abides in eternity; therefore, if we wish to abide in eternity, we must do the will of God, who is eternal. Now the will of God, which Christ both taught and performed, is: humility in conduct, steadfastness in faith, modesty in speech, justice in deeds, mercy in works, discipline in habits; not to know how to do injury and to be able to bear one done, to keep peace with brothers, to love God with the whole heart, to love in him that which is father, to fear that which is God, to prefer nothing at all to Christ, because he preferred nothing whatsoever to us, to cling inseparably to his charity, to stand firmly and confidently by his cross when the contest is over his name and honor, to exhibit in speech the constancy by which we are strengthened, in questioning the confidence with which we engage, in death the patience by which we are crowned—this is to wish to be a co-heir of Christ, this is to follow the commandment of God, this is to do the will of the Father, this is to fulfill the will of the Father.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Sicut in epistola Joannes","severity":"info","text":"Augustine alludes to 1 John 2:15-17, which warns against love of the world and emphasizes doing God's will for eternal life.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"charitas Patris","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'charitas Patris' (charity of the Father) echoes Johannine language, linking love of God with rejection of worldly desires.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Voluntas autem Dei","severity":"info","text":"This passage shifts from scriptural exhortation to a catalog of virtues defining God's will, culminating in a series of 'hoc est' clauses that reinforce the theme.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"cohæredem Christi","severity":"info","text":"The concept of being a 'co-heir of Christ' reflects early Christian soteriology, where believers share in Christ's inheritance through obedience.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"cruci ejus fortiter ac fidenter assistere","severity":"info","text":"This phrase anticipates later medieval devotion to the cross, emphasizing steadfastness in martyrdom and defense of Christ's honor.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"in quæstione fiduciam qua congredimur","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'in quæstione fiduciam' may be ambiguous: it could refer to theological debate or to interrogation during persecution, but the context of martyrdom supports the latter.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'in quæstione fiduciam' could be interpreted as confidence in questioning (theological debate) or in interrogation (martyrdom); the surrounding context of death and crowning favors the latter.","The list of virtues may be a loose paraphrase of earlier Christian moral teaching, but no single source is directly cited."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":14,"ref":"p14","source":"Fieri autem petimus voluntatem Dei in cœlo et in terra, quod utrumque ad consummationem nostræ incolumitatis et salutis pertinet. Nam cum corpus in terra, et spiritum possideamus in cœlo, ipsi cœlum et terra sumus et in utroque, id est corpore et spiritu ut voluntas Dei fiat oramus. Est enim inter carnem et spiritum collúctatio, et discordantibus adversum se invicem iis quotidiana congressio est, ut non quæ volumus, illa faciamus, dum spiritus cælestia quærit et divina, caro terrena et sæcularia concupiscit: et ideo petimus inter duo istam opera et auxilio Dei concordiam fieri ut et spiritu et carne voluntas Dei geratur, quæque per eum renata est anima conservetur id quod aperte atque manifeste apostolus Paulus sua voce declarat: Caro, inquiens, concupiscit adversus spiritum, spiritus adversus carnem, hœc enim invicem adversantur sibi, ut non quœcumque vultis, illa faciatis. Manifesta autem sunt facta carnis quæ sunt adulteria, fornicationes, immunditiæ, spurcitia, idololatriæ, veneficia, homicidia, inimicitiæ, contentiones, æmulationes, animositates, provocationes, simulationes, dissensiones, hæreses, invidiæ, ebrietates, comessationes, et his similia, quæ qui talia agunt regnum Dei non consequentur.","english":"We ask, however, that the will of God be done in heaven and on earth, both of which pertain to the consummation of our well-being and salvation. For since we possess a body on earth and a spirit in heaven, we ourselves are heaven and earth, and we pray that the will of God be done in both, that is, in body and spirit. For there is a struggle between flesh and spirit, and a daily conflict between them as they oppose one another, so that we do not do what we wish, while the spirit seeks heavenly and divine things, and the flesh covets earthly and worldly things. And therefore we ask, through this work and the help of God, that harmony be established between the two, so that the will of God may be carried out in both spirit and flesh, and that the soul, which has been reborn through him, may be preserved. This the apostle Paul declares openly and manifestly with his own voice, saying: The flesh lusts against the spirit, the spirit against the flesh; for these oppose each other, so that you do not do whatever you wish. Now the works of the flesh are manifest: adulteries, fornications, impurities, filth, idolatries, sorceries, homicides, enmities, contentions, rivalries, animosities, provocations, dissimulations, dissensions, heresies, envies, drunkennesses, gluttonies, and the like; those who do such things will not attain the kingdom of God.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"Fieri autem petimus voluntatem Dei in cœlo et in terra","severity":"info","text":"The petition 'that the will of God be done in heaven and on earth' echoes the Lord's Prayer (Matthew 6:10), but Augustine reinterprets 'heaven' and 'earth' as allegories for spirit and body.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"collúctatio","severity":"info","text":"The term 'colluctatio' (struggle) is a rare but vivid word for the conflict between flesh and spirit, a central theme in Pauline anthropology (cf. Galatians 5:17).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Caro, inquiens, concupiscit adversus spiritum, spiritus adversus carnem","severity":"info","text":"Augustine loosely paraphrases Galatians 5:17, where Paul describes the flesh lusting against the spirit. The citation is not verbatim but captures the Pauline antithesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Manifesta autem sunt facta carnis","severity":"info","text":"The catalogue of vices (adulteries, fornications, etc.) reflects a traditional list of mortal sins in early Christian moral teaching, possibly influenced by Stoic or monastic catalogues.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Est enim inter carnem et spiritum collúctatio","severity":"info","text":"This sentence introduces a binary opposition (flesh vs. spirit) that structures the entire passage, leading to the prayer for harmony and the citation of Paul.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"regnum Dei non consequentur","severity":"info","text":"The warning that those who commit such sins 'will not attain the kingdom of God' echoes Matthew 19:24 and was a common eschatological threat in Latin patristic preaching.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'per eum renata est anima' could refer to rebirth through Christ or through the Holy Spirit; the Latin 'eum' is ambiguous but likely refers to God (Deus) from the preceding clause."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":15,"ref":"p15","source":"Fructus autem spiritus gaudium, charitas, pax, magnanimitas, bonitas, fides, mansuetudo, continentia, castitas; et idcirco quotidianis atque continuis orationibus precamur et in cœlo et in terra voluntatem Dei fieri circa nos, quia hæc voluntas Dei est ut terrena cœlestibus cedant, spiritualia carnalibus prævaleant. Potest etiam sic intelligi, fratres carissimi, ut quoniam mandat et monet Dominus et inimicos diligere et pro his quoque qui nos persequuntur orare, petamus et pro illis qui adhuc terreni sunt et necdum cœlestes cœperunt esse, et ut circa illos voluntas Dei fiat, quoniam Christus hominem conservando, et reintegrando perfecit. Nam cum discipuli ab eo non jam terreni appellentur, sed sal terræ, et Apostolus primum hominem vocet de limo terræ, secundum vero de cœlo; merito et nos qui esse debemus Patri Deo similes, qui solem suum facit oriri super bonos et malos et pluit super justos et injustos, sic Christo monente oremus ut precem pro omnium salute faciamus. Ut quomodo in cœlo, in nobis per fidem nostram voluntas Dei facta est, ut essemus cœlo, ita et in terra, hoc est in non credentibus fiat voluntas Dei, ut scilicet fiant cœlestes ex aqua et Spiritu nati, procedente oratione postulamus et dicimus:","english":"The fruit of the spirit, however, is joy, charity, peace, magnanimity, goodness, faith, gentleness, continence, chastity; and for that reason we pray in daily and continuous petitions that the will of God be done concerning us both in heaven and on earth, because this is the will of God: that earthly things yield to heavenly ones, and spiritual things prevail over carnal ones. It can also be understood in this way, dearest brothers: since the Lord commands and admonishes us to love even our enemies and to pray also for those who persecute us, we ask also for those who are still earthly and have not yet begun to be heavenly, and that the will of God be done concerning them, because Christ perfected man by preserving and restoring him. For when the disciples are no longer called earthly by him, but the salt of the earth, and the Apostle calls the first man from the slime of the earth, but the second from heaven, rightly we, who ought to be like God the Father, who makes his sun rise over the good and the bad and rains upon the just and the unjust, should pray as Christ admonishes, so that we may make our prayer for the salvation of all. So that just as in heaven—that is, in us through our faith—the will of God has been done, that we might be heavenly, so also on earth—that is, in those who do not believe—the will of God may be done, namely that they may become heavenly, born from water and Spirit, we ask and say this in our proceeding prayer:","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"Fructus autem spiritus gaudium, charitas, pax, magnanimitas, bonitas, fides, mansuetudo, continentia, castitas","severity":"info","text":"Augustine lists the fruits of the spirit as a series of virtues, echoing but not identical to the Pauline list in Galatians 5:22–23, where 'fides' and 'mansuetudo' replace 'fides' and 'benignitas' respectively.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"sal terrae","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'salt of the earth' alludes to Matthew 5:13, where Christ calls the disciples 'the salt of the earth.' Augustine uses it to contrast the earthly and heavenly states of believers.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"primum hominem ... de limo terrae, secundum vero de caelo","severity":"info","text":"Augustine refers to 1 Corinthians 15:47, where Paul distinguishes the first man (Adam) as made from earth and the second man (Christ) as from heaven, applying this typology to believers.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"solem suum facit oriri super bonos et malos","severity":"info","text":"The image of the sun rising over good and bad echoes Matthew 5:45 (or a similar dominical saying), illustrating God's impartiality as a model for Christian prayer for all.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ex aqua et Spiritu nati","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'born from water and Spirit' refers to baptism, where water and the Holy Spirit are the instruments of regeneration, a standard patristic interpretation of John 3:5.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Potest etiam sic intelligi","severity":"info","text":"This phrase marks a second interpretation of the Lord's Prayer petition 'in heaven and on earth,' shifting from an anthropological reading (body and spirit) to a missiological one (believers and unbelievers).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'fructus autem spiritus' could be read as a list of virtues or as a reference to the spiritual gifts of the Holy Spirit; the translation takes it as virtues.","The phrase 'ex aqua et Spiritu nati' is ambiguous: it may refer to baptismal regeneration or to the spiritual rebirth of believers; the context favors baptism."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":16,"ref":"p16","source":"Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie; quod potest spiritualiter et simpliciter intelligi: petimus enim id quod utiliter proficit ad salutem. Nam panis vitæ Christus est; et panis hic omnium non est, sed noster est; et quomodo dicimus, Pater noster, quoniam intelligentium et credentium pater est, sic et panem nostrum vocamus, quia Christus noster, cum corpus ejus attingimus, panis est. Hunc autem panem dari nobis quotidie postulamus, ne qui in Christo sumus et Eucharistiam quotidie ad cibum salutis accipimus, intercedente aliquo graviori delicto, dum abscissi et non communicantes a cœlesti pane prohibemur, a Christi corpore separemur, ipso prædicante et monente: Ego sum panis vitœ qui de cœlo descendi; si quis manducaverit ex hoc pane, viret in œternum: panis autem quem ego dedero caro mea est pro sœculi vita. Quando ergo dicit in æternum vivere si quis ederit de ejus pane, utique manifestum est eos vivere qui corpus ejus attingunt, et Eucharistiam in re communicationis accipiunt. Itaque contra timendum est et orandum ne dum quis abscissus separatur a Christi corpore, abscissus remaneat a salute, comminante ipso et dicente: Nisi ederitis carnem filii hominis et biberitis ejus sanguinem, nos habebitis vitam in vobis. Et ideo panem nostrum, id est Christum dari nobis quotidie petimus, ut qui in Christo manemus et vivimus a sanctificatione et corpore ejus non recedamus.","english":"Give us this day our daily bread, which can be understood both spiritually and simply: for we ask for that which profitably advances salvation. For the bread of life is Christ; and this bread is not for all, but is ours; and just as we say, \"Our Father,\" because He is the father of those who understand and believe, so too we call it our bread, because Christ is ours, and when we touch His body, He is bread. We ask that this bread be given to us daily, lest we who are in Christ and receive the Eucharist daily as the food of salvation, should some graver sin intervene, be cut off and, not communicating, be prohibited from the heavenly bread, and be separated from the body of Christ, while He Himself preaches and warns: \"I am the bread of life who descended from heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever: but the bread which I give is my flesh for the life of the age.\" Therefore, when He says that if anyone eats of His bread he will live forever, it is certainly clear that those who touch His body and receive the Eucharist in the reality of communion live. Hence it is to be feared and prayed for, lest anyone, being cut off, be separated from the body of Christ and remain cut off from salvation, with Him Himself threatening and saying: \"Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you will not have life in you.\" And so we ask daily that our bread, that is, Christ, be given to us, so that we who remain and live in Christ may not withdraw from His sanctification and body.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie","severity":"info","text":"Augustine adapts the Lord's Prayer petition (Matthew 6:11) as a liturgical and eucharistic invocation, linking daily bread to the Eucharist.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ego sum panis vitœ qui de cœlo descendi","severity":"info","text":"Augustine paraphrases John 6:35, 41, 51, blending Christ's self-identification as the bread of life with eucharistic theology.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Nisi ederitis carnem filii hominis et biberitis ejus sanguinem, nos habebitis vitam in vobis","severity":"info","text":"A loose citation of John 6:53, emphasizing the necessity of eucharistic communion for eternal life.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Eucharistiam","severity":"info","text":"Augustine uses 'Eucharistia' to denote the sacrament of the altar, reflecting early Latin Christian usage of the Greek loanword.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"abscissi et non communicantes","severity":"info","text":"Refers to excommunication or voluntary abstention from communion, a disciplinary practice in the early Church for grave sins.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie","severity":"info","text":"This passage forms a eucharistic excursus within the treatise on prayer, linking the Lord's Prayer to sacramental theology.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'pro sœculi vita' is ambiguous: it may mean 'for the life of the age' (temporal) or 'for the life of the world' (cosmic). The translation adopts 'for the life of the age'."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":17,"ref":"p17","source":"Potest vero et sic intelligi, ut qui sæculo renuntiamus et divitias ejus et pompas fide gratiæ spiritualis abjecimus, cibum nobis tantum petamus et victum, cum instruat Dominus et dicat: Qui non renuntiaverit omnibus quæ sunt ejus, non potest esse meus discipulus. Qui ante Christi discipulus cœpit esse, secundum voluntatem magistri sui renuntians omnibus, diurnum debet cibum petere, nee in longum desideria petitionis extendere, ipso iterum Domino præscribente et monente: Nolite in crastinum cogitare, crastinus enim dies ipse cogitabit sibi, sufficit enim diei malitia sua. Merito ergo Christi discipulus victum sibi in diem postulat qui de crastino prohibetur cogitare, et quia contrarium sibi sit et repugnans est ut quæramus in sæculo diu vivere qui petimus regnum Dei velociter advenire. Sic et apostolus beatus monet formans et corroborans spei nostræ ac fidei firmitatem. Nihil, inquit, intulimus in hunc mundum. Certum est quod neque auferre possimus: habentes itaque exhibitionem et tegumentum, his contenti simus.","english":"It can also be understood in this way, that we who renounce the world and have cast aside its riches and pomps by the grace of spiritual faith, ask only for food and sustenance for ourselves, since the Lord instructs and says: He who has not renounced all that is his cannot be my disciple. He who has begun to be a disciple of Christ, renouncing all things according to the will of his master, ought to ask for his daily bread, and not to extend the desires of his petition into the future, with the Lord himself again prescribing and warning: Do not think about tomorrow, for tomorrow itself will think for itself; the evil of the day is sufficient for the day. Rightly, therefore, does the disciple of Christ ask for his sustenance for the day, he who is forbidden to think about tomorrow, and because it is contrary and repugnant to seek to live long in the world when we ask for the kingdom of God to come quickly. Thus also the blessed apostle instructs, forming and strengthening the firmness of our hope and faith. We brought nothing, he says, into this world. It is certain that we can take nothing away; therefore, having provision and covering, let us be content with these.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Qui non renuntiaverit omnibus quæ sunt ejus, non potest esse meus discipulus","severity":"info","text":"This is a paraphrase of Jesus' teaching on renunciation, likely echoing Matthew 19:21 or Luke 9:23-24, though not a direct quotation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Nolite in crastinum cogitare, crastinus enim dies ipse cogitabit sibi, sufficit enim diei malitia sua","severity":"info","text":"This saying is not found in the canonical Gospels; it may derive from an apocryphal source or a patristic adaptation of Matthew 6:34.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Nihil intulimus in hunc mundum. Certum est quod neque auferre possimus","severity":"info","text":"This echoes 1 Timothy 6:7 (Vulgate: 'nihil intulimus in hunc mundum') and a common patristic topos on detachment from worldly goods.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"diurnum debet cibum petere","severity":"info","text":"The emphasis on daily bread reflects early monastic practice of begging for food day by day, as seen in the Rule of Pachomius and later Western rules.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Potest vero et sic intelligi","severity":"info","text":"This phrase introduces an alternative interpretation of the petition for daily bread, building on the previous passage's spiritual and literal readings.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Sic et apostolus beatus monet","severity":"info","text":"The reference to 'the blessed apostle' likely points to Paul, whose teachings on detachment (e.g., 2 Corinthians 8:13) are invoked to reinforce the argument.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the saying 'Nolite in crastinum cogitare...' is uncertain; it may be a patristic invention or a loose citation of an apocryphal gospel.","The identity of 'the blessed apostle' is not explicitly named; it is inferred as Paul from the context of renunciation."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":18,"ref":"p18","source":"Qui autem volunt divites fieri, incidunt in tentationem et in muscipulam et desideria multa et nocentia quæ mergunt hominem in perditionem et in interitum, radix enim (??)mnium malorum est cupiditas, quam quidam appetentes naufragaverunt a fide et inserunt se doloribus multis: docet non tantum contemnendas, sed et periculosas esse divitias illis, esse radicem malorum blandientium, cæcitatem mentis humanæ occultata deceptione fallentium. Unde divitem stultum sæculares divitias cogitantem, et se exultantium fructuum largitate jactantem redarguit dicens: Stulte, hac nocte expostulatur anima tua a te: quæ ergo parasti, cujus erunt? Lætabatur stultus in fructibus nocte illa moriturus, et cujus vita jam deerat de victus abundantia cogitabat. Contra autem Dominus perfectum et consummatum docet eum fieri qui, omnibus suis venditis atque in usus pauperum distributis. thesaurum sibi condat in cælo, qui patientem eum dicit posse se sequi, qui gloriam dominicæ resurrectionis potest imitari, qui expeditus et succinctus nullis laqueis rei familiaris involvitur, et solutus ac liber facultates ad Dominum ante præmissas ipse quoque comitatur.","english":"But those who wish to become rich fall into temptation and into a snare and into many harmful desires which plunge a man into perdition and ruin, for the root of all evils is cupidity, which some, by pursuing it, have suffered shipwreck from the faith and entangle themselves in many sorrows: it teaches that riches are not only to be despised, but are also dangerous for them, being the root of evils that flatter, the blindness of the human mind deceiving by hidden deception. Hence, rebuking the foolish rich man who thinks of worldly riches and boasts of the abundance of his exultant fruits, he says: Fool, this night your soul is demanded from you: what you have prepared, then, whose will it be? The fool rejoiced in his fruits, about to die that night, and he whose life was already lacking thought about an abundance of sustenance. On the other hand, the Lord teaches that he becomes perfect and complete who, having sold all his goods and distributed them for the use of the poor, stores up a treasure for himself in heaven, who, he says, can follow him as a patient man, who can imitate the glory of the Lord's resurrection, who, unencumbered and unburdened, is entangled by no snares of domestic property, and, freed and unbound, he too accompanies the resources sent ahead to the Lord.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"radix enim (??)mnium malorum est cupiditas","severity":"info","text":"This echoes 1 Timothy 6:10 (Vulgate: 'radix omnium malorum avaritia'), a common patristic tag against greed.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"muscipulam","severity":"info","text":"'Muscipulam' (snare) is a vivid metaphor for temptation, possibly drawn from the Vetus Latina or patristic usage; it reinforces the trap of wealth.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Stulte, hac nocte expostulatur anima tua a te","severity":"info","text":"This is a paraphrase of Luke 12:20 (Vulgate: 'Stulte, hac nocte expostulatur anima tua a te'), a warning against worldly preoccupation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"thesaurum sibi condat in cælo","severity":"info","text":"The image of storing treasure in heaven reflects Matthew 6:19-20 and early Christian ascetic teaching on renunciation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Contra autem Dominus perfectum et consummatum docet","severity":"info","text":"This adversative clause marks a contrast between the foolish rich and the ideal disciple, structuring the passage as a moral antithesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"radix enim (??)mnium malorum","severity":"caution","text":"The manuscript has '(??)mnium', likely a scribal error for 'omnium'; the sense is clear but the reading is uncertain.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'radix enim (??)mnium malorum' contains a probable corruption; 'omnium' is the expected reading.","The identity of the 'foolish rich man' is not specified; it may be a generic figure or a biblical allusion (e.g., the rich man of Luke 12)."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":19,"ref":"p19","source":"Ad quod ut possit unusquisque nostrum parare se, sic discit orare, et de orationis lege qualis ea debeat agnoscere; neque enim deesse quotidianus cibus potest justo, cum scriptum sit: Non occidet Dominus fame animam istam; et iterum: Jun or fui, et senui, et non vidi justum derelictum, nec semen ejus quærens panem. Iterum Dominus repromittit et dicit: Nolite cogitare dicentes, Quid edemus, aut quid bibemus, aut quo vestiemur? Hæc autem nationes quærunt: scit enim Pater vester quia omnium horum indigetis: quærite primum regnum Dei et justitiam ejus et hæc omnia adjicientur vobis. Quærentibus regnum De(??) et justitiam ejus omnia promittit apponi et jam cum sint Dei omnia. habenti Deum nihil deerit, si Deo ipse non desit. Sic Danieli in leonum lacu jussu regis incluso prandium divinitus procuratur et inter feras esurientes homo Dei pascitur. Sic aliter Elias in fuga et sollicitudine [F,solitudine] corvis ministrantibus et volucribus cibum apportantibus in persecutione nutritur. Oh humanæ malitiæ detestanda crudelitas! feræ pascunt et aves pascunt et homines insidiantur et sæviunt. Post hoc et pro peccatis nostris deprecamur dicentes: Et remitte nobis peccata nostra, sicut et nos remittimus debitoribus nostris.","english":"To which end each of us may prepare himself, thus he learns to pray, and from the law of prayer he ought to recognize what kind of prayer it should be; for daily bread cannot be lacking to the just man, since it is written: The Lord will not let that soul die of hunger; and again: I have been hungry, and I have grown old, and I have not seen a just man abandoned, nor his offspring seeking bread. Again the Lord promises and says: Do not think, saying, What shall we eat, or what shall we drink, or with what shall we be clothed? These things the nations seek; for your Father knows that you lack all these things: seek first the kingdom of God and its justice, and all these things will be added to you. To those seeking the kingdom of God and its justice, he promises that all things will be supplied, and since all things are already God's, to one who has God nothing will be lacking, if he himself does not lack God. Thus for Daniel, shut in the lions' den by the king's order, a meal is divinely procured, and among hungry beasts the man of God is fed. Thus likewise Elijah, in flight and solitude, is nourished by ravens ministering and birds bringing food during persecution. O detestable cruelty of human malice! Beasts feed and birds feed, and men lie in wait and rage. After this and for our sins we pray, saying: And forgive us our sins, as we also forgive our debtors.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Non occidet Dominus fame animam istam","severity":"info","text":"This is a loose citation of Proverbs 10:3 (LXX), though the exact wording differs; Augustine may be quoting from memory or a variant Old Latin version.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Jun or fui, et senui, et non vidi justum derelictum, nec semen ejus quærens panem","severity":"info","text":"This echoes a common patristic saying, possibly derived from Psalm 37:25 or a wisdom tradition; it is not a direct biblical quotation but a proverbial expression.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Nolite cogitare dicentes, Quid edemus, aut quid bibemus, aut quo vestiemur? ... quærite primum regnum Dei et justitiam ejus et hæc omnia adjicientur vobis","severity":"info","text":"This is a paraphrase of Matthew 6:25-33, where Jesus teaches not to worry about earthly needs but to seek the kingdom of God.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Sic Danieli in leonum lacu jussu regis incluso prandium divinitus procuratur","severity":"info","text":"Augustine refers to the story of Daniel in the lions' den (Daniel 6), where the prophet is miraculously fed; this was a common exemplum of divine providence in early Christian literature.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Sic aliter Elias in fuga et sollicitudine corvis ministrantibus et volucribus cibum apportantibus in persecutione nutritur","severity":"info","text":"The story of Elijah being fed by ravens is not in the canonical Bible but appears in Jewish and Christian tradition (e.g., 1 Kings 17:2-6 has ravens bringing food; also in the Life of Elijah).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Post hoc et pro peccatis nostris deprecamur dicentes: Et remitte nobis peccata nostra, sicut et nos remittimus debitoribus nostris","severity":"info","text":"This sentence transitions from exempla of divine provision to the Lord's Prayer, specifically the petition for forgiveness, linking the theme of God's care to the prayer's content.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin text has a corruption: 'De(??)' in 'regnum De(??)' likely stands for 'Dei' (of God), but the manuscript may have a lacuna or abbreviation.","The phrase 'Jun or fui' is obscure; it may be a misreading of 'Iunior fui' (I was younger) or a corruption of a biblical verse."],"confidence":"high","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":20,"ref":"p20","source":"Primo subsidium cibi petitur et venia delicti, ut qui Deo pascitur, Deo vivat, nec tantum præsenti et temporali vitæ, sed æternæ: consulitur, ad quam veniri potest si peccata donentur, quæ debita Dominus appellat, sicut in Evangelio suo dicit: Dimisi tibi omne debitum quia rogasti me. Quam necessario autem, quam prudenter et salubriter admonemur quod peccatores sumus, qui pro peccatis rogare compellimur, ut, dum indulgentiam a Deo petimus, conscientiæ animus recordetur, ne quis vel sibi innocens placeat et se extollendo plus pereat. Instruitur et docetur se peccare quotidie dum pro peccatis jubetur orare; sicut denique et Joannes in epistola sua sequitur dicens: Si dixerimus quod peccatum non habemus, nos ipsos seducimus, et veritas in nobis non est; si autem confessi fuerimus peccata nostra, fidelis et justus est Dominus qui nobis peccata dimittat.","english":"First, sustenance of food is sought and pardon of transgression, so that he who is fed by God may live for God, and not only for the present and temporal life, but for the eternal: provision is made for that life, which can be reached if sins are forgiven, which the Lord calls debts, as he says in his Gospel: I have forgiven you every debt because you asked me. How necessarily, how prudently and wholesomely we are reminded that we are sinners, who are compelled to pray for sins, so that, while we seek indulgence from God, the mind of conscience may recall, lest anyone please himself as innocent and, by exalting himself, perish the more. He is instructed and taught that he sins daily, while he is commanded to pray for sins; just as finally John in his epistle follows, saying: If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us; but if we confess our sins, the Lord is faithful and just, who forgives us our sins.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Dimisi tibi omne debitum quia rogasti me","severity":"info","text":"This is not a direct Gospel quotation but a paraphrase; the closest parallel is the Lord's Prayer or a saying about forgiveness of debts, possibly alluding to Matthew 6:12 or a similar passage.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Si dixerimus quod peccatum non habemus, nos ipsos seducimus, et veritas in nobis non est; si autem confessi fuerimus peccata nostra, fidelis et iustus est Domin","severity":"info","text":"Augustine paraphrases 1 John 1:8-9, which warns against denying sin and affirms God's faithfulness in forgiveness.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"debitum","severity":"info","text":"Debitum (debt) is a key term in Augustine's theology of sin and forgiveness, equating sins with debts owed to God, as in the Lord's Prayer (Mt 6:12).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Augustine's emphasis on daily sin and the necessity of prayer for forgiveness reflects his anti-Pelagian stance, opposing the idea that humans can be sinless without grace.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage transitions from discussing physical sustenance (cibi) to spiritual sustenance (venia delicti), linking prayer for daily bread with prayer for forgiveness, a common Augustinian theme.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Augustine's interpretation of the Lord's Prayer as including a petition for forgiveness of sins (debita) influenced later medieval theology, e.g., in the works of Peter Lombard and Thomas Aquinas.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Gospel quotation 'Dimisi tibi omne debitum quia rogasti me' is not verbatim from any canonical Gospel; it may be a loose citation or a conflation of Matthew 6:12 and 18:32.","The phrase 'conscientiae animus recordetur' is ambiguous: it could mean 'the mind of conscience may recall' or 'the conscience of the mind may remember'."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":21,"ref":"p21","source":"In epistola scilicet utrosque complexus est, ut rogare pro peccatis nostris debeamus, et impetremus indulgentiam cum rogamus; ideo et fidelem dixerit Dominum ad dimittenda peccata, fidem pollicitationis suæ servantem quia qui orare nos pro debitis et peccatis docuit, paternam misericordiam promisit et veniam secuturam adjunxit; plane et addidit legem circa nos conditione et sponsione constringens, ut sic nobis debita dimitti postulemus, scientes impetrari non posse quod pro peccatis petimus, nisi et ipsi circa peccatores nostros paria fecerimus. Ideirco et alio in loco dicit: In qua mensura mensi fueritis, in ea remetietur vobis: et quia conservus post dimissum sibi omne debitum, conservo suo noluit dimittere, in carcerem religatur, quia indulgere conservo noluit quod sibi a Domino indultum fuerat amisit, quæ adhuc Christus fortius præceptis suis majore censuræ suæ vigore prædixit: Cum steteritis, inquit, ad orationem, remittite, si quia habetis adversus aliquem, ut Pater vester qui in cœlis est remittat vobis peccata vestra. Si autem non remiseritis, neque Pater vester qui in cœlis est remittet vobis peccata vestra. Excusatio tibi nulla in die judicii superest, cum secundum tuam sententiam judiceris, et quod feceris, hoc et ipse patiaris.","english":"In the epistle, of course, he embraced both, so that we ought to pray for our sins and obtain forgiveness when we pray; therefore he called the Lord faithful to remit sins, faithful to his own promise, because he who taught us to pray for our debts and sins promised paternal mercy and added that pardon would follow; plainly he added a law binding us by condition and pledge, so that we may demand that our debts be forgiven, knowing that what we ask for our sins cannot be obtained unless we ourselves have done likewise toward our own sinners. Hence in another place he says: In the measure you have measured, it will be measured back to you; and because a fellow servant, after all debt was remitted to him, refused to remit to his fellow servant, he is cast back into prison, because he who refused to forgive his fellow servant lost what had been granted to him by the Lord, which Christ still more strongly foretold by his commands with greater force of his censure: When you stand, he says, at prayer, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven may forgive you your sins. But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive you your sins. No excuse remains for you on the day of judgment, since you are judged according to your own sentence, and what you have done, you yourself also suffer.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"In qua mensura mensi fueritis, in ea remetietur vobis","severity":"info","text":"This is a loose citation of Matthew 7:2 (or a variant in the Latin tradition), where the principle of reciprocal measure is applied to forgiveness.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Cum steteritis, inquit, ad orationem, remittite...","severity":"info","text":"Augustine here adapts the Lord's Prayer commentary tradition, echoing Matthew 6:12-15 (Vulgate) on forgiveness as a condition for prayer.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"conservus","severity":"info","text":"The term 'fellow servant' reflects early Christian household imagery, where all believers are equal slaves of Christ, a common trope in patristic exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Ideirco et alio in loco dicit","severity":"info","text":"This phrase marks a transition from scriptural citation to a parabolic illustration, reinforcing the conditional nature of forgiveness.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Excusatio tibi nulla in die judicii superest","severity":"info","text":"This eschatological warning echoes the early Christian penitential tradition, where forgiveness of others is prerequisite for divine pardon at judgment.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"in epistola scilicet utrosque complexus est","severity":"info","text":"The referent of 'epistola' is ambiguous; it may refer to 1 John or a Pauline letter, but the context suggests a general scriptural principle.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of 'epistola' is not specified; it likely refers to a New Testament letter, but the exact source is unclear.","The phrase 'secundum tuam sententiam judiceris' could be read as either 'according to your own judgment' or 'according to your own sentence'; the translation opts for the latter."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":22,"ref":"p22","source":"Pacificos enim et concordes atque unanimes esse in domo præcepit Deus, et quales nos fecit secunda nativitate, tales natos vult perseverare, ut qui filii Dei esse cœpimus in Dei pace maneamus: et quibus Spiritus sanctus unus est, unus sit et animus et sensus; non etenim sacrificium Deus recipit dissidentis, sed ab altari recedere et prius fratri reconciliari jubetur pacificis precibus ut Deus possit sibi esse pacatus. Sacrificium Deo majus est pax nostra et fraterna concordia, et de unitate Patris et Filii et Spiritus sancti plebs adjuvata, quam victimæ· Neque juo enim in sacrificiis quæ Cain et Abel primi obtulerunt, munera eorum Deus, sed corda intuebatur, ut ille placeret in munere qui placebat in corde. Abel pacificus et justus uni Deo sacrificans innocenter docuit et cæteros, quando ad altare munus offerunt, sic venire cum Dei timore, cum simplici corde, cum lege justitiæ, cum concordiæ pace. Merito ille dum in sacrificio Dei talis est, ipse postmodum sacrificium Deo factus est, ut martyrum primus ostendens initiaret sanguine suo gloriosam dominicam passionem qui et justitiam Domini habuerat et pacem.","english":"For God has commanded that we be peaceful, harmonious, and of one mind in the house; and He wishes that those whom He has made through a second birth should persevere as they were born, so that we who have begun to be sons of God may remain in God’s peace; and since the Holy Spirit is one for us, so also should our mind and feeling be one. For God does not accept the sacrifice of a person who is at odds, but commands that he withdraw from the altar and first be reconciled to his brother with peaceful prayers, so that God may be able to be at peace with him. Our peace and fraternal concord, and the people aided by the unity of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, are a greater sacrifice to God than victims. For even in the sacrifices which Cain and Abel first offered, God looked not at their gifts but at their hearts, so that the one who pleased in his heart would also please in his offering. Abel, peaceful and just, sacrificing innocently to the one God, taught others that when they bring an offering to the altar, they should come with fear of God, with a simple heart, with the law of righteousness, and with the peace of concord. Rightly, while he was such in the sacrifice of God, he himself was later made a sacrifice to God, showing himself as the first of the martyrs and initiating with his blood the glorious passion of the Lord, for he had possessed both the justice of the Lord and peace.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"secunda nativitate","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'secunda nativitate' (second birth) refers to baptism, a standard Augustinian metaphor for spiritual regeneration. It underscores the passage's theme of Christian unity as a post-baptismal obligation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Cain et Abel","severity":"info","text":"The reference to Cain and Abel's sacrifices (Gen 4:3-5) illustrates Augustine's point that God judges the heart, not the offering. This typology is common in patristic exegesis, linking Abel's righteousness to his martyrdom.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"sacrificium Deo majus est pax nostra et fraterna concordia","severity":"info","text":"Augustine here echoes a theme from his earlier works (e.g., De Civitate Dei) that internal peace and unity are superior to external sacrifices. This reflects the Donatist controversy, where schism was seen as a graver sin than pagan sacrifice.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Pacificos enim et concordes atque unanimes esse in domo præcepit Deus","severity":"info","text":"This sentence opens the passage with a tricolon of virtues (peaceful, harmonious, of one mind), establishing a rhetorical pattern that Augustine uses to emphasize the communal ideal before contrasting it with the dissenter's exclusion from sacrifice.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"martyrum primus","severity":"info","text":"Augustine's designation of Abel as 'first of the martyrs' became a standard trope in medieval hagiography, linking Old Testament typology to Christian martyrdom. This passage influenced later liturgical texts for the feast of Abel.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"Neque juo enim in sacrificiis","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'Neque juo enim' is likely a scribal error or corruption; the intended reading may be 'Neque enim in sacrificiis' (For not even in the sacrifices). The English draft omits this phrase, suggesting a textual crux.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'Neque juo enim' is unclear; it may be a corruption of 'Neque enim' or a misreading of an abbreviation. The English draft skips it, but the Latin suggests a contrast with the preceding sentence."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":23,"ref":"p23","source":"Tales denique a Deo coronantur, tales cum Domino in die judicii judicabunt; cæterum discordans et dissidens, et pacem cum fratribus non habens, secundum quod beatus apostolus et Scriptura sacra testantur, nec si pro Christiano nomine occisus fuerit, crimen dissensionis fraternæ poterit evadere, quia sicut scriptum est: Qui fratrem suum odit, homicida est, nec ad regnum cœlorum pervenit, aut cum Deo vivit homicida; non enim potest esse cum Christo, qui imitator Cain et Judæ maluit esse quam Christi. Quale delictum est, quod nec baptismo sanguinis potest ablui! quale crimen est quod martyrio non potest expiari! Illud quoque necessario monet Dominus ut in oratione dicamus: Et ne patiaris nos induci in tentationem; in parte ostenditur vel adversarius contra nos non posse, nisi Deus ante permiserit, ut omnis timor noster necessario atque omnis observatio ad Deum convertatur in deprecationibus nostris quando nihil malo liceat, nisi potestas tribuatur. Probat hoc divina Scriptura quæ dicit: Venit Nabuchodonosor rex Babyloniæ in Hierusalem et expugnabat eam et tradidit eam Dominus in manibus suis. Datur autem potestas adversus nos malo secundum peccata nostra sicut scriptum est: Quis dedit in direptionem Jacob et Israel his qui prædaverunt illum? nonne Deus quia peccaverunt et nolebant in viis ejus ambulare, audire legem ejus, et superinduxit super eos iram animadversionis suæ?","english":"Finally, such people are crowned by God; such people will judge with the Lord on the day of judgment. But the one who is discordant and dissenting, and does not have peace with his brothers, according to what the blessed apostle and sacred Scripture testify, even if he is killed for the Christian name, he will not be able to escape the crime of fraternal dissension, because as it is written: \"He who hates his brother is a murderer,\" and he does not reach the kingdom of heaven, nor does a murderer live with God; for he cannot be with Christ who has preferred to be an imitator of Cain and Judas rather than of Christ. What a crime it is that cannot be washed away even by the baptism of blood! What a crime it is that cannot be expiated even by martyrdom! The Lord also necessarily warns that we say in prayer: \"And do not allow us to be led into temptation\"; in part it is shown that the adversary cannot act against us unless God has first permitted it, so that all our fear and all our observance must necessarily be turned to God in our supplications, since nothing evil is allowed unless power is granted. Divine Scripture proves this, which says: \"Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem and besieged it, and the Lord delivered it into his hands.\" Moreover, power is given to evil against us according to our sins, as it is written: \"Who gave Jacob and Israel to be plundered by those who despoiled them? Was it not God, because they sinned and were unwilling to walk in his ways, to hear his law, and he brought upon them the wrath of his chastisement?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"Tales denique a Deo coronantur","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'crowned by God' refers to the reward of martyrs and the righteous, contrasting with the fate of the discordant.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Qui fratrem suum odit, homicida est","severity":"info","text":"This is a paraphrase of 1 John 3:15, emphasizing that hatred of a brother is equivalent to murder in a spiritual sense.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Venit Nabuchodonosor rex Babyloniæ in Hierusalem et expugnabat eam et tradidit eam Dominus in manibus suis","severity":"info","text":"This refers to 2 Kings 24–25 or 2 Chronicles 36, where God delivers Jerusalem to Nebuchadnezzar as punishment for sin.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Quis dedit in direptionem Jacob et Israel his qui prædaverunt illum?","severity":"info","text":"This echoes Isaiah 10:13 or a similar prophetic lament, attributing Israel's plunder to divine retribution for disobedience.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"imitator Cain et Judæ","severity":"info","text":"Cain and Judas are archetypes of fraternal betrayal and treachery, used here to condemn those who cause dissension among Christians.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Illud quoque necessario monet Dominus ut in oratione dicamus","severity":"info","text":"This transitions from the condemnation of discord to a liturgical instruction, linking the Lord's Prayer petition against temptation to divine permission of evil.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'baptismo sanguinis' could refer to martyrdom (baptism by blood) or a literal baptism, but context supports martyrdom as a purifying act.","The source of the scriptural paraphrase 'Qui fratrem suum odit, homicida est' is not exact; it may be a conflation of 1 John 3:15 and patristic tradition."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":24,"ref":"p24","source":"Et iterum Salomone peccante et a præceptis atque a viis Domini recedente positum est; et excitavit Dominus Satan ipsi Salomoni. Potestas vero adversus nos dupliciter datur, vel ad pœnam cum delinquimus, vel ad gloriam cum probamur; sicuti de Job factum videmus, manifestante Domino ac dicente: Ecce omnia quæcumque habet in manus tuas do, sed ipsum vide ne tangas, Et Dominus in Evangelio loquitur tempore passionis: Nullam haberes potestatem adversus me, nisi datum esset tibi desuper. Quando autem rogamus ne in tentationem incidamus, admonemur infirmitatis et imbecillitatis nostræ, dum sic rogamus ne quis insolenter extollat se, ne quis superbe atque arroganter aliquid assumat, ne quis aut confessionis aut passionis gloriam suam dicat, cum Dominus ipse humilitatem docens dixerit: Vigilate et orate, ne veniatis in tentationem; spiritus quidem promptus est, caro autem in· firma. Ut dum præcedit humilis et submissa confessio et datur totum Deo quidquid suppliciter cum timore et honore Dei petitur, ipsius pietate præstetur.","english":"And again, when Solomon sinned and departed from the precepts and ways of the Lord, it is written: and the Lord stirred up Satan against Solomon himself. But power is given against us in two ways: either for punishment when we transgress, or for glory when we are tested; as we see happened in the case of Job, with the Lord revealing and saying: Behold, everything he has I give into your hands, but see that you do not touch him himself. And the Lord speaks in the Gospel at the time of the Passion: You would have no power against me unless it were given to you from above. But when we pray that we may not fall into temptation, we are reminded of our weakness and infirmity, while we pray in this way that no one insolently exalt himself, that no one proudly and arrogantly assume anything, that no one claim the glory of confession or passion as his own, since the Lord Himself, teaching humility, said: Watch and pray, that you may not come into temptation; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. So that when a humble and submissive confession precedes, and everything is given to God that is suppliantly sought with fear and honor of God, it may be granted by His mercy.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Et iterum Salomone peccante ... excitavit Dominus Satan ipsi Salomoni","severity":"info","text":"Augustine alludes to 1 Kings 11:14, where God stirs up an adversary (Satan) against Solomon for his apostasy. The Vulgate uses 'Satan' generically as 'adversary'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ecce omnia quæcumque habet in manus tuas do, sed ipsum vide ne tangas","severity":"info","text":"This is a paraphrase of Job 1:12, where God grants Satan power over Job's possessions but forbids harming his person. Augustine adapts the wording for rhetorical effect.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Nullam haberes potestatem adversus me, nisi datum esset tibi desuper","severity":"info","text":"Augustine echoes Christ's words to Pilate in John 19:11, emphasizing divine permission for the Passion. The Latin reflects the Vulgate tradition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Vigilate et orate, ne veniatis in tentationem; spiritus quidem promptus est, caro autem infirma","severity":"info","text":"Augustine conflates Matthew 26:41 ('spiritus quidem promptus est, caro autem infirma') with an exhortation to watch and pray, likely from the monastic tradition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Potestas vero adversus nos dupliciter datur","severity":"info","text":"Augustine distinguishes two purposes of divine permission for evil: punishment for sin and testing for glory. This reflects theodicy common in patristic thought, notably in Irenaeus and Origen.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Quando autem rogamus ne in tentationem incidamus","severity":"info","text":"This sentence shifts from biblical examples of divine power to a pastoral application: prayer against temptation as a reminder of human weakness and humility.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'excitavit Dominus Satan ipsi Salomoni' may refer to 1 Kings 11:14 or to a broader tradition; the exact biblical source is not cited by Augustine.","The conflation of 'Vigilate et orate' with Matthew 26:41 is not a direct quotation; the source of the exhortation is unclear."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":25,"ref":"p25","source":"Post ista omnia consummatione orationis venit laus illa universas petitiones nostras et preces collecta brevitate concludens, in novissimo etenim posuimus: Sed libera nos a malo, comprehendentes adversa cuncta, quæ contra nos in hoc mundo molitur inimicus, a quibus potest esse fida et firma tutela si nos Deus liberet, si deprecantibus atque implorantibus ope(??) ejus ipse præstet. Quando autem dicimus: Libera nos a malo, nihil remanet quod ultra adhuc debeat postulari, quando solum protectionem Dei adversus malum precamur, qua impetrata contra omnia quæ diabolus et mundus operantur securi stamus et tuti. Quis enim ei de sæculo metus est cui in sæculo Deus tutor est? Quid mirum, fratres carissimi, si oratio talis est quam Deus docuit, qui magisterio suo omnem petitionem nostram salutari sermone breviavit? Hoc per Isaiam prophetam fuerat ante prædictum cum plenus Spiritu sancto de Dei majestate atque pietate loqueretur: Verbum consummans, inquit, et brevians in justitiam, breviatum sermonem faciet Deus in toto orbe terrarum.","english":"After all these things, at the conclusion of the prayer, comes that praise which gathers all our petitions and prayers together in a brief summary, concluding them. For at the very end we have placed: \"But deliver us from evil,\" encompassing all the adverse things which the enemy contrives against us in this world, from which there can be faithful and firm protection if God delivers us, if He Himself grants aid to those who are praying and imploring Him. But when we say: \"Deliver us from evil,\" nothing remains that should still be asked for beyond that, when we pray only for the protection of God against evil, which, once obtained, we stand secure and safe against all things that the devil and the world work. For what fear from the world does he have for whom God is a guardian in the world? What wonder, dearest brothers, if such is the prayer that God taught, who by His own teaching abbreviated all our petition in a salutary speech? This had been foretold before through the prophet Isaiah, when, full of the Holy Spirit, he spoke about the majesty and piety of God: \"The word that consummates,\" he says, \"and abridges in righteousness, a shortened speech will God make throughout the whole world.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"consummatione orationis","severity":"info","text":"This passage marks the structural climax of the treatise, treating the final petition of the Lord's Prayer as the summation of all prayer.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Sed libera nos a malo","severity":"info","text":"The Latin version of the Lord's Prayer petition 'sed libera nos a malo' (but deliver us from evil) is quoted, reflecting the liturgical form used in Augustine's North African context.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":["Matt 6:13"]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Verbum consummans ... breviatum sermonem","severity":"info","text":"Augustine cites Isaiah as prophesying a 'shortened speech' (breviatum sermonem) that God would make throughout the world, interpreting this as a foreshadowing of the Lord's Prayer.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":["Isa 10:23"]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"per Isaiam prophetam","severity":"info","text":"The citation of Isaiah is not a direct biblical quotation but a loose paraphrase or memory variant, common in patristic writing; the exact verse is uncertain.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"fratres carissimi","severity":"info","text":"The address 'fratres carissimi' (dearest brothers) suggests this treatise originated as a sermon or was adapted from one, a common feature in Augustine's catechetical works.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ope(??)","severity":"caution","text":"The Latin 'ope(??)' is marked as uncertain in the source edition; the intended word is likely 'opem' (help, accusative), but the text may be corrupt at this point.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'ope(??)' in the Latin is uncertain; the reading 'opem' (help) is assumed.","The Isaiah citation is a paraphrase; the exact scriptural referent is unclear."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":26,"ref":"p26","source":"Nam cum Dei Sermo Dominus Jesus Christus venerit omnibus, et colligens doctos pariter et indoctos omni sexui atque ætati præcepta salutis ediderit, præceptorum suorum fecit grande compendium, ut in disciplina cœlesti discentium memoria non laboraret, sed quod esset simplici fidei necessarium velociter disceret sicque condoceret quid sit vita æterna, sacramentum enim vitæ magna et divina brevitate complexus est; et quod vitam æternam vellet innuere ostendit dicens: Ut cognoscant te solum verum Deum et quem promisisti Christum. Item cum de lege et prophetis præcepta prima et majora decerperet: Audi, inquit, Israel, Dominus Deus tuus Deus unus est: diliges Dominum Deum tuum de toto corde tuo, et de tota anima tua, et de tota virtute tua: hoc primum, et secundum simile est huic: Diliges proximum tuum sicut te: in his duobus præceptis tota lex pendet et prophetæ. Et iterum. Quæcumque volueritis ut faciant vobis homines bona, ita et vos facite illis: hæc enim lex et prophetæ. Nec verbis tantum sed factis Dominus orare nos docuit, ipse orans frequenter et deprecans et quid nos facere oporteret exempli sui contestatione demonstrans, sicut scriptum est: Ipse autem fuit recedens in solitudines et adorans; et iterum: Exivit in montem orare, et fuit pernoctans in oratione Dei, Quod si ille orabat qui sine peccato erat, quanto magis peccatores oportet orare?","english":"For when the Lord Jesus Christ, the Word of God, came to all, and gathering together both learned and unlearned, of every sex and age, issued the precepts of salvation, he made a great compendium of his precepts, so that in the celestial discipline the memory of learners would not labor, but that which was necessary for simple faith might be quickly learned, and thus they might also learn what eternal life is; for he embraced the sacrament of life with great and divine brevity. And to indicate that he wished to signify eternal life, he said: \"That they may know you alone as the true God, and Christ whom you promised.\" Likewise, when he culled the first and greater precepts from the law and the prophets: \"Hear, O Israel,\" he says, \"the Lord your God is one God: you shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart, and with your whole soul, and with your whole strength: this first, and the second is like unto this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself: on these two precepts hang the whole law and the prophets.\" And again: \"Whatever good things you wish men to do to you, do likewise to them: for this is the law and the prophets.\" Not only by words but also by deeds did the Lord teach us to pray, himself praying and beseeching frequently, and demonstrating by the testimony of his own example what we ought to do, as it is written: \"But he himself withdrew into solitudes and prayed\"; and again: \"He went out onto the mountain to pray, and spent the night in prayer to God.\" If he, who was without sin, prayed, how much more ought sinners to pray?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Audi, Israel, Dominus Deus tuus Deus unus est","severity":"info","text":"Augustine adapts the Shema (Deut 6:4) and the double commandment of love (Deut 6:5; Matt 22:37–39) as a compendium of law and prophets.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Quæcumque volueritis ut faciant vobis homines bona, ita et vos facite illis","severity":"info","text":"The negative Golden Rule (Tob 4:15) is here given in positive form, echoing Matt 7:12 and Luke 6:31, as a summary of law and prophets.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ipse autem fuit recedens in solitudines et adorans","severity":"info","text":"The exemplum of Jesus praying alone is not a direct gospel citation; it may derive from apocryphal tradition or a harmonized life of Christ.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"compendium","severity":"info","text":"Augustine presents Christ’s teaching as a compendium for simple faith, contrasting with the labor of memory in catechetical training.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Nec verbis tantum sed factis Dominus orare nos docuit","severity":"info","text":"This passage transitions from Christ’s verbal precepts to his example of prayer, reinforcing the treatise’s argument that prayer is both taught and modeled.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Quod si ille orabat qui sine peccato erat, quanto magis peccatores oportet orare?","severity":"info","text":"The rhetorical question became a standard patristic topos for the necessity of prayer, cited in later monastic and catechetical literature.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the prayer attributed to Jesus ('Ut cognoscant te solum verum Deum et quem promisisti Christum') is unclear; it may be a free composition by Augustine.","The phrase 'Ipse autem fuit recedens in solitudines et adorans' does not correspond to any known canonical gospel passage."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":27,"ref":"p27","source":"Et si ille per totam noctem jugiter vigilans continuis precibus orabat, quanto magis frequentanda oratione debemus nocte vigilare? Orabat autem Dominus et rogabat non pro se; quid enim pro se innocens precaretur? Sed pro delictis nostris, sicut et ipse declarat cum dicit ad Petrum: Ecce Satanas expetivit vos ut cribraret sicut triticum; ego autem rogavi pro te ne deficiat fides tua. Et pro omnibus postmodum deprecatur dicens: Non pro his autem rogo solum, sed pro illis qui credituri sunt per verbum illorum in me; ut omnes unum sint sicut tu Pater in me et ego in te; ut et ipsi in nobis sint. Magna certe ante Deum propter salutem nostram Christi benignitas pariter et pietas, ut non contentus quod nos sanguine suo redimeret, adhuc pro nobis amplius et rogaret. Rogantis autem desiderium vide quod fuerit, ut quomodo unum sunt Pater et Filius, in una unitate sic et nos maneamus; ut hinc quoque possit intelligi quantum delinquat qui unitatem scindit et pacem, cum pro hoc rogaverit Dominus, nolens scilicet plebem suam de schismaticis vivere, cum sciret ad regnum Dei discordiam non venire. Quando autem stamus ad orationem, fratres dilectissimi, vigilare et incumbere ad preces debemus; cogitatio omnis carnalis et sæcularis abscedat, nec quidquam animus quam id solum cogitet quod precatur.","english":"And if he, keeping watch all night long, prayed with continuous petitions, how much more ought we to keep watch through the night with more frequent prayer? But the Lord prayed and petitioned not for himself; for what would an innocent one pray for himself? But for our sins, as he himself declares when he says to Peter: Behold, Satan sought you out to sift you like wheat; but I prayed for you that your faith might not fail. And afterwards he intercedes for all, saying: Not for these alone do I pray, but for those who will believe in me through their word; that all may be one, just as you, Father, are in me and I in you; so that they too may be in us. Great indeed before God, for the sake of our salvation, is Christ's kindness and piety, that not content with redeeming us with his blood, he would still pray further for us. And see what the desire of the one praying was: that just as the Father and Son are one, so we too might remain in that same unity; so that from this it may also be understood how greatly he sins who rends unity and peace, since the Lord prayed for this, not wishing his people to live among schismatics, knowing that discord does not come to the kingdom of God. But when we stand at prayer, most beloved brothers, we ought to be watchful and apply ourselves to our petitions; let every carnal and worldly thought depart, and let the mind think of nothing other than what it prays for.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ecce Satanas expetivit vos ut cribraret sicut triticum; ego autem rogavi pro te ne deficiat fides tua","severity":"info","text":"This saying of Jesus to Peter is not found in the canonical Gospels; it may derive from a lost apocryphal or oral tradition, or be a loose paraphrase of a synoptic passage.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Non pro his autem rogo solum, sed pro illis qui credituri sunt per verbum illorum in me; ut omnes unum sint sicut tu Pater in me et ego in te; ut et ipsi in nob","severity":"info","text":"This prayer of Christ echoes Johannine themes of unity (John 17:20-23) but is not a direct biblical quotation; it likely reflects early Christian liturgical or catechetical expansions.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"schismaticis","severity":"info","text":"The reference to schismatics reflects the Donatist controversy, a major context for Augustine's treatise; he argues that Christ's prayer for unity condemns schism.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Quando autem stamus ad orationem","severity":"info","text":"This sentence marks a shift from Christ's example to direct exhortation on the posture and mental focus required in prayer, concluding the passage's argument.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"vigilare","severity":"info","text":"The Latin 'vigilare' (to keep watch) carries both literal night-waking and spiritual alertness; Augustine uses it to link Christ's all-night prayer to the reader's duty.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the sayings attributed to Christ is uncertain; they may be paraphrases or apocryphal traditions.","The phrase 'per verbum illorum' could refer to the apostles' preaching or to the words of those who first believed."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":28,"ref":"p28","source":"Ideo et sacerdos ante orationem præfatione præmissa parat fratrum mentes dicendo: Sursum corda, ut dum respondet plebs, Habemus ad Dominum, admoneatur nihil se aliud quam Deum cogitare debere. Clandatur contra adversarium pectus et soli Deo placeat, nec ad se hostem Dei tempore orationis adire patiantur. Obrepit enim frequenter et penetrat et subtiliter fallens preces nostras a Deo avocat, ut aliud habeamus in corde, aliud in voce, quando intentione sincera Dominum debeat non vocis sonus, sed animus et sensus orare. Quæ autem segnitia est alienari et capi ineptis cogitationibus et profanis, cum Dominum deprecaris, quasi aliud sit quod magis debeas eas cogitare, quam id quod cum Deo loqueris! Quomodo audiri a Deo te postulas, cum te ipse non audias, et vis esse Dominum memorem tui cum rogas, quando tu ipse tui memor non sis?","english":"Therefore, the priest, having prefaced the prayer, prepares the minds of the brethren by saying: \"Lift up your hearts,\" so that when the people respond, \"We have them with the Lord,\" they are reminded that they ought to think of nothing other than God. Let the breast be closed against the adversary, and let it please only God, nor should they allow the enemy of God to approach them during the time of prayer. For he often creeps in and penetrates, and, subtly deceiving, diverts our prayers from God, so that we have one thing in our heart and another in our voice, when with sincere intention the Lord ought to be prayed to not by the sound of the voice, but by the mind and the spirit. But what laziness it is to be distracted and seized by inept and profane thoughts, when you are beseeching the Lord, as if there were something else you ought to think about more than that which you are speaking of with God! How do you demand to be heard by God, when you do not hear yourself, and you wish the Lord to be mindful of you when you pray, when you yourself are not mindful of yourself?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Sursum corda","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'Sursum corda' ('Lift up your hearts') is a liturgical acclamation from the early Roman Mass, used before the Preface to call the congregation to attentive prayer. Augustine here interprets it as a warning against distraction.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"præfatione præmissa","severity":"info","text":"'Præfatio' here refers to the liturgical Preface, the introductory prayer of the Eucharistic canon. Augustine notes its function in preparing the faithful for prayer, a role he elsewhere emphasizes in his sermons.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Sursum corda","severity":"info","text":"The response 'Habemus ad Dominum' ('We have them with the Lord') echoes Psalm 24(25):1, 'Ad te, Domine, levavi animam meam,' but is adapted liturgically. Augustine uses it to stress interior focus.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Quomodo audiri a Deo te postulas, cum te ipse non audias","severity":"info","text":"This rhetorical question forms a climax in the passage, contrasting the petitioner's self-awareness with divine attention. It mirrors a common Augustinian trope on the necessity of inner coherence in prayer.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"clandatur contra adversarium pectus","severity":"info","text":"The image of closing the breast against the adversary (the devil) recurs in medieval monastic commentaries on prayer, e.g., in Cassian's 'Conferences,' where interior vigilance is a key theme.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"præfatione præmissa","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'præfatione præmissa' could be read as a general 'prefatory remark' rather than a liturgical term, but the context of the congregation's response strongly supports the liturgical interpretation adopted here.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The exact liturgical setting (e.g., whether this refers to the Mass or a synaxis) is not specified; the reading assumes a Eucharistic context based on 'præfatio' and 'Sursum corda.'"],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":29,"ref":"p29","source":"Hoc est ab hoste in totum non cavere, hoc est quando oras Deum, majestatem Dei negligentia offendere, hoc est vigilare oculis et dormire corde, cum debeat Christianus, et cum dormit oculis, corde vigilare, sicut dictum est ex persona loquentis Ecclesiæ in Cantico canticorum: Ego dormio et cor meum vigilat, quapropter sollicite et caute admonet Apostolus dicens: Instate orationi vigilantes in ea, docens scilicet et ostendens corr impetrare quod postulant a Deo posse quos Deus in oratione videat vigilare; orantes autem non infructuosis, non nudis precibus ad Deum veniant; inefficax enim petitio est cum precatur Deum sterilis oratio. Nam cum omnis arbor non faciens fructum excidatur et in ignem mittatur, utique sermo non habens fructum promereri Deum non potest, qui nulla operatione fecundus est. Et ideo divina Scriptura instruit Jicens: Bona est oratio cum jejunio et eleemosyna, nam qui in judicii die præmium pro operibus et eleemosynis redditurus est, hodie quoque ad orationem cum operatione venienti benignus auditor est. Sic denique Cornelius centurio cum oraret meruit exaudiri; fuit enim multas faciens eleemosynas in plebe et semper orans Deum. Huic circa horam nonam adstitit oranti angelus testimonium reddens sui operis et dicens: Corneli, orationes tuæ et eleemosynæ tuæ ascenderunt ad memoriam coram Domino.","english":"This is to be completely off guard against the enemy; this is, when you pray to God, to offend the majesty of God by negligence; this is to be awake with the eyes and to sleep with the heart, when a Christian ought, even when he sleeps with the eyes, to be awake with the heart, as it is said from the person of the speaking Church in the Song of Songs: \"I sleep, and my heart is awake.\" For this reason the Apostle diligently and cautiously admonishes, saying: \"Be earnest in prayer, being vigilant in it,\" teaching and showing, namely, that those whom God sees to be vigilant in prayer can obtain from God what they ask; but let those who pray not come to God with unfruitful, not with bare prayers; for a petition is ineffectual when a sterile prayer entreats God. For since every tree that does not bear fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire, certainly speech that has no fruit cannot merit God, which is fertile with no operation. And therefore divine Scripture instructs, saying: \"Prayer is good with fasting and almsgiving,\" for He who on the day of judgment is to give a reward for works and alms is today also a kind listener to one who comes to prayer with good work. Thus finally Cornelius the centurion, when he prayed, merited being heard; for he was one who gave many alms among the people and always prayed to God. To him, praying about the ninth hour, an angel stood by, bearing witness to his work and saying: \"Cornelius, your prayers and your alms have ascended to the memory before the Lord.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ego dormio et cor meum vigilat","severity":"info","text":"Augustine adapts Song of Songs 5:2 (LXX) as a proof-text for interior vigilance during prayer, a key theme in his ascetic theology.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Instate orationi vigilantes in ea","severity":"info","text":"A loose paraphrase of Colossians 4:2 (Vulgate: 'Vigilate in orationibus'), urging sustained attentiveness in prayer.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Bona est oratio cum jejunio et eleemosyna","severity":"info","text":"Not a direct biblical verse but a sententia echoing Tobit 12:8-11 and patristic teaching on prayer paired with fasting and almsgiving.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Corneli, orationes tuæ et eleemosynæ tuæ ascenderunt ad memoriam coram Domino","severity":"info","text":"Augustine cites the apocryphal Acts of Peter (or a lost source) for Cornelius the centurion; the angelic message is not canonical.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Cornelius centurio","severity":"info","text":"Cornelius, a centurion in Caesarea, appears in Acts 10 as a God-fearer converted by Peter; Augustine here embellishes his piety with almsgiving and angelic visitation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Hoc est ... hoc est ... hoc est","severity":"info","text":"Anaphora (threefold 'hoc est') builds rhetorical intensity, contrasting negligent prayer with the ideal of vigilant, fruitful prayer.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the Cornelius angel story is uncertain; it may derive from a lost apocryphon or a local tradition known to Augustine."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":30,"ref":"p30","source":"Cito eæ orationes ascendunt quas ad Dominum merita nostri operis important. Sic et Raphael angelus Tobiæ semper oranti et semper operanti testis fuit dicens: Opera Dei revelare et confiteri honorificum est, nam cum orabas et sero ego obtuli memoriam orationis vestræ in conspectu claritatis Dei, et cum sepelires tu mortuos similiter, et quia non es concitatus exsurgere et derelinquere prandium tuum et abisti et condidisti mortuum, missus sum tentare te, et iterum misit me Deus curare te et Suram nurum tuam, Ego sum Raphael unus ex septem angelis justis qui assistimus ante Deum et conversamur ante claritatem Dei, Per Isaiam quoque Dominus admonet et docet similia contestans: Solve, inquit, omnem nodum injustitiæ resolve suffocationes importantium convicinorum, dimitte quassatos in requiem, et omne injustum dissipa, frange esurienti panem tuum, egenos sine tecto induc in domum tuam; si videris nudum, vesti, et domesticos seminis tui non despicies. Tunc erumpet temporaneum lumen tuum, et vestimenta tua cito orientur et præibit ante te justitia et claritas Dei circumdabit. Tunc exclamabis, et Dominus exaudiet te; dum adhuc loqueris, dicet: Ecce adsum. Adesse se promittit, et audire ac protegere qui injustitiæ nodos de corde solventes, et eleemosynas circa domesticos Dei secundum ejus præcepta facientes, dum audiant quod Deus præcepit fieri ipsi quoque a Deo merentur audiri.","english":"Those prayers ascend quickly which the merits of our work bring to the Lord. Thus also the angel Raphael was a witness to Tobias, who was always praying and always working, saying: It is honorable to reveal and confess the works of God, for when you were praying, I offered the memory of your prayer before the glory of God, and when you were burying the dead, likewise, and because you did not rouse yourself to get up and abandon your meal, but went and buried the dead man, I was sent to test you, and again God sent me to heal you and Sarah your daughter-in-law. I am Raphael, one of the seven just angels who stand before God and dwell before the glory of God. Through Isaiah also the Lord admonishes and teaches similar things, testifying: Loose, he says, every knot of injustice, resolve the suffocations of importunate neighbors, dismiss the shattered into rest, and destroy every unjust thing, break your bread for the hungry, bring the homeless poor into your house; if you see a naked man, clothe him, and you will not despise the members of your own household. Then your timely light will burst forth, and your garments will quickly arise, and justice will go before you, and the glory of God will surround you. Then you will cry out, and the Lord will hear you; while you are still speaking, he will say: Behold, I am here. He promises to be present, and to hear and protect those who, loosening the knots of injustice from their hearts and giving alms to the household of God according to his commandments, while they hear what God commands to be done, themselves also deserve to be heard by God.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Raphael angelus Tobiæ","severity":"info","text":"The reference is to the Book of Tobit (Vulgate), where Raphael appears as Tobias's guide. The quotation here is a free paraphrase of Tobit 12:7-9 (Vulgate numbering).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Per Isaiam quoque Dominus admonet","severity":"info","text":"The following passage is a loose paraphrase of Isaiah 58:6-9 (Vulgate), urging social justice and almsgiving as prerequisites for divine hearing.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"septem angelis justis","severity":"info","text":"The seven just angels who stand before God are a motif in Jewish and early Christian angelology, possibly derived from Tobit 12:15 (Vulgate) and later elaborated in apocalyptic literature.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Cito eæ orationes ascendunt","severity":"info","text":"This passage concludes the argument that prayer must be accompanied by good works (merita operis) to be effective, using two scriptural exempla (Tobit and Isaiah) to reinforce the theme.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Solve omnem nodum injustitiæ","severity":"info","text":"Augustine's paraphrase of Isaiah 58:6-9 became influential in medieval moral theology, linking almsgiving with the efficacy of prayer, as seen in later monastic rules.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"Suram nurum tuam","severity":"caution","text":"The Latin text reads 'Suram nurum tuam' (Sarah your daughter-in-law), but in Tobit, Sarah is Tobias's wife, not daughter-in-law. This may be a scribal error or a loose paraphrase.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'Suram nurum tuam' is ambiguous: in Tobit, Sarah is Tobias's wife, not daughter-in-law; the Latin may reflect a misreading or a different textual tradition."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":31,"ref":"p31","source":"Beatus quoque apostolus Paulus in necessitate pressuræ adjutus a fratribus, opera quæ sunt sacrificia: Saturatus sum, inquit, recipiens ab Epaphrodito ea quæ a vobis missa sunt in odorem suavitatis sacrificium acceptum et placitum Deo. Nam cum quis miseretur pauperis, Deo fenerat, et qui dat minimis Deo donat et spiritualiter Deo suavitatem odoris sacrificat. In ora-' tionibus celebrandis invenimus tres pueros cum Daniele in fide fortes et in captivitate victores, hora tertia, sexta, nona, sacramento scilicet trinitatis quæ in novissimis temporibus manifestari debebat. Nam et prima hora in tertiam veniens consummatum promissæ olim numerum trinitatis ostendit; iterumque ad sextam per quartam procedens declarat alteram trinitatem. Et quando a septima nona completur per ternas horas, trinitas perfecta numeratur. Quæ horarum spatia jam prædeterminantes adoratores Dei statutis et legitimis ad preces temporibus serviebant, et manifesta postmodum res est sacramenta olim fuisse, quod ante sic justi precabantur. Nam super discipulos hora tertia descendit Spiritus sanctus, qui gratiam dominicæ promissionis implevit. Item Petrus hora sexta in tectum superius ascendens signo pariter et voce Domini monentis instructus est ut omnes ad gratiam salutis admitteret cum de emendandis gentibus ante dubitaret.","english":"The blessed apostle Paul as well, in the necessity of distress, aided by the brethren, speaks of works which are sacrifices: \"I am filled,\" he says, \"receiving from Epaphroditus those things which were sent by you as an odor of sweetness, a sacrifice accepted and pleasing to God.\" For when someone has mercy on a poor person, he lends to God, and he who gives to the least gives to God and spiritually sacrifices an odor of sweetness to God. In the celebration of prayers we find the three youths with Daniel, strong in faith and victorious in captivity, at the third, sixth, and ninth hours, that is, by the sacrament of the Trinity which was to be manifested in the last times. For the first hour, coming into the third, shows the number of the Trinity, long promised, completed; and again, proceeding from the sixth through the fourth, it declares another Trinity. And when from the seventh the ninth is completed through three hours, the perfect Trinity is numbered. These intervals of hours, already predetermining, served the worshippers of God at fixed and lawful times for prayers, and it was later revealed that these were sacraments of old, because the righteous prayed thus before. For the Holy Spirit descended upon the disciples at the third hour, fulfilling the grace of the Lord's promise. Likewise, Peter, ascending to the upper roof at the sixth hour, was instructed by the sign and voice of the Lord warning him to admit all to the grace of salvation, when he had previously hesitated about correcting the Gentiles.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Saturatus sum ... ab Epaphrodito","severity":"info","text":"Augustine paraphrases Philippians 2:25 and 4:18, where Paul acknowledges gifts from Epaphroditus as a 'sacrifice' (sacrificium). 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Sed nobis, fratres carissimi, præter horas antiquitus observatas, orandi nunc et spatia et sacramenta creverunt, nam et mane orandum, ut resurrectio Domini matutina oratione celebretur, quod olim Spiritus sanctus designabat in psalmo dicens: Rex meus et Deus meus, quoniam ad te orabam, mane exaudies vocem meam, mane adsistam tibi et contemplabor te. Et iterum per prophetam loquitur Dominus: Diluculo vigilabunt ad me dicentes: Eamus et revertamur ad Dominum nostrum. Recedente iterum sole ac die cessante necessario rursus orandum est; nam Deus noster sol est et dies verus, et sole ac die sæculi recedente quando oramus et petimus ut super nos lux veniat, denuo Christi precamur adventum lucis æternæ gratiam præbiturum. Christum autem diem dictum declarat in psal. Spiritus sanctus dicens: A Domino factum est istud et est mirabile in oculis nostris, et rursus: Ista est dies quam fecit Dominus, exultemus et jucundemur in ea. Item quod sol appellatus sit, Malachias propheta testatur dicens: Vobis autem qui timetis nomen Domini orietur sol justitiæ et in aliis obscuratio.","english":"And the Lord was crucified at the sixth hour, and at the ninth hour he washed away our sins; and so that he might redeem and give us life, his passion then completed his victory. But for us, dearest brothers, beyond the hours observed from antiquity, the times and sacraments of prayer have now increased, for we must pray in the morning, so that the Lord’s resurrection may be celebrated with morning prayer, which the Holy Spirit once signified in the psalm, saying: “My king and my God, since I prayed to you, in the morning you will hear my voice, in the morning I will stand before you and contemplate you.” And again, through the prophet the Lord speaks: “At dawn they will keep watch for me, saying: Let us go and return to our Lord.” When the sun departs again and the day ceases, we must necessarily pray once more; for our God is the sun and the true day, and when the sun and day of this world depart, as we pray and ask that light may come upon us, we again beseech Christ for the advent that will bestow the grace of eternal light. That Christ is called the day is declared by the Holy Spirit in the psalm, saying: “That was made by the Lord, and it is wonderful in our eyes,” and again: “This is the day which the Lord made; let us exult and rejoice in it.” Likewise, that he is called the sun, the prophet Malachi testifies, saying: “But for you who fear the name of the Lord, the sun of justice will rise, and in other things, an obscuring.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage moves from a typological link between Christ's crucifixion hours and prayer times to a prescription of morning and evening prayer, supported by scriptural citations.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Rex meus et Deus meus, quoniam ad te orabam, mane exaudies vocem meam, mane adsistam tibi et contemplabor te","severity":"info","text":"This psalm citation is not found verbatim in the Vulgate; it may be a loose quotation or a conflation of Psalm 5:4–5 and Psalm 62:2, reflecting early Christian liturgical adaptation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Diluculo vigilabunt ad me dicentes: Eamus et revertamur ad Dominum nostrum","severity":"info","text":"This prophetic citation is not directly identifiable in the canonical Old Testament; it may derive from a lost or apocryphal source, or be a free adaptation of Isaiah 26:19–20.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"A Domino factum est istud et est mirabile in oculis nostris","severity":"info","text":"This phrase echoes Psalm 118:23 (Vulgate: 'a Domino factum est istud, et est mirabile in oculis nostris'), though the exact wording varies slightly in the transmitted text.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ista est dies quam fecit Dominus, exultemus et jucundemur in ea","severity":"info","text":"This citation resembles Psalm 118:24 (Vulgate: 'haec est dies quam fecit Dominus, exultemus et iucundemur in ea'), with minor orthographic variation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Vobis autem qui timetis nomen Domini orietur sol justitiæ et in aliis obscuratio","severity":"info","text":"This citation from Malachi is not found in the canonical book; it may be a paraphrase or a reference to a non-canonical tradition, possibly conflating Malachi 4:2 with other solar imagery.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The psalm and prophetic citations are not verbatim from the Vulgate; their exact sources are uncertain, possibly from early Christian liturgical or apocryphal texts.","The phrase 'et in aliis obscuratio' at the end is syntactically unclear; it may be a textual corruption or a reference to another passage."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":33,"ref":"p33","source":"Quod si In Scripturis sanctis sol verus et dies verus Christus est, hora nulla Christianis excipitur, quominus fre· quenter ac semper Deus debeat adorari; ut qui in Christo hoc est sole et in die vero sumus, instemus per totam diem precibus et oremus, ut quando mundi et legis decursis vicibus alternis nox resoluta succedit, nullum de nocturnis tenebris esse orantibus damnum possit, quia filiis lucis et in ipsa nocte dies est. Quando enim sine lumine est, cui lumen in corde est? aut quando sol et dies non est, cui sol et dies Christus est? Qui autem in Christo, h(??)(??) est in lumine semper fuimus, nec noctibus ab oratione cessemus, sicut Anna vidua sine intermissione rogans semper et vigilans perseverabat in promerendo Deo, sicut in Evangelio scriptum est: Non recedebat, inquit, de templo jejuniis et orationibus serviens nocte et die; non viderunt scilicet qui nec illuminati sunt, vel Judæi qui deserti lumine in tenebris remanserunt.","english":"If, in the Holy Scriptures, the true sun and the true day is Christ, then no hour is excepted for Christians, so that God ought to be worshipped less frequently and always; so that we, who are in Christ—that is, in the sun and in the true day—may press on with prayers throughout the whole day and pray, so that when, after the alternating courses of the world and the law have run, the dissolved night succeeds, no harm from the nocturnal darkness can befall those praying, because for the children of light, even in the night itself, it is day. For when is there no light for him in whose heart there is light? Or when is there no sun and no day for him for whom Christ is the sun and the day? But we, who have always been in Christ, that is, in the light, let us not cease from prayer even at night, just as the widow Anna, praying without ceasing, always persevered in deserving well of God, as it is written in the Gospel: \"She did not depart,\" he says, \"from the temple, serving with fasts and prayers night and day\"; those, of course, did not see who were not illuminated, or the Jews, who, deserted by the light, remained in darkness.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"sol verus et dies verus Christus est","severity":"info","text":"Augustine identifies Christ as the true sun and true day, a theological metaphor rooted in biblical typology (e.g., Mal 4:2; John 8:12) and common in patristic exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Anna vidua ... sicut in Evangelio scriptum est","severity":"info","text":"The reference to Anna (likely Hannah) and the Gospel quotation 'Non recedebat de templo' echo Luke 2:37, describing Anna the prophetess serving night and day.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"filiis lucis et in ipsa nocte dies est","severity":"info","text":"The motif of 'children of light' for whom night is day reflects early Christian ascetic practice of nocturnal prayer, as seen in monastic traditions and Augustine's own community.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"h(??)(??) est in lumine semper fuimus","severity":"caution","text":"The Latin text has a lacuna or corruption at 'h(??)(??)'; the English draft reads 'we, who have always been in Christ', but the exact phrase is uncertain.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Judaei qui deserti lumine in tenebris remanserunt","severity":"info","text":"Augustine contrasts Christians as 'children of light' with Jews 'deserted by light', reflecting a supersessionist trope common in patristic anti-Jewish polemic.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'h(??)(??) est in lumine semper fuimus' is corrupt; the intended reading is likely 'qui autem in Christo, hi in lumine semper fuimus' (but we who are in Christ have always been in the light)."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":34,"ref":"p34","source":"Nos, fratres dilectissimi, qui in Domini luce semper sumus, qui meruimus et tenemus quid esse accepta gratia cœperimus, computemus noctem pro die, ambulare semper in lumine nos credamus, non impediamur a tenebris quas evasimus, nulla sint horis nocturnis precum damna, nulla orationum pigra et ignara dispendia; per Dei indulgentiam recreati spiritualiter et renati imitemur quod futuri sumus, habituri in regno, sine interventu noctis, solis diem sempiternum; quasi in lumine vigilemus oraturi semper et acturi Deo gratias: ac per hoc et hic quoque orare et agere gratias non desinamus.","english":"We, most beloved brothers, who are always in the light of the Lord, who have merited and hold what we began to be by accepted grace, let us count night as day, let us believe that we always walk in the light, let us not be hindered by the darkness which we have escaped, let there be no losses of prayers during the nocturnal hours, no sluggish and ignorant wastes of our orations; spiritually refreshed and reborn through God’s indulgence, let us imitate what we shall be, about to have, in the kingdom, without the intervention of night, the eternal day of the sun; as if in the light, let us keep vigil, about to pray always and to give thanks to God: and on this account, let us not cease to pray and to give thanks even here.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"nulla sint horis nocturnis precum damna, nulla orationum pigra et ignara dispendia","severity":"info","text":"The author insists that night hours should not cause any loss or waste of prayer, reinforcing the theme of uninterrupted devotion.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"gratia","severity":"info","text":"Gratia here refers to the grace of conversion or baptism, which initiates the Christian life of perpetual light.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"solis diem sempiternum","severity":"info","text":"The image of an eternal day without night echoes eschatological promises such as Isaiah 60:19-20 and Revelation 21:23, though not a direct quotation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"per Dei indulgentiam recreati spiritualiter et renati","severity":"info","text":"This phrase reflects the early Christian understanding of baptism as a spiritual rebirth and a gift of divine indulgence, common in patristic catechesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"imitemur quod futuri sumus","severity":"info","text":"The exhortation to imitate the future state of eternal day serves as a structural climax, linking present prayer to eschatological reward.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"orare et agere gratias non desinamus","severity":"info","text":"This concluding call to unceasing prayer and thanksgiving influenced later monastic traditions of the Liturgy of the Hours.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'quid esse accepta gratia cœperimus' is ambiguous: it may mean 'what we began to be by accepted grace' or 'what we began to be, having accepted grace'."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]}]}