{"slug":"tmp889.tmp889.opp-lat1","id":"latin:ogl-pl:tmp889.tmp889.opp-lat1","title":"In Ecclesiasten Expositio Mystica","title_source":"In Ecclesiasten Expositio Mystica","author":"Salonius Viennensis Episcopus","genre":"commentary","date":"","tradition":"latin","coverage":"not-located","coverage_claim":{"status":"not-located","text":"No English translation is known: a language model asked twice could name none, and the source corpus records none. 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The work is dated to the late 5th century, during the decline of Roman Gaul, reflecting early medieval monastic and episcopal concerns with wisdom literature. It survives in a single manuscript tradition, likely from Carolingian scriptoria; the edition ogl-pl depends on early modern prints, not direct collation of all witnesses. Seldom cited by medieval scholastics, its influence is limited to a few monastic libraries, and it was not widely used in later exegesis or liturgy. The edition does not provide a critical apparatus for variant readings; readers cannot assess scribal changes or the reliability of the base text. Attribution to Salonius is traditional but not certain; some scholars have questioned whether the author might be a different Salonius or a later compiler.","historical_context":"The work was composed in late 5th-century Gaul, a period of political fragmentation and cultural transition as Roman authority waned and Germanic kingdoms emerged. Salonius, bishop of Vienne, wrote in Latin for a monastic and clerical audience, using allegorical exegesis to make the wisdom of Ecclesiastes relevant to Christian life. The text survives in a single manuscript tradition, likely copied in Carolingian scriptoria, and was transmitted through early modern prints rather than direct collation of all witnesses. Its limited circulation reflects the specialized nature of mystical commentary in early medieval libraries. The attribution to Salonius is traditional but uncertain; some scholars suggest a different Salonius or a later compiler. The work engages with patristic traditions, particularly Jerome's etymologies, and adapts the Old Testament figure of Solomon as a model for Christian preaching.","significance":"This mystical exposition is a rare witness to early medieval allegorical interpretation of Ecclesiastes, bridging late antique exegesis and Carolingian scholarship. Its dialogic frame and pastoral focus highlight the adaptation of wisdom literature for monastic and episcopal instruction. Though seldom cited, it preserves patristic etymologies and reflects the transition from Roman to medieval Christian culture in Gaul.","timeline":[{"date":"c. 470–c. 475","event":"Probable composition of In Ecclesiasten Expositio Mystica by Salonius, bishop of Vienne."},{"date":"5th c.","event":"Decline of Roman Gaul; Salonius writes amid political fragmentation and cultural transition."},{"date":"8th–9th c.","event":"Likely copying of the manuscript in Carolingian scriptoria, ensuring survival."},{"date":"16th–17th c.","event":"Early modern prints of the work, on which the ogl-pl edition depends."},{"date":"19th–20th c.","event":"Modern scholarly editions and debates over authorship and textual reliability."}],"relations":[{"work":"Ecclesiastes","relation":"Biblical text commented upon","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Jerome's Commentaries","relation":"Source for etymologies and exegetical tradition","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Patristic allegorical commentaries","relation":"Part of the broader tradition of allegorical exegesis","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Carolingian exegetical works","relation":"Transmitted alongside in monastic libraries","key":"","label":null,"url":null}],"external_links":[{"key":"wikipedia:Salonius","label":"Salonius of Vienne","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salonius","reason":"Biographical context for the author"},{"key":"wikipedia:Ecclesiastes","label":"Ecclesiastes","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesiastes","reason":"Biblical book being commented upon"},{"key":"wikipedia:Allegorical interpretation","label":"Allegorical interpretation","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory","reason":"Exegetical method used in the work"}],"cautions":["Attribution to Salonius is traditional but not certain; some scholars question whether the author might be a different Salonius or a later compiler.","The work is dated to the late 5th century based on the bishop's floruit, but the exact date is unknown.","Survives in a single manuscript tradition, likely from Carolingian scriptoria; the edition depends on early modern prints, not direct collation of all witnesses.","The edition does not provide a critical apparatus for variant readings; readers cannot assess scribal changes or the reliability of the base text."],"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","cost_usd":0.000459,"generated":"2026-11-15T07:35:00Z"},"links":[{"kind":"source","label":"Open Greek and Latin Patrologia Latina","url":"https://github.com/OpenGreekAndLatin/patrologia_latina-dev/blob/master/data/tmp889/tmp889/tmp889.tmp889.opp-lat1.xml"}],"checks":{"work":"tmp889.tmp889.opp-lat1","status":"pass","blocking":[],"warnings":[],"stats":{"passages":47,"translated":47,"commentary_passages":47,"commentary_units":269,"english_words":9852,"source_letters":38894,"commentary_kinds":9},"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor"},"work_notes":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Salonius, bishop of Vienne (c. 470–c. 475), wrote this mystical exposition of Ecclesiastes as a pastoral and allegorical guide, not a literal commentary.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"dating","kind":"chronology","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The work is dated to the late 5th century, during the decline of Roman Gaul, reflecting early medieval monastic and episcopal concerns with wisdom literature.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"transmission","kind":"transmission","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Survives in a single manuscript tradition, likely from Carolingian scriptoria; the edition ogl-pl depends on early modern prints, not direct collation of all witnesses.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Seldom cited by medieval scholastics; its influence is limited to a few monastic libraries, and it was not widely used in later exegesis or liturgy.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The edition does not provide a critical apparatus for variant readings; readers cannot assess scribal changes or the reliability of the base text.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"Attribution to Salonius is traditional but not certain; some scholars have questioned whether the author might be a different Salonius or a later compiler.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"derived_work_notes":[{"kind":"coverage","severity":"info","text":"No English translation is known: a language model asked twice could name none, and the source corpus records none. That is not proof — 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: commentary in Latin; the English keeps the liturgical formulae and the vocatives rather than normalising them."},{"kind":"structure","severity":"info","text":"Passages: 47 narrative."},{"kind":"source","severity":"info","text":"Source edition: ogl-pl — Available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License"}],"derived_structure":{"narrative":47},"term_index":[],"citations":{},"segments":[{"i":1,"ref":"p1","source":"SALONII EPISCOPI IN ECCLESIASTEN EXPOSITIO MYSTICA.\n\nINTERLOCUTORES:\n\nVERAN09 ET SALONIUS.\n\nVERANuS. Quot nominibus vocatus est Salomon'\n\nSALONIUS. Tribus, sicut Scripturæ sacræ manifestissime docent, id est Salomon, Ydida, et Ecclesiastes.\n\nVERANUSs. Quare his nominibus appellatus est?\n\nSALONIUS. Salomon, id est pacificus, dictus est eo quod in regno ejus pax fuit. Ydida vocatus est, id est dilectus Domini, quia dilexit eum Dominus.\n\nVERANUS. Ecclesiastes qua lingua dicitur?\n\nSALONIUM. Græca; nam Hebraice Cohelecb dic itur.\n\nVERANuS. Quomodo sonat in Latino sermone Cchelech, aut Ecclesiastes?\n\nSALONIUS. Ille proprie dicitur Ecclesiastes, qui cœtum. id est Ecclesiam, congregat. Unde Latino sermone recte Ecclesiastes dicitur Concionator, quia concionatur, id est loquitur ad populum; et sermo ejus non ad unum specialiter, sed generaliter dirigitur ad omnes. Concionator ergo in Ecclesia sancta dici potest prædicator.","english":"Salonius the Bishop, Mystical Exposition on Ecclesiastes.\n\nINTERLOCUTORS:\n\nVERANUS AND SALONIUS.\n\nVERANUS. By how many names is Solomon called?\n\nSALONIUS. By three, as the sacred Scriptures most clearly teach, that is, Solomon, Ydida, and Ecclesiastes.\n\nVERANUS. Why is he called by these names?\n\nSALONIUS. Solomon, that is, the peaceful one, is so called because in his reign there was peace. He is called Ydida, that is, beloved of the Lord, because the Lord loved him.\n\nVERANUS. In what language is Ecclesiastes said?\n\nSALONIUS. Greek; for in Hebrew it is called Coheleth.\n\nVERANUS. How does Coheleth, or Ecclesiastes, sound in the Latin tongue?\n\nSALONIUS. He is properly called Ecclesiastes who gathers an assembly, that is, a Church. Whence in the Latin tongue Ecclesiastes is rightly called a Preacher, because he preaches, that is, speaks to the people; and his speech is not directed to one person specifically, but is directed generally to all. Therefore, a Preacher in the holy Church can be called a preacher.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage opens the work with a dialogic frame between Veranus and Salonius, a common pedagogical device in late antique and early medieval exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Salomon","severity":"info","text":"Salomon is glossed as 'pacificus' (peaceful), a standard Latin etymology derived from Hebrew shalom, reflecting a tradition found in Jerome and patristic commentaries.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Ydida","severity":"info","text":"Ydida (Hebrew Yedidiah) is explained as 'dilectus Domini' (beloved of the Lord), a name given to Solomon in 2 Samuel 12:25, indicating divine favor.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Ecclesiastes","severity":"info","text":"Ecclesiastes is identified as a Greek term, with the Hebrew equivalent Coheleth (Qoheleth), and is rendered in Latin as 'Concionator' (Preacher), emphasizing the public, assembly-oriented nature of the speaker.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The etymology of Ecclesiastes as 'one who gathers an assembly' (coetum congregat) aligns with the Greek ἐκκλησιαστής and the Latin concionator, reflecting the work's traditional attribution to Solomon as a teacher of the congregation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Salonius's identification of the preacher with a 'prædicator' in the holy Church shows the early medieval reception of Ecclesiastes as a model for Christian preaching, adapting the Old Testament figure to a clerical context.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin text has minor orthographic variations (e.g., 'VERAN09' for 'VERANUS', 'VERANuS', 'VERANUSs', 'SALONIUM' for 'SALONIUS') that likely stem from scribal inconsistency; the reading adopted standardizes to 'VERANUS' and 'SALONIUS'."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":2,"ref":"p2","source":"VERANUS. Quot libros edidit Salomon\n\nSALONIs. Tres tantum juxta numerum vocabulorum suorum: Proverbia, Ecclesiasten et Cantica Canticorum.\n\nVERANUS. Quid ait Salomon in Proverbiis, aut quid docet in Ecclesiaste, vel Cantico Canticorum?\n\nSALONIUS. In Proverbiis docet parvulum, et per varias sententias, instruit quasi filium. In Ecclesiaste vero jam perfectae ætatis virum imbuit, ut intelligat quia in hujus mundi rebus nihil est perpetuum, nihil groriosum aut magnum; sed omnia sunt brevia, caduca et vana, quæ cernimus. In Cantico Canticorum jam consummatum virum atque perfectum in omnihus, et variis exornatnm virtutibus, sponsi, id est, Domini nostri Jesu Christi amplexibus jungit.\n\nVERANUS, Spiritualiter autem quid significat ille Salomon, Ydida et Ecclesiastes?\n\nSALONIUS. Dominum Jesum Christum, qui est noster Salomon, id est pacificans omnia per sanguinem suum fecit utraque mium (Ephes. n), id est, de duobus populis unam sibi construxit Ecclesiam. Unde Apostolus: Christus, inquit, pax nostra, qui fecit utraque unum. Ipse est Ydida, id est, dilectissimus patris filius, de 'suo ipse Pater ad discipulos ait: Hic est Filius meus dilectus in o mihi bene complacui (Matth. III; Marc. I; Lue. III).","english":"VERANUS. How many books did Solomon publish?\n\nSALONIUS. Only three, according to the number of his names: Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Songs.\n\nVERANUS. What does Solomon say in Proverbs, or what does he teach in Ecclesiastes, or in the Song of Songs?\n\nSALONIUS. In Proverbs he teaches the little one, and through various sayings he instructs him as a son. In Ecclesiastes, however, he imbues the man of mature age, so that he understands that in the things of this world nothing is perpetual, nothing glorious or great; but all that we see is brief, fleeting, and vain. In the Song of Songs he joins the consummated and perfect man, adorned with all and various virtues, to the embraces of the bridegroom, that is, of our Lord Jesus Christ.\n\nVERANUS. But what does that Solomon, Ydida, and Ecclesiastes signify spiritually?\n\nSALONIUS. Our Lord Jesus Christ, who is our Solomon, that is, the one pacifying all things through his blood made both one (Ephesians 2), that is, from two peoples he built for himself one Church. Whence the Apostle: Christ, he says, is our peace, who made both one. He is Ydida, that is, the most beloved son of the Father, concerning whom the Father himself said to the disciples: This is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased (Matthew 3; Mark 1; Luke 3).","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage follows a catechetical question-and-answer pattern, with Veranus posing questions and Salonius providing doctrinal explanations, typical of late antique pedagogical dialogues.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Ydida","severity":"info","text":"Ydida (Hebrew Yedidyah) means 'beloved of God' and is a name given to Solomon in 2 Samuel 12:25. Here it is interpreted Christologically as 'most beloved son of the Father.'","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ephes. n","severity":"info","text":"The reference 'Ephes. n' likely points to Ephesians 2:14-16, where Paul speaks of Christ making both peoples one, though the exact verse is unclear; the citation is abbreviated.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Matth. III; Marc. I; Lue. III","severity":"caution","text":"The citation 'Matthew 3; Mark 1; Luke 3' does not correspond to any known verse about the Father calling Jesus 'beloved son'; it may be a scribal error or a reference to the Transfiguration or Baptism narratives.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The threefold division of Solomon's books (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs) and their allegorical interpretation as stages of life (child, adult, perfect man) is a common patristic schema, found in Origen and Jerome.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Salonius's identification of Solomon with Christ as 'pacifier' (pacificans) reflects a Christological reading of the name Solomon, common in Latin exegesis from the fourth century onward.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The citation 'Ephes. n' is ambiguous: it may refer to Ephesians 2:14-16 or another passage; the exact verse is not specified.","The scripture references 'Matth. III; Marc. I; Lue. III' are corrupt or misattributed; no known Gospel passage matches the quoted words."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":3,"ref":"p3","source":"Ipse nimirum est Ecclesiastes, id est concionator noster qui congregat coctum, videlicet sanctam Ecclesiam de universo orbe terrarum, ad quem loquitur, dicens: Discite a me quia mitis sum et humilia corde, et invenietis requiem animabus vestris (Matth. XI). Hic est filius David, ad quem caeci in Evangelio clamabant dicentes: Miserere nostri, fili David (Matth. IX, xv et xx). Hic est etiam Rex Jerusalem, non terrestris, sed illius coelestis, quae est mater omnium nostrum.\n\nVERANUS. Quid est quod dicit Ecclesiastes: Vanitas vanitatum, et omnia vanitas (Eccle. I); cum scriptum sit in libro Genesis: Vidit Deus cuncta quæ fecit et erant valde bona (Gen. I)? Si cuncta quae fecit Deus, valde bona sunt, quomodo ergo omnia vanitas,; et non solum vanitas, sed etiam vanitas vanitatum\n\nSALONIUS. Cælum et terra, maria et omnia quae in hoc circulo continentur, per se quidem bona sunt, quoniam a bono Deo creata sunt, sed comparata Deo, utique pro nihilo habenda sunt, quia semper Deus permanebit id quod est, illa vero omnia transibunt. Nam qua videntur temporalia sunt, quia transitoria; quæ autem non videntur æterna sunt.","english":"He is of course the Ecclesiastes, that is, our preacher who gathers the assembly, namely the holy Church from the whole world, to whom he speaks, saying: Learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart, and you will find rest for your souls (Matt. 11). He is the son of David, to whom the blind in the Gospel cried out, saying: Have mercy on us, son of David (Matt. 9:15 and 20). He is also the King of Jerusalem, not of the earthly one, but of that heavenly one, which is the mother of us all.\n\nVERANUS. What does Ecclesiastes mean when he says: Vanity of vanities, and all is vanity (Eccl. 1), since it is written in the book of Genesis: God saw all that he had made, and they were very good (Gen. 1)? If all that God made are very good, how then is everything vanity, and not only vanity, but even vanity of vanities?\n\nSALONIUS. Heaven and earth, the seas and all things that are contained within this circle, are indeed good in themselves, since they were created by a good God, but compared to God, they are certainly to be accounted as nothing, because God will always remain what he is, while all those things will pass away. For things that are seen are temporal, because they are transitory; but things that are not seen are eternal.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Ecclesiastes","severity":"info","text":"Salonius interprets 'Ecclesiastes' as 'our preacher' (concionator noster), aligning with the Greek ἐκκλησιαστής, 'one who calls an assembly.' This identifies the speaker of the biblical book with Christ, who gathers the Church.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Discite a me quia mitis sum et humilia corde","severity":"info","text":"The citation 'Learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart' is not a direct Vulgate verse but a paraphrase of Matthew 11:29, where Jesus says 'Be meek and humble of heart.' Salonius adapts it to fit the preacher's voice.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Miserere nostri, fili David","severity":"info","text":"The cry 'Have mercy on us, son of David' conflates two Gospel passages: Matthew 9:27 (the blind men calling to Jesus) and Matthew 15:22 (the Canaanite woman's plea). Salonius merges them to emphasize Christ as Davidic healer.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Rex Jerusalem ... coelestis","severity":"info","text":"Salonius distinguishes the earthly Jerusalem from the heavenly one, a common patristic trope (cf. Augustine, City of God). The heavenly Jerusalem symbolizes the Church or the eschatological kingdom, not a physical city.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"Vanitas vanitatum","severity":"info","text":"Salonius resolves the apparent contradiction between Ecclesiastes 1:2 and Genesis 1:31 by arguing that created things are good in themselves but 'nothing' compared to God's eternal being. This reflects a Neoplatonic hierarchy of being.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Vidit Deus cuncta quæ fecit et erant valde bona","severity":"info","text":"The paraphrase of Genesis 1:31 ('God saw all that he had made, and they were very good') is not exact Vulgate wording but captures the sense of the creation account. Salonius uses it to contrast with Ecclesiastes' pessimism.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'coctum' in 'congregat coctum' is likely a scribal error for 'coetum' (assembly), as the context demands. The translation follows this emendation.","The citation 'Matth. XI' in the Latin may refer to Matthew 11:29, but the verse numbering in the Vulgate differs from modern editions; the paraphrase is loose."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":4,"ref":"p4","source":"VERANUS. Quare bis replicavit sententiam suam dicens: Vanitas vanitatum, dixit Ecclesiastes; vanitas vanitatum et omnia vanitas?\n\nSALONIUS. Ad exaggerandam magnitudinem vanitatum iteravitsententiam suam, ut per hoc demonstraret quia omnis mundi gloria sicut flos feni marcescet, et sicut fumus pertransibit.\n\nVERANUS. De quibus generationibus dicit: Ceneratio præterit, et generatio adveniet (Eccle. I)?\n\nSALONIUS. De generatione Judxorum et generatione gentium. Recedit enim generatio prima Judæorum, quoniam periit propter infidelitatem, et succedit generatio de gentibus, congregata videlicet sancta fidelium Ecclesia, qua: per fidem Christi salvatur Potes i et sic intelligi: Generatio vadit, et generatio venit, id est, aliis morientibus, alii nascuntur, et quos prius videras, jam non vides, et incipis videre eos qui ante non fuerant.","english":"VERANUS: Why did he repeat his statement twice, saying: \"Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes; vanity of vanities, and all is vanity\"?\n\nSALONIUS: To exaggerate the magnitude of vanities he repeated his statement, so that by this he might show that all worldly glory withers like the flower of hay and passes away like smoke.\n\nVERANUS: Of which generations does he say: \"A generation passes away, and a generation arrives\" (Ecclesiastes 1)?\n\nSALONIUS: Of the generation of the Jews and the generation of the Gentiles. For the first generation of the Jews recedes, since it perished on account of unfaithfulness, and the generation from the Gentiles succeeds, namely the holy Church of the faithful gathered together, which is saved through faith in Christ. And it can be understood thus: A generation goes, and a generation comes, that is, as others die, others are born, and those whom you had seen before you no longer see, and you begin to see those who had not existed before.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage is a dialogue between Veranus and Salonius, a catechetical form common in early medieval exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Vanitas vanitatum","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'Vanity of vanities' echoes Ecclesiastes 1:2, though the Vulgate reads 'vanitas vanitatum' there; the doubling in the lemma is a rhetorical expansion.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Generatio praeterit, et generatio adveniet","severity":"info","text":"This is a paraphrase of Ecclesiastes 1:4 ('Generatio praeterit, et generatio advenit'), cited by Veranus as the basis for Salonius's allegorical interpretation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"generatione Judaeorum et generatione gentium","severity":"info","text":"Salonius reads the two generations as the Jews (who perished through infidelity) and the Gentiles (the Church), a supersessionist typology common in patristic and early medieval exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"sicut flos feni marcescet, et sicut fumus pertransibit","severity":"info","text":"The similes of withering hay and passing smoke underscore the transience of worldly glory, a standard moral application in Ecclesiastes commentary.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"Potes i","severity":"caution","text":"The Latin 'Potes i' in the source edition appears corrupt; the English draft omits it. It may be a scribal error for 'Potest et' or a similar phrase introducing an alternative interpretation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'Potes i' in the Latin is unclear; the English draft omits it, and it may be a corruption or abbreviation."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":5,"ref":"p5","source":"VERANUS. Quare Salomon dicit: Terra in aternum stat (Ibid.), cum Dominus in Evangelio dicat: Cœlum et terra transibiunt (Matth. v et xxiv; Marc. XIII; Luc, XXI)?\n\nSALONIUS. Vere juxta Domini sententiam, Cœlum et terra transibunt per meliorationem, sed non per ablationem; quia igne judicii purgaLa meliorabuntur, quoniam renovabuntur, sed penitus non destruentur. Tantum quippe ardebit coelum sursum et terra deorsum, quantum malitia hominum simul et dæmonum coinquinari potuit. Ergo juxta sententiam Salomonis, terra in æternum stabit (Eccle. i), quoniam nunquam destruetur; verumtamen renovabitur et meliorabitur.\n\nVERANUS. Quid significare voluit Salomon, cum ait: Oritur sol et occidit, et ad locum suum revertitur, ibique renascens gyrat per meridiem, et flectitur ad aquilonem (Ibid.)? Quis enim nescit quod oritur sol et occidit, et per incognitas nobis vias regreditur ad locum suum unde ortus est, ut iterum oriatur?","english":"VERANUS: Why does Solomon say: \"The earth stands forever\" (Eccl. 1), when the Lord says in the Gospel: \"Heaven and earth will pass away\" (Matt. 5 and 24; Mark 13; Luke 21)?\n\nSALONIUS: Truly, according to the Lord's saying, heaven and earth will pass away by way of improvement, but not by way of removal; because by the fire of judgment they will be purified, they will be improved, since they will be renewed, but they will not be utterly destroyed. For only so much of heaven above and earth below will burn as could be defiled by the malice of men and demons together. Therefore, according to Solomon's saying, the earth will stand forever (Eccl. 1), since it will never be destroyed; nevertheless, it will be renewed and improved.\n\nVERANUS: What did Solomon mean to signify when he said: \"The sun rises and sets, and returns to its place, and there, being reborn, it circles through the south, and turns toward the north\" (Eccl. 1)? For who does not know that the sun rises and sets, and returns by ways unknown to us to its place from which it rose, so that it may rise again?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Terra in aternum stat","severity":"info","text":"Salonius cites Eccl 1:4, but the Vulgate reads 'terra autem in aeternum stat'. The phrase is a loose paraphrase of the biblical text.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":["ogl-pl"]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Cœlum et terra transibiunt","severity":"info","text":"The Gospel citations (Matt 5; Matt 24; Mark 13; Luke 21) refer to eschatological passages on the transience of the cosmos, though the exact wording varies.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":["ogl-pl"]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"per meliorationem","severity":"info","text":"Salonius uses 'per meliorationem' to distinguish transformation from annihilation, a key interpretive move in patristic eschatology.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"igne judicii purgabuntur","severity":"info","text":"The purifying fire of judgment reflects a common patristic theme, notably in Augustine and Gregory the Great, that the final conflagration renews rather than destroys the world.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Oritur sol et occidit","severity":"info","text":"The second question mirrors the first: both begin with a scriptural citation from Ecclesiastes, followed by a perceived contradiction with another biblical text, then a harmonizing explanation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"per incognitas nobis vias","severity":"info","text":"Salonius acknowledges the limits of human knowledge about solar motion, a humility typical of early medieval exegesis that defers to divine mystery.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The exact wording of Eccl 1:4 in Salonius's source is uncertain; the Vulgate differs slightly.","The Gospel citations are given as chapter references without verse numbers, leaving the precise passages ambiguous."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":6,"ref":"p6","source":"SALONIUS. Hoc ideo Salomon dicit, ut ostenderet, quia sol ipse qui hominibus in lucem diei datus est, sua mutabilitate, id est ortu suo et occasu, qnolidic hujus sæculi monstraret interitum. Per has natoque mulationes temporum, et per ortum siderum et occasum, docet Salomon, quod humana ætas quotidie oritur et occidit.\n\nVERANUS. Quid sol in hoc loco spiritualiter significat?\n\nSALONIUS. Illum verum solem, Dominum videlicet Jesum Christum, qui est sol justitiæ, de quo dicit propheta: Vobis qui timetis. Deum, orietur sol justitiæ (Mal. iv). Iste sol justitiæ quotidie oritur timentibus se, id est fidelibus suis, sanctis videlicet et piis hominibus. Occidit etiam meridie, pseudoprophetis, id est hæreticis et malis catholicis, quia propter peccata sua, lumeu gratiæ ipsius amittunt. Occidit et infidelibus, quia luce fidei non merentur illustrari.","english":"SALONIUS: Solomon says this in order to show that the sun itself, which was given to men for the light of day, by its own mutability—that is, by its rising and setting—daily demonstrates the destruction of this world. Through these changes of the seasons, and through the rising and setting of the stars, Solomon teaches that the human condition daily rises and falls.\n\nVERANUS: What does the sun signify spiritually in this passage?\n\nSALONIUS: That true sun, namely the Lord Jesus Christ, who is the sun of justice, of whom the prophet says: \"For you who fear God, the sun of justice will rise\" (Mal. 4). This sun of justice daily rises for those who fear him, that is, for his faithful, namely holy and pious men. It also sets at midday for false prophets, that is, for heretics and for evil Catholics, because on account of their sins they lose the light of his grace. It sets also for unbelievers, because they do not deserve to be illuminated by the light of faith.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"sol","severity":"info","text":"Salonius interprets the physical sun as a symbol of the world's transience, using its daily rising and setting to illustrate the cycle of human life and the destruction of the saeculum.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"sol justitiae","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'sun of justice' (sol justitiae) is a Christological title, drawn from Malachi 4:2, and here applied to Christ as the true sun that illuminates the faithful.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Mal. iv","severity":"info","text":"Salonius quotes Malachi 4:2 (Vulgate: 'vobis qui timetis Deum, orietur sol justitiae') to support the identification of Christ as the sun of justice.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"pseudoprophetis","severity":"info","text":"The term 'pseudoprophetis' (false prophets) is used by Salonius to designate heretics and sinful Catholics, reflecting a common patristic polemic against doctrinal deviation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"VERANUS. Quid sol ... significat?","severity":"info","text":"This passage follows a question-and-answer format typical of the dialogue genre, with Veranus prompting a spiritual allegory that Salonius then develops.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"sol justitiae","severity":"info","text":"The allegory of Christ as the sun of justice was widely used in Latin exegesis, e.g., by Augustine and Jerome, and here Salonius adapts it to explain Ecclesiastes 1:5.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'qnolidic' in the source edition is likely a scribal error for 'quotidie' (daily), which is adopted in the translation.","The phrase 'occidit etiam meridie' is ambiguous: it may mean the sun sets at noon for heretics, or that it sets even at midday, emphasizing sudden loss of grace."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":7,"ref":"p7","source":"VERANUS. Quid est quod ait: Omnia flumina currunt in mare, et mare tion redundat; ad locum unde exeunt, revertuntur ut iterum fluant (Eccle. i)? Quis enim novit, quod ad locum suum flumina revertuntur. ut iterum fluant?\n\nSALONIUS. Novit Ecclesiastes ille, scilicet Salomon, per gratiam sancti Spiritus. Sed iste noster Ecclesiastes, videlicet esus Christus, qui est ipsarum aquarum conditor, per potentiam divinitalis qua æqualis est Deo Patri, plenissime novit, quæ flumina (quia in marc currunt) in abyssum defluunt, et per occultas venas ad capita fontium revertuntur, et de matre abysso iterum ebullire incipiunt.\n\nVERANUS. Spiritualiter autem quid significant hæc numina?\n\nSALONIUS. Per hæc flumina designantur sancti prædicatores, qui, cum virtutibus emicant et doctrinis coruscant, vere flumina sunt, quoniam aridam terram carnalium cordium, sancta sua prædicatione simul et operatione irrigant, ut afferant bonorum operum fructus.","english":"VERANUS: What does it mean when it says: \"All rivers run into the sea, and the sea does not overflow; they return to the place from which they come out, so that they may flow again\" (Ecclesiastes 1)? For who knows that rivers return to their own place so that they may flow again?\n\nSALONIUS: That Ecclesiastes knows, namely Solomon, through the grace of the Holy Spirit. But this Ecclesiastes of ours, namely Jesus Christ, who is the very creator of those waters, through the power of the divinity by which He is equal to God the Father, knows most fully that the rivers (because they run into the sea) flow down into the abyss, and through hidden channels return to the sources of the springs, and begin to bubble forth again from the mother abyss.\n\nVERANUS: But spiritually, what do these rivers signify?\n\nSALONIUS: By these rivers are designated the holy preachers, who, when they shine with virtues and gleam with teachings, are truly rivers, because they irrigate the dry land of carnal hearts with their holy preaching and action alike, so that they may bring forth the fruits of good works.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Omnia flumina currunt in mare, et mare non redundat; ad locum unde exeunt, revertuntur ut iterum fluant","severity":"info","text":"Salonius cites Ecclesiastes 1:7, though the Vulgate reads 'Omnia flumina in mare vadunt, et mare non redundat; ad locum unde exeunt flumina, revertuntur ut iterum fluant.' The slight variation in wording is typical of patristic quotation from memory.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":["ogl-pl"]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"Ecclesiastes","severity":"info","text":"Salonius distinguishes between the 'Ecclesiastes' Solomon, the human author of the biblical book, and 'this Ecclesiastes of ours,' Jesus Christ, who as creator knows the waters' hidden paths. This typological reading is central to the commentary's Christological interpretation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":["ogl-pl"]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"per occultas venas ad capita fontium revertuntur","severity":"info","text":"The hydrological theory that rivers return to their sources via subterranean channels was common in ancient and medieval thought, found in Aristotle (Meteorology) and Pliny (Natural History). Salonius adapts this to a spiritual allegory of preachers.","cites":[],"named_sources":["Aristotle Meteorology","Pliny Natural History"],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"sancti prædicatores","severity":"info","text":"Salonius interprets the rivers as 'holy preachers' who irrigate 'carnal hearts' with preaching and action. This allegory reflects a standard patristic and medieval exegetical tradition, seen also in Gregory the Great's Moralia, where rivers symbolize teachers.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":["ogl-pl"]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"VERANUS. Spiritualiter autem quid significant hæc numina?","severity":"info","text":"Veranus's question shifts the dialogue from literal to spiritual interpretation, a common structural move in exegetical dialogues. The term 'numina' (here 'rivers') is a variant spelling or scribal error for 'flumina,' as the context demands.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":["ogl-pl"]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'numina' in Veranus's question is likely a scribal error for 'flumina' (rivers), as the preceding and following context concerns rivers. The reading taken is 'flumina.'"],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":8,"ref":"p8","source":"VERANUS. Quomodo ergo ut iterum revertantur hæc flumina ad locum unde exeunt, refluunt?\n\nSALIMUS. Quia sancti prædicatores in omni doctrina et opere quod faciunt, ad laudem sui Creatoris recurrunt, ut Domino auctori suo laudes et gratias referant, per quem, ut talia faccrent, et omne bonum suum acceperunt. Semper etenim ad fontem veri luminis revertuntur ne forte arescant ct exsiccertur, ut ex eo aquam scientia et gratiam virtutum accipiant, ut iterum fluant, hoc est, ut et semetipsos bonis operibus repleant, et aliorum cordibns fluenta doctrinæ spiritualis infundant. Omnes etiam fideles flumina sunt, et hæc flumina ad locum unde exeunt, revertuntur. quoniam per sancta desideria ad amorem sui Conditoris redeunt, et de omnibus bonis laudes et gratias illi referunt a quo ea perceperunt.\n\nVERANUS. Quare dedit Salomon cor IMum, hoc est, sollicito corde studuit, scire prudentiam. atque doctrinam, erroresque et stultitiam (Eccle. I)? Bonum quippe est scire prudentiam atque doctrinam, quid autem boni est scire errores atque stultitiam?","english":"VERANUS: How then do these rivers flow back to the place from which they come out, so that they may return again?\n\nSALIMUS: Because holy preachers, in all the teaching and work they do, return to the praise of their Creator, so that they may offer praises and thanks to their Lord and Author, through whom they have received both the ability to do such things and all their goodness. For they always return to the spring of true light, lest they perhaps dry up and wither, so that from it they may receive the water of knowledge and the grace of virtues, so that they may flow again—that is, so that they may both fill themselves with good works and pour streams of spiritual teaching into the hearts of others. All the faithful are also rivers, and these rivers return to the place from which they come out, because through holy desires they return to the love of their Creator, and for all good things they offer praises and thanks to Him from whom they have received them.\n\nVERANUS: Why did Solomon give his heart—that is, diligently apply his anxious heart—to know wisdom and learning, and errors and folly (Ecclesiastes 1)? For it is good to know wisdom and learning, but what good is there in knowing errors and folly?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"revertuntur","severity":"info","text":"Salonius interprets the rivers' return as the preachers' and faithful's constant return to God, the source of grace and virtue, to avoid spiritual dryness.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ecclesiastes 1:7","severity":"info","text":"The dialogue references Ecclesiastes 1:7, where rivers run to the sea and return to their source, a verse Salonius allegorizes for spiritual renewal.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"cor IMum","severity":"info","text":"The Latin 'cor IMum' is a scribal abbreviation for 'cor unum' or 'cor immutatum'? Here it is glossed as 'sollicito corde' (anxious heart), reflecting Solomon's diligent search for wisdom.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"VERANUS ... SALIMUS","severity":"info","text":"The passage continues the catechetical dialogue form: VERANUS poses a literal difficulty, and SALIMUS (Salonius) provides an allegorical resolution, typical of the commentary's method.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Salonius","severity":"info","text":"Salonius, a 5th-century bishop, adapts Ecclesiastes for a monastic audience, emphasizing the preacher's role in returning to God as source, a theme echoed in later Carolingian exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'cor IMum' is ambiguous: possibly 'cor unum' (one heart) or a corruption; the gloss 'sollicito corde' suggests the latter reading."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":9,"ref":"p9","source":"SALONIUS. Sicut bonum est scire prudentiam et doctrinam, ita vere bonum est, errores scire et stultitiam, quoniam prima sapientia est carere stultitia: carere vero slullilia nemo potest, nisi qui intellexerit eam. Similiter nemo errores vitare potest, nisi qui eos intelligit: propterea in rcbus terrenis plurima sunt noxia creata, ut dum ea vitamus erudiamur ad sapicntiam.\n\nVERANUS. Quare fuit æquale studium Salomooi scire prudentiam et doctrinam, et econtrario, errores et stultitiam?\n\nSALONIUS. Ut dum appeteret alia, et alia declinaret, id est apprehenderet bona, et devitaret mala, vera ejus probaretur sapientia.\n\nVERANUS. Quid est quod Salomon dicit: Quia in multa sapientia multa sit indignatio, et qui addit scientiam addit et laborem (Ibid.)! Quomodo multa est indignatio in multa sapientia?\n\nSALOMUS. Ideo in multa sapientia est multa indigna. tio, quia quanto quisque majorem sapientiam percipit, tanto amplius sibi indignamur et dolet se vitiis et peccatis subjacere et non habere virtutes. Nam quanto quisque plus in sapientia proficit, tanto magis sibi irascitur de malis operibus quæ gessit, et contristatur et dolet sulce' peccatis suis, ideoque addit et laborem, quia quanto amplius coelestia ct æterna cognoscit, tanto magis dolendo et flendo laborat ut errorum laqueos evadere possit, et liberari valeat de hujus speculi miseria.","english":"SALONIUS: Just as it is good to know prudence and doctrine, so truly it is good to know errors and folly, since the first wisdom is to be free of folly: but no one can be free of folly unless he has understood it. Similarly, no one can avoid errors unless he understands them. For this reason, many harmful things were created in earthly matters, so that by avoiding them we might be instructed toward wisdom.\n\nVERANUS: Why was it of equal concern to Solomon to know prudence and doctrine, and on the contrary, errors and folly?\n\nSALONIUS: So that while he sought some things and avoided others—that is, grasped the good and shunned the evil—his true wisdom might be proven.\n\nVERANUS: What does it mean that Solomon says: \"Because in much wisdom there is much indignation, and he who adds knowledge adds also labor\"? How is there much indignation in much wisdom?\n\nSALONIUS: There is much indignation in much wisdom for this reason: because the more wisdom each one perceives, the more he is indignant with himself and grieves that he is subject to vices and sins and does not possess virtues. For the more each one advances in wisdom, the more he becomes angry with himself over the evil deeds he has done, and he is saddened and grieves over his sins. Therefore he also adds labor, because the more he comes to know heavenly and eternal things, the more he labors with grieving and weeping so that he may be able to escape the snares of errors and be freed from the misery of this mirror.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Quia in multa sapientia multa sit indignatio, et qui addit scientiam addit et laborem","severity":"info","text":"Salonius attributes this saying to Solomon, but it is not a direct biblical quotation. It likely echoes Ecclesiastes 1:18 (Vulgate: 'Quia in multa sapientia multa sit indignatio') and Ecclesiastes 1:17–18, though the phrasing is adapted.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"speculi","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'hujus speculi miseria' (the misery of this mirror) likely alludes to the Platonic and patristic trope of the world as a mirror (speculum) reflecting divine realities, or to the 'speculum' genre of moral literature. The term may also be a scribal error for 'saeculi' (of this age), but the reading 'speculi' is retained in the edition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Salonius","severity":"info","text":"Salonius (c. 400–c. 450) was bishop of Vienne and a student of the ascetic teacher John Cassian. His commentary on Ecclesiastes, written in dialogue form, reflects the monastic tradition of interpreting Solomon's wisdom as a guide to spiritual progress and self-knowledge.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage continues the dialogue pattern between Veranus and Salimius (Salonius), where Veranus poses questions drawn from Ecclesiastes and Salimius provides allegorical or moral interpretations. The structure mirrors the catechetical or scholastic method of question-and-answer.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"indignatio","severity":"info","text":"The idea that wisdom increases self-indignation and labor parallels a theme in John Cassian's Conferences (e.g., Conf. 14.8), where spiritual progress intensifies awareness of one's faults and the effort required to overcome them. Salonius likely draws on Cassian's teaching.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"slullilia","severity":"caution","text":"The Latin text contains a probable scribal error: 'slullilia' should read 'stultitia' (folly). The error appears twice in the passage and is corrected in the English draft. The edition (ogl-pl) may have misread the manuscript.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'hujus speculi miseria' could be a scribal corruption of 'hujus saeculi miseria' (the misery of this age), but the reading 'speculi' is retained in the source edition."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":10,"ref":"p10","source":"VERANUS. Quare dicit: Risum deputavi errorem, et qudio dixi cur frustra deciperis (Eccle. n), cum hominum naturale sit ridere, et Dominus in Evangelio dicat: Gaudete et exsultate, quoniam merces vestra magna est in cœlo (Matth. v; Lue. VI)?\n\nSALONIUS. Non reprehendit Salomon risum naturalem, id est modestum et honestum; unde alibi dicit: Vir sapiens atacitus ridebit (Eccli. xxi); sed risuri dissolutum et immoderatum atque perstrepentem appellat errorem, talis nempe risus vocatur cachinnus' similiter non spirituale, sed temporale gaudium vocat deceptionem. Illi vero qui præterita mala sua non plangunt, neque intelligunt ruinam peccatorum suorum, et cachinnant et gaudent in rebus temporalibus, quia nova et brevia putant esse bona perpetua, et idcirco suavitate præsentis vitro decepti quotidie bujus sæculi errore vexantur.\n\nVERANUS. Quid est quod ait: Vidi in omnibus vanitatem et afflictionem animi, et nihil permanere sub sole (Eccle. II, IV, VI, VIII et XII)? Quomodo dicit nihil permanere sub sole cum superius dixerit: Terra autem in æternum stat (Eccle. I)?","english":"VERANUS: Why does he say: \"I have considered error as laughter,\" and \"I said, why are you vainly deceived\" (Eccl. 2), when it is natural for men to laugh, and the Lord says in the Gospel: \"Rejoice and exult, for your reward is great in heaven\" (Matt. 5; Luke 6)?\n\nSALONIUS: Solomon does not reprove natural laughter, that is, modest and honest laughter; whence elsewhere he says: \"A wise man will laugh silently\" (Sir. 21); but he calls dissolute, immoderate, and uproarious laughter \"error\"; such laughter is indeed called a guffaw. Similarly, he calls not spiritual but temporal joy a deception. But those who do not lament their past evils, nor understand the ruin of their sins, both guffaw and rejoice in temporal things, because they think new and brief things are perpetual goods, and therefore, deceived by the sweetness of the present glass, they are daily troubled by the error of this world.\n\nVERANUS: What does it mean when he says: \"I have seen in all things vanity and affliction of mind, and that nothing remains under the sun\" (Eccl. 2, 4, 6, 8, and 12)? How does he say that nothing remains under the sun, when earlier he said: \"But the earth stands forever\" (Eccl. 1)?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Risum deputavi errorem","severity":"info","text":"Salonius reads Ecclesiastes 2 as a critique of dissolute laughter, not natural mirth, aligning with a moralizing tradition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Gaudete et exsultate","severity":"info","text":"The Gospel citation conflates Matthew 5:12 and Luke 6:23; Salonius uses it to contrast spiritual joy with temporal deception.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"cachinnus","severity":"info","text":"Salonius distinguishes 'cachinnus' (guffaw) from modest laughter, a patristic commonplace (cf. Jerome, Ep. 22).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Vir sapiens atacitus ridebit","severity":"info","text":"The citation from Sirach 21:20 (Vulgate) supports the idea of restrained laughter; 'atacitus' is a variant for 'tacitus'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Vidi in omnibus vanitatem","severity":"info","text":"VERANUS juxtaposes Ecclesiastes 1:4 ('earth stands forever') with later claims of universal transience, highlighting an apparent contradiction.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"nihil permanere sub sole","severity":"info","text":"Salonius resolves the tension by distinguishing eternal earth from mutable things under the sun, a standard exegetical move in early medieval commentaries.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'atacitus' may be a scribal error for 'tacitus' (silent), but the sense is clear.","The Gospel citation is a conflation; the exact source is uncertain."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":11,"ref":"p11","source":"SALONIUS. Nihil enim permanebit sub sole quod non transeat, quoniam omnia vana sunt: unde in Evangelio ait Dominus: Caelum et terra transibunt (Matth XXIV); attamen terra in æternum stabit, quia non funditus destruetur, sed meliorabitur, sicut dictum est superius.\n\nVERANUS. Quare dicit: Sapientis oculi in capite ejus,.tullus autem in tenebris ambulat (Eccle. 11)? Nunquid oculi stulti non sunt in capite ipsius?\n\nSALONIUS. Oculi in hoc loco non possunt corporales, sed spirituales intelligi: oculi videlicet mentis, id est sensus et intentiones animi. Per caput vero designatur Cbristus, unde Apostolus ait: Caput viri Christus (I Cor. XI). Oculi viri sapientis in capite sunt, quia vir sapiens omnem intentionem suam ad Christum dirigit, et in Christo collocat, et oculos suae mentis semper ad coelestia meditanda sublevat: stultus vero in tenebris ambulat, quia et stultitiæ simul, et peccatorum suorum tenebris obscuratur, et amore hujus mundi obscuratur; odit enim coelestia, et ideo non potest, sicut vir sapiens, ad coelum oculos suos erigere, quia non cogitat ea quæ Dei sunt, sed quæ hujus sacculi. v","english":"SALONIUS: For nothing will remain under the sun that does not pass away, since all things are vain; whence in the Gospel the Lord says: \"Heaven and earth will pass away\" (Matt. 24); yet the earth will stand forever, because it will not be utterly destroyed, but will be made better, as was said above.\n\nVERANUS: Why does he say: \"The eyes of a wise man are in his head, but a fool walks in darkness\" (Eccl. 11)? Are not the eyes of a fool in his own head?\n\nSALONIUS: The eyes in this place cannot be understood as bodily, but as spiritual: namely, the eyes of the mind, that is, the senses and intentions of the soul. By the head, however, Christ is signified, whence the Apostle says: \"The head of a man is Christ\" (1 Cor. 11). The eyes of a wise man are in the head, because a wise man directs all his intention toward Christ and places it in Christ, and always lifts the eyes of his mind to meditate on heavenly things; but a fool walks in darkness, because he is darkened both by the darkness of his folly and of his sins, and is darkened by love of this world; for he hates heavenly things, and therefore cannot, like a wise man, lift his eyes to heaven, because he does not think of those things which are of God, but of those which are of this world.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Caelum et terra transibunt","severity":"info","text":"Salonius cites Matthew 24:35, where Jesus speaks of the passing of heaven and earth, but he adds a gloss that earth will be improved, not destroyed.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Caput viri Christus","severity":"info","text":"The citation 'Caput viri Christus' is a loose paraphrase of 1 Corinthians 11:3, where Paul says the man is the head of the woman; Salonius reinterprets 'head' as Christ.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"oculi","severity":"info","text":"Salonius distinguishes 'oculi corporales' from 'oculi spirituales' (eyes of the mind), a common exegetical move to avoid a literal reading of Ecclesiastes 11:3.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"caput","severity":"info","text":"Salonius interprets 'caput' as Christ, not the physical head, drawing on Pauline head-body imagery to align the verse with Christocentric exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The dialogue form between Veranus and Salonius reflects a catechetical or scholastic method, common in early medieval Latin commentaries, where a student poses objections.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage follows a pattern: Veranus quotes a verse literally, Salonius reinterprets it spiritually, then applies it to the wise versus the foolish.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'caput viri Christus' is not a direct biblical quotation; it adapts 1 Cor 11:3, where Paul says 'caput' of the man, not Christ."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":12,"ref":"p12","source":"VERANUS. Quid ergo distat inter virum sapientem et stultum?\n\nSALONIUS. Hoc distat, quia iste sapientia et claritate illustratur et exornatur; ille vero errore stultitiæ suæ; obtenebratur et deturbatur. Tantum quippe distat inter sapientem et stultum, quantum inter diem ct noctem, lucem et tenebras.\n\nVERANUS. Quomodo tantum distat inter sapientem ct stultum, cum unus sit interitus utriusque: sic enim moritur doctus ut indoctus, sapiens ut insipiens (Eccle. II)?\n\nSALONIUS. Quamvis unus sit occasus, et similis mors sapientis et stulti, et saepe in hac vita magis affigatur sapiens quam stultus; tamen non erit similis memoria in futuro nec æqualem percipient remunerationem, quoniam sapiens in die judicii ad regni cœlestis elevabitur gloriam, stultus vero demergetur in æterna damnationis tormenta.\n\nVERANUS. Quis est ergo iste sapiens qui tantum distat a stulto quantum lux a tenebris? Nunquid ille qui philosophicæ tantum disciplinæ pollet affluentia, vel liberalium artium splendet eloquentia?","english":"VERANUS: What, then, is the difference between a wise man and a fool?\n\nSALONIUS: This is the difference: that the one is illuminated and adorned with wisdom and clarity; the other, however, is darkened and cast down by the error of his own folly. For the distance between the wise and the fool is as great as that between day and night, light and darkness.\n\nVERANUS: How can the distance between the wise and the fool be so great, when the destruction of both is one and the same? For the learned dies as the unlearned, the wise as the unwise (Eccl. 2).\n\nSALONIUS: Although the setting is one and the death of the wise and the fool is similar, and often in this life the wise man is more afflicted than the fool, yet the memory of them will not be similar in the future, nor will they receive an equal reward, because on the day of judgment the wise man will be raised to the glory of the heavenly kingdom, while the fool will be plunged into the torments of eternal damnation.\n\nVERANUS: Who, then, is this wise man who is as far removed from the fool as light from darkness? Is it he who abounds only in the wealth of philosophical discipline, or shines with the eloquence of the liberal arts?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage continues the dialogic form between Veranus and Salonius, a structural feature of the commentary that dramatizes exegetical inquiry.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Eccle. II","severity":"info","text":"Veranus cites Ecclesiastes 2, likely referring to the verse 'the fool dies as the wise' (cf. Eccl. 2:13-14), to challenge the distinction between wise and fool in light of shared mortality.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"sapiens","severity":"info","text":"Salonius redefines 'sapiens' not as a philosopher or rhetorician but as one illuminated by divine wisdom, contrasting worldly learning with eschatological reward.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The question of whether the wise man is merely a philosopher or rhetorician reflects late antique debates between Christian and pagan education, a concern in Salonius's milieu.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Salonius's insistence on unequal post-mortem rewards for wise and fool aligns with early medieval eschatological teaching, emphasizing judgment and eternal destiny over earthly equality.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The specific verse of Ecclesiastes 2 is not quoted verbatim; the reference may be to Eccl. 2:13-14 or a paraphrase."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":13,"ref":"p13","source":"SALONIUS. Nonnunquam sæcularis prudentia inimica Deo est, et carnalis sapientia, quamvis eloquentiæ floribus exornetur, nullum tamen in se spiritualem, nullum perpetuæ bcatitudinis fructum continet: sed HIe veraciter est sapiens qui Dominum diligit, qui ejus mandata custodit, et quantum possibile est humanæ fragilitati, ejus voluntatem in omnibus studet implere, de quo paulo inferius dicit: Homini bono, in conspectu suo dedit Deus sapientiam, et scientiam, et tætitiam (Ibid.).\n\nVERANUS. Quare statim subjungit: Peccatori autem dedit afflictionem et curam superfluam: si enim Deus peccatori homini dedit curam et sollicitudinem superfluam habere; quid ergo ipse peccat, si curis superiluis atque sollicitudine rerum temporalium affligilur?\n\nSALONIUS. Causa superfluae curæ atque maLe sollicitudinis non est in Deo, sed in illo qui ante sponte sua peccavit, quia peccatis suis exigentibus promeruit ut haberet curam superfluam et sollicitudinem: et ideo quod ait: Peccatori autem dedit curam superfluam, intelligendum est, suis meritis exigentibus dari pernusit, videlicet quia peccator fuit.","english":"Salonius. Sometimes secular prudence is hostile to God, and carnal wisdom, even if adorned with the flowers of eloquence, nevertheless contains in itself no spiritual fruit, no fruit of eternal blessedness. But he is truly wise who loves the Lord, who keeps his commandments, and, as far as is possible for human frailty, strives to fulfill his will in all things; concerning whom a little further on it says: To a good man, in his own sight, God gave wisdom, and knowledge, and joy (Ibid.).\n\nVeranus. Why does it immediately add: But to a sinner he gave affliction and superfluous care? For if God gave to a sinful man the having of care and superfluous solicitude, what then does he himself sin, if he is afflicted by superfluous cares and solicitude for temporal things?\n\nSalonius. The cause of superfluous care and evil solicitude is not in God, but in him who previously sinned of his own accord, because by the demands of his sins he merited having superfluous care and solicitude. And therefore what it says: But to a sinner he gave superfluous care, is to be understood as meaning that, by the demands of his own merits, he permitted it to be given, namely because he was a sinner.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"sæcularis prudentia","severity":"info","text":"Salonius distinguishes 'secular prudence' from true wisdom, aligning the former with worldly knowledge potentially hostile to God, a common patristic topos.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Homini bono... dedit Deus sapientiam, et scientiam, et tætitiam","severity":"info","text":"This citation, marked 'a little further on' and 'Ibid.', likely refers to Ecclesiastes 2:26 (LXX) or a variant, though the exact verse is uncertain; the Vulgate Ecclesiastes 2:26 reads differently.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Peccatori autem dedit afflictionem et curam superfluam","severity":"info","text":"This echoes Ecclesiastes 2:23 (LXX) or a similar verse, where the sinner receives affliction; the Vulgate has 'peccatori autem dedit curam superfluam'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"causa superfluae curæ","severity":"info","text":"Salonius argues that God permits but does not cause the sinner's superfluous care, reflecting a theodicean concern to preserve divine justice while accounting for human sin.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Veranus... Salonius","severity":"info","text":"The dialogue form continues with Veranus posing a logical objection (if God gives care, why blame the sinner?) and Salonius resolving it by distinguishing divine permission from causation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Salonius Viennensis Episcopus","severity":"info","text":"Salonius, a 5th-century bishop, wrote this mystical exposition on Ecclesiastes; his work survives in few manuscripts and is cited by later medieval commentators like Bede.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The exact biblical verses cited are not identified with chapter and verse; 'Ibid.' likely refers to the same source as the previous citation, but the precise reference is unclear."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":14,"ref":"p14","source":"VERANUS. Quid vult demonstrare per hoc quod ait: Omnia tempus habent (Eccle. m)? Quod si omnia tempus habent, ergo æternæ Divinitatis substantia tempus habet?\n\nSALONIUS. Absit; illa quippe ineffabilis aeterna majestatis divinae essentia quae omnia creavit ex nihilo, non loco clauditur, non tempore coangustatur, non ullo spatio terminatur: et idcirco Salomon, ut ostenderet de quibus hoc dixerit, statim subjungit dicens: Et suis spatiis transeunt universa sub cælo. Vult enim demonstrare quod contraria sibi sunt omnia quæ in mundo sunt, et nihil est perpetuum ex omnibus quæ sub cœlo sunt, et ista tempus continent.\n\nVERANUS. De qua plantatione ait, aut de qua evulsione loquitur cum dicit: Tempus plantandi, et tempus evellendi quod plantatum est (Ibid.): Nunquid de plantatione aut evulsione arborum aut herbarum dicit?\n\nSALONIUS. Non, sed de nativitate et morte hominum: nam quod superius dixit: Tempus nascendi, hoc est quod sequitur, et tempus plantandi: hoc est enim plantare quod nascitur. Quod supra dicit, tempus moriendi, hoc est quod hic sequitur, tempus evellendi id quod plantatum est: nam evelli, hoc est quod et mori.","english":"Veranus. What does he intend to show by this statement: \"All things have a time\"? If all things have a time, does the substance of the eternal Divinity therefore have a time?\n\nSalonius. Far from it; indeed, that ineffable eternal essence of the divine majesty, which created all things from nothing, is not confined by place, not constrained by time, not bounded by any space: and for this reason Solomon, to show of which things he has said this, immediately adds, saying: \"And all things under heaven pass in their own spaces.\" For he intends to show that all things which are in the world are mutually opposed, and nothing among all things that are under heaven is perpetual, and these things contain time.\n\nVeranus. Of what planting does he speak, or of what uprooting does he speak when he says: \"A time for planting, and a time for uprooting what has been planted\"? Does he speak of the planting or uprooting of trees or herbs?\n\nSalonius. No, but of the birth and death of men: for what he said above: \"A time for being born,\" this is what follows, \"and a time for planting\": for to plant is the same as to be born. What he says above, \"a time for dying,\" this is what follows here, \"a time for uprooting what has been planted\": for to be uprooted is the same as to die.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Omnia tempus habent","severity":"info","text":"The lemma is a paraphrase of Ecclesiastes 3:1-2, which in the Vulgate reads 'Omnia tempus habent' (all things have a time). The dialogue treats it as a direct citation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Et suis spatiis transeunt universa sub cælo","severity":"info","text":"This is a paraphrase of Ecclesiastes 3:1-2, where the Vulgate has 'tempus nascendi et tempus moriendi' and 'suis spatiis transeunt'. Salonius adapts the verse to his argument.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"plantandi / evellendi","severity":"info","text":"Salonius interprets 'planting' and 'uprooting' as metaphors for birth and death, explicitly rejecting a literal horticultural reading. This allegorical move is typical of the mystical commentary tradition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"æternæ Divinitatis substantia","severity":"info","text":"Veranus raises a theological objection: if all things have a time, does that include the divine substance? Salonius refutes this by distinguishing created, temporal things from the eternal, uncreated God, a standard patristic defense against Arian or subordinationist readings.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Quod si ... ergo ... Absit","severity":"info","text":"The dialogue follows a pattern: Veranus poses a logical dilemma from a scriptural phrase, and Salonius resolves it by clarifying the referent (things under heaven, not God). This catechetical structure is common in early medieval exegetical dialogues.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Salonius","severity":"info","text":"Salonius, bishop of Vienne (c. 430–c. 470), wrote this mystical commentary on Ecclesiastes. His method of allegorizing temporal language to refer to human life and salvation reflects the influence of Origen and Ambrose, mediated through the Latin monastic tradition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The exact Vulgate verse being paraphrased is not cited by chapter and verse; the lemma 'Omnia tempus habent' conflates Ecclesiastes 3:1-2. The reading taken is that Salonius refers to the general sense of the passage."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":15,"ref":"p15","source":"Soli quippe Deo notus est ortus et occasus hominum, id est tempus nascendi, et tempus pereundi, et tempus plantandi, et tempus evellendi: quoniam ipse instituit et tempus in quo unusquisque nasceretur et plantaretur ad vitam, et tempus in quo moreretur et de hac vita evelleretur, hoc est per sententiam mortis eradicaretur.\n\nVERANUS. Quid est quod iterum dicit: Tempus occidcudi et tempus sanandi (Ibid.)? Nulli quippe dubium, quod tempus sanandi a Deo conceditur, sed nunquam Deus instituit tempus occidendi alium: aut eum quem semel occiderit homo, poterit unquam sanare.\n\nSALONIUS. Non utique; sed illi soli est tempus occidendi et tempus sanandi, qui per Mosen loquitur, dicens: Ego occidam et ego vivere faciam, percutiam et ego sanabo (Deut. XXXII). Ipse nimirum statuit tempus in quo peccatores occidantur, et sanentur inhrmi, hoc est peccatis languidi. Tunc enim occidit, cum vel corporis infirmitate vel aliqua mundi hujus adversitate peccatores affligit ut corrigantur et moriantur peccatis, et vivant Deo. Saepe namque Deus ideo flagellat sceleratos, ut eos occidat et sanet, id est ut desinant esse quod sunt, et incipiant esse quod non sunt. Est ergo tempus sanandi, cum Deus omnipotens eos quos occidit, id esi adversitatibus misericorditer afflixit, per occultam inspirationem compungit, et ad pœnitentiam provocat.","english":"For only God knows the birth and death of men, that is, the time of being born and the time of perishing, and the time of planting and the time of uprooting: since He Himself established the time in which each one would be born and planted into life, and the time in which he would die and be uprooted from this life, that is, be eradicated by the sentence of death.\n\nVeranus. What does it mean when it says again: \"A time of killing and a time of healing\"? For no one doubts that the time of healing is granted by God, but God never instituted a time for killing another: or can a man ever heal the one he has once killed?\n\nSalonius. Not at all; but the time of killing and the time of healing belongs only to the one who speaks through Moses, saying: \"I will kill and I will make alive, I will strike and I will heal.\" He Himself surely established the time in which sinners are killed, and the infirm, that is, those languishing in sins, are healed. For He kills when He afflicts sinners either with bodily infirmity or with some adversity of this world so that they may be corrected and die to sins, and live to God. For often God scourges the wicked in order to kill and heal them, that is, so that they may cease to be what they are, and begin to be what they are not. Therefore there is a time of healing, when Almighty God, by a hidden inspiration, pricks the conscience of those whom He has killed, that is, mercifully afflicted with adversities, and provokes them to penance.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ego occidam et ego vivere faciam, percutiam et ego sanabo","severity":"info","text":"Salonius attributes this saying to Deuteronomy 32, but the Vulgate text of Deut 32:39 reads 'ego occidam et vivere faciam' without the explicit 'percutiam et sanabo' pairing; the citation is a loose paraphrase or conflation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"occidere","severity":"info","text":"Salonius reinterprets 'occidere' (to kill) as a spiritual act: God 'kills' sinners by afflicting them so they die to sin, not physically. This metaphorical reading resolves Veranus's literal objection.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"tempus occidendi et tempus sanandi","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'tempus occidendi et tempus sanandi' is not a direct biblical quotation but a thematic echo of Ecclesiastes 3:2-3, which Salonius and Veranus are glossing; the commentary applies it to divine providence.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage continues the dialogic form of the commentary: Veranus raises a literal objection, and Salonius resolves it through allegorical interpretation, a common exegetical pattern in Latin patristic literature.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Salonius's allegorical reading of killing and healing as spiritual correction reflects a tradition of moral exegesis found in earlier Latin authors such as Gregory the Great, though no direct dependence is cited here.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the phrase 'Ego occidam et ego vivere faciam, percutiam et ego sanabo' is unclear; it may conflate Deut 32:39 with other biblical passages or be a loose citation."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":16,"ref":"p16","source":"VERANUS. De qua destructione vel ærdificatione loquitur, cum dicit:Tempus destruendi et tempus ædificandi (Eccle. III)? Numquid de ædificatione ac destructione domorum loquitur? Quid enim nobis prodesset, si hoc diceret? Quis enim nescit quod alii dostruunt, et alii aediticant domos?\n\nSALONIUS. Non hic loquitur Salomon de domorum, sed de malorum destructione, et ædificatione bonorum; quoniam ncecsse est prius mala destruere, et sic bona postea ædificare, juxta illud Psalmistæ: Declina a malo, et fac bonum (Psal. XXXVI). Hoc ergo dicit, quia tempus est destruendi mala et tempus est æJiQcandi bona, quoniam in præsenti vita concessum est nobis tempus a Deo ut destruamus mala, et ædificemus bona: id est, prius in nobis per poenitentiam deleamus peccata; postea vero per sancta desideria, virtutum construamus ædificia.\n\nVERANUS. Quare dicit: Tempus flendi et tempus ridendi, tempus plangendi et tempus saltandi (Eccle. III)? Quis enim ignorat, quia alio tempore flemus, alio autem ridemus? aut quid profuit dicere, tempus saltandi? Nunquid forsitan ostendere voluit, quia oportet nos saltationum exercere ludicra?","english":"VERANUS: Of what destruction or building does he speak when he says: “A time for destroying and a time for building” (Eccles. 3)? Is he speaking of the building and destruction of houses? For what would that profit us? For who does not know that some destroy and others build houses?\n\nSALONIUS: Solomon is not speaking here of houses, but of the destruction of evils and the building of goods; because it is necessary first to destroy evils, and then afterwards to build goods, according to that saying of the Psalmist: “Turn away from evil, and do good” (Ps. 36). Therefore he says this, because there is a time for destroying evils and a time for building goods, since in the present life a time has been granted to us by God so that we may destroy evils and build goods: that is, first in ourselves through penance we may blot out sins; afterwards, through holy desires, we may construct the edifices of virtues.\n\nVERANUS: Why does he say: “A time for weeping and a time for laughing, a time for mourning and a time for dancing” (Eccles. 3)? For who does not know that at one time we weep, and at another we laugh? Or what profit was there in saying “a time for dancing”? Did he perhaps wish to show that we ought to engage in the amusements of dances?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"VERANUS. De qua destructione vel ærdificatione loquitur","severity":"info","text":"The passage continues the dialogue form between Veranus and Salonius, a structural feature of this commentary. Veranus poses literal objections, which Salonius then resolves allegorically.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Tempus destruendi et tempus ædificandi (Eccle. III)","severity":"info","text":"Veranus quotes Ecclesiastes 3, where the Vulgate reads 'tempus destruendi et tempus aedificandi'. The citation is from the same biblical book under commentary.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":["ogl-pl"]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Declina a malo, et fac bonum (Psal. XXXVI)","severity":"info","text":"Salonius cites Psalm 36 (Vulgate numbering), verse 2: 'Declina a malo et fac bonum'. This supports his moral interpretation of destruction and building.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":["ogl-pl"]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ærdificatione","severity":"info","text":"The Latin 'ærdificatione' is a variant spelling of 'aedificatione' (building). The text shows orthographic variation common in medieval manuscripts.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"per poenitentiam deleamus peccata","severity":"info","text":"Salonius interprets 'destroying evils' as penance, a key practice in early medieval Latin Christianity. This reflects the penitential system of the period.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"tempus saltandi","severity":"info","text":"Veranus questions the mention of dancing, a common concern in early medieval exegesis where dance was often viewed as frivolous or sinful. Salonius does not answer this query in the surviving text.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin text has 'ærdificatione' and 'ædificandi' with variant spellings; the intended reading is 'aedificatio' (building).","Veranus' question about dancing is left unanswered in this passage, possibly due to a lacuna or the author's choice."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":17,"ref":"p17","source":"SALONIUS. Absit; nihil oportet nos scurriliter agere: sed tempus flendi est in vita præsenti; tempus ridendi in vita futura. Qui ergo in praesenti vita quotidianis fletibus et lacrymis se purgare studuerit, in vita futura ridebit, id est gaudebit. Similiter tempus plangendi est vita praesens; tempus saltandi est vita beata. In mbtu namque saltationis, homo suae mentis gaudium et animi demonstrat affectum. Qui ergo in hac vita plangendo studet abolere peccata, in futura vita saltabit, id est lætabitur et exsultabit in gloria æternæ felicitatis.\n\nVERANUS. Quid est quod ait: Tempus spargendi lapides, et tempus colligendi (Ibid.)? Quid enim prodest lapides spargere, aut quid prodest colligere; nisi forte domum aliquis velit ædificare?\n\nSALONIUS. Non de hac causa loquitur Salomon; sed de gentium dispersione et collectione. Nam per lapides, gentes assignantur: Unde Joannes: Potens est, inquit, Deus de lapidibus istis suscitare filios Abrahæ (Matth. III).","english":"Salonius. Far from it; we must not act in a frivolous manner: rather, the time for weeping is in the present life; the time for rejoicing is in the future life. Therefore, whoever in the present life strives to purify himself with daily weeping and tears, in the future life will laugh, that is, will rejoice. Similarly, the time for lamenting is the present life; the time for dancing is the blessed life. For in the act of dancing, a man demonstrates the joy of his mind and the affection of his spirit. Therefore, whoever in this life, by lamenting, strives to blot out his sins, in the future life will dance, that is, will be glad and will exult in the glory of eternal happiness.\n\nVeranus. What does it mean when it says: “A time for scattering stones, and a time for gathering them” (Eccles. 3)? For what good is it to scatter stones, or what good is it to gather them, unless perhaps someone wishes to build a house?\n\nSalonius. Solomon is not speaking about this matter, but about the dispersion and gathering of peoples. For by “stones,” peoples are signified. Whence John: “God is able,” he says, “to raise up sons of Abraham from these stones” (Matt. 3).","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"tempus flendi ... tempus ridendi","severity":"info","text":"Salonius contrasts weeping in the present life with laughing in the future life, interpreting Ecclesiastes 3 as an eschatological allegory of purification through tears.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"tempus plangendi ... tempus saltandi","severity":"info","text":"The pairing of lamenting and dancing extends the allegory: dancing in the blessed life expresses joy of mind and spirit, a metaphor for eternal happiness.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"lapides","severity":"info","text":"Salonius cites Matthew 3:9 (John the Baptist: 'God is able to raise up sons of Abraham from these stones') to support his allegorical reading of 'stones' as peoples.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"scurriliter","severity":"info","text":"The adverb 'scurriliter' (frivolously, like a buffoon) reflects early medieval monastic concern with decorum; Salonius rejects a literal or trivial interpretation of Ecclesiastes.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Veranus ... Salonius","severity":"info","text":"The dialogue form continues: Veranus poses a literal objection (scattering/gathering stones for building), and Salonius corrects it with a spiritual interpretation (dispersion/collection of peoples).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"tempus spargendi lapides","severity":"info","text":"Salonius’s allegorical reading of 'stones' as peoples reflects a patristic tradition (e.g., Jerome on Ecclesiastes) that interprets building metaphors as ecclesiological or eschatological.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'in mbtu' is a scribal error or abbreviation; the intended reading is likely 'in motu' (in the movement). The translation adopts 'in the act of dancing' as contextually required."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":18,"ref":"p18","source":"Tempus enim fuit spargendi lapides ante adventum Domini, quia gentiles non permanserunt in unitate fidei, sed recedentes a Deo dispersi sunt, quia varios deos adorabant, et diversa idola colebant: tempus autem fuit colligendi lapides post adventum Domini, quia, sicut Apostolus dicit: ibi venerit plenitudo temporis, misit Deus Filium suum factum ex muliere, factum sub lege, ut eos qui sub tege erant redimeret, ut adoptionem filiorum reciperemus (Gal. IV). Tunc quippe cœpit colligere lapides, quia, peracto passionis ac resurrectionis suae mysterio, direxit apostolos suos in universum terrarum orbem, dicens: Ite, docete omnes gentes, baptiste eos in nomine Patris et Filii, et Spiritus sancti ( Matth. XXVIII). Deinde celebrato quadragesimo die, mysterio ascensionis in cœlos, mox ut ab apostolis fama nominis ejus diffusa est, longe lateque per mundum, lapides, id est gentiles, qui erant dispersi per variam idolorum culturam, collecti sunt, quia resipiscentes et abominantes idola, in unitatem fidei convenerunt.","english":"For there was a time for scattering stones before the coming of the Lord, because the Gentiles did not remain in the unity of the faith, but, withdrawing from God, were scattered, since they worshipped various gods and venerated diverse idols. But there was a time for gathering stones after the coming of the Lord, because, as the Apostle says: when the fullness of time had come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, made subject to the law, in order to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive the adoption of sons (Galatians 4). Then indeed He began to gather stones, because, after completing the mystery of His passion and resurrection, He sent His apostles throughout the whole world, saying: Go, teach all nations, baptize them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit (Matthew 28). Then, after the fortieth day, the mystery of the ascension into heaven having been celebrated, as soon as the fame of His name was spread far and wide through the world by the apostles, the stones—that is, the Gentiles, who had been scattered through the varied worship of idols—were gathered, because, coming to their senses and abominating idols, they assembled into the unity of the faith.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Galatians 4","severity":"info","text":"The citation 'misit Deus Filium suum factum ex muliere, factum sub lege' loosely adapts Galatians 4:4-5, where Paul speaks of the fullness of time and redemption from the law.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Matthew 28:19","severity":"info","text":"The command 'Ite, docete omnes gentes, baptiste eos in nomine Patris et Filii, et Spiritus sancti' echoes Matthew 28:19, though the wording is a paraphrase combining the great commission with the Trinitarian baptismal formula.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"lapides spargendi / colligendi","severity":"info","text":"The metaphor of scattering and gathering stones interprets the Gentiles' idolatry as dispersion and their conversion as collection into the unity of faith, a common patristic image for the Church's mission.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"dating","kind":"chronology","basis":"text","lemma":"ante adventum Domini / post adventum Domini","severity":"info","text":"Salonius divides salvation history into two periods: before Christ's coming (Gentile dispersion) and after (apostolic gathering), with the turning point at the Incarnation and the sending of the apostles.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"tempus ... fuit ... tempus autem fuit","severity":"info","text":"The passage uses a balanced antithetical structure ('tempus enim fuit ... tempus autem fuit') to contrast the pre-Christian era of scattering with the post-Incarnation era of gathering, reinforcing the commentary's typological method.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"mysterio ascensionis in cœlos","severity":"info","text":"The reference to the fortieth day and the mystery of the Ascension reflects the liturgical and theological emphasis on Pentecost as the moment of apostolic mission, a standard patristic topos.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'factum ex muliere, factum sub lege' is a compressed paraphrase of Galatians; the exact referent of 'plenitudo temporis' is left implicit.","The phrase 'celebrato quadragesimo die' could refer to Pentecost (fifty days after Easter) or to the Ascension (forty days after Easter); the text conflates the two."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":19,"ref":"p19","source":"VERANUS. Cur iterum dicit: Tempus dilectionis et tempus odii; tamen Joannes apostolus dicit: Qui oderit fratrem suum, homicida est ( I Joan. III); et in Evangelio dictum est: Qui odit animam suam in hoc mundo, in vitam æternam custodit eam (Joan. xn); item: Qui non odit patrem suum et matrem, fratres et sorores, uxorem et filios, adhuc autem et animam suam, non potest meus esse discipulus (Luc. XIV) Die ergo, quando tempus est dilectionis, et quando tempus odii?\n\nSALOnIUS. Et nunc quidem tempus est dilectionis, quoniam post Dominum diligere debemus patrem et matrem, uxorem et filios et caeteros propinquos: odii vero tempus, quia pro Christi confessione contemnere simul et odisse debemus et patrem et matrem, omnesque propinquos (si nobis in via Domini fuerint contrarii), sicut sancti martyres sæpe fecisse leguntur.\n\nVERANUS. Quid est quod rursum dicit: Tempus belli et tempus pacis (Eccle. m)? Quomodo tempus est belli, cum Dominus in Evangelio dicat: Esto consentiens adversario tuo cito, dum es cum illo in via; et item: Si quis percusserit te in dexteram maxillam tuam, præbe illi et alteram, et qui voluerit auferre tunicam tuam, dimitte illi et pallium (Luc. VI)?","english":"VERANUS: Why does it say again: \"A time for love and a time for hate\"? Yet the apostle John says: \"Whoever hates his brother is a murderer\" (1 John 3); and in the Gospel it is said: \"Whoever hates his own soul in this world preserves it for eternal life\" (John 12); likewise: \"Whoever does not hate his father and mother, brothers and sisters, wife and children, and even his own soul, cannot be my disciple\" (Luke 14). Tell me, then, when is the time for love, and when is the time for hate?\n\nSALONIUS: Now indeed is the time for love, since after the Lord we ought to love our father and mother, wife and children, and other relatives; but the time for hate is when, for the sake of confessing Christ, we ought to despise and also hate both father and mother and all relatives (if they oppose us on the Lord's path), as the holy martyrs are read to have often done.\n\nVERANUS: What is it that it says again: \"A time for war and a time for peace\" (Ecclesiastes 3)? How is there a time for war, when the Lord says in the Gospel: \"Be quickly reconciled to your adversary while you are with him on the road\"; and likewise: \"If someone strikes you on your right cheek, offer him the other also, and if someone wishes to take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well\" (Luke 6)?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Cur iterum dicit","severity":"info","text":"Veranus introduces a new pair of opposites (love/hate) with the same formula as earlier in the dialogue, signaling a recurring structural pattern.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"I Joan. III","severity":"info","text":"The citation 'Qui oderit fratrem suum, homicida est' is a loose paraphrase of 1 John 3:15, which states that whoever does not love his brother is a murderer.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Joan. xn","severity":"info","text":"The saying 'Qui odit animam suam in hoc mundo, in vitam æternam custodit eam' is not found verbatim in John 12; it may be a conflation of John 12:25 and ascetical tradition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Luc. XIV","severity":"info","text":"The citation 'Qui non odit patrem suum et matrem… non potest meus esse discipulus' is not in Luke 14; it likely derives from a saying attributed to Jesus in apocryphal or monastic sources.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"sicut sancti martyres sæpe fecisse leguntur","severity":"info","text":"Salonius invokes the example of martyrs who renounced family for Christ, a common topos in hagiography and patristic exhortation, e.g., in the acts of Perpetua and Felicity.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Luc. VI","severity":"info","text":"The sayings about offering the other cheek and surrendering one's cloak are from Luke 6:29 and 6:30, but the Latin text conflates them into a single citation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the sayings attributed to John 12 and Luke 14 is uncertain; they may be misremembered or drawn from non-canonical traditions."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":20,"ref":"p20","source":"SALONIUS. Vere nobis semper est tempus belli et pugnæ quandiu in praesenti vita sumus, quoniam seniper necesse eat nobis pugnare adversus insidias hostis antiqui, et aereas (id est malignorum spirituum) debellare potestates. Pacis vero tempus erit, cum de præsenti saeculo migraverimus; quoniam si bene pugnaverimus in boc saeculo, in futuro coronabimur, et in cœlesti Jerusalem in aeterna pace requiescemus.\n\nVERANUS. Quare dicit: Cuncta fecit Deus bona in tempore suo, cum superius dixerit, omnia vanitatem esse? Si omnia vana, quomodo ergo bona sunt?\n\nSALONIUS. Omnia vana sunt, quia transitoria; verumlamen cuncta bona sunt, quoniam a Deo bona creata, et bona quidem suul; non tamen semper, sed in tempore suo. Nam bonum est vigilare, bonum etiam est dormire; attamen semper vigilare, aut semper dormire non est utique bonum.\n\nVERANUS. Quare dubitaudo loquitur Salomon, dicens: Quis novit si spiritus filiorum Adam ascendat sursum, et spiritus jumentorum descendat deorsum (Eccle. III)? Quis enim ignorat quia spiritus jumentorum (id est pecorum cunctorumque brutorum animalium) simul cum corpore dissolvatur? Spiritus vero flliorum Adam (id est hominum) non simul cum corpore dissolvitur; sed mox ut egreditur de corpore, aut deducitur ad gloriam, aut demergitur in poenam?","english":"SALONIUS: Truly, for us there is always a time of war and struggle as long as we are in this present life, since we must always fight against the snares of the ancient enemy and subdue the aerial powers (that is, of the evil spirits). But the time of peace will be when we have departed from this present world; for if we have fought well in this world, we shall be crowned in the future, and we shall rest in eternal peace in the heavenly Jerusalem.\n\nVERANUS: Why does it say: \"All things God made good in their time,\" when above it said that all things are vanity? If all things are vain, how then are they good?\n\nSALONIUS: All things are vain because they are transitory; nevertheless, all things are good, since they were created good by God, and they are indeed good; yet not always, but in their own time. For it is good to be awake, and it is also good to sleep; but to be always awake, or always to sleep, is certainly not good.\n\nVERANUS: Why does Solomon speak doubtfully, saying: \"Who knows if the spirit of the sons of Adam ascends upward, and the spirit of beasts descends downward\" (Ecclesiastes 3)? For who is ignorant that the spirit of beasts (that is, of cattle and all brute animals) is dissolved together with the body? But the spirit of the sons of Adam (that is, of men) is not dissolved together with the body; but as soon as it departs from the body, it is either led to glory or plunged into punishment?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"aereas potestates","severity":"info","text":"Salonius interprets 'aerial powers' as evil spirits, reflecting a common patristic reading of Eph 6:12 and the demonic realm.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Quis novit si spiritus filiorum Adam ascendat sursum","severity":"info","text":"This quotes Ecclesiastes 3:21, where the Vulgate reads: 'Quis novit si spiritus filiorum Adam ascendat sursum?'","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"spiritus jumentorum","severity":"info","text":"The view that animal souls dissolve with the body was common in early Christian anthropology, distinguishing humans from beasts.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage continues the dialogue form, with Veranus raising objections from Ecclesiastes and Salonius resolving them through allegorical interpretation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Salonius","severity":"info","text":"Salonius of Vienne (5th cent.) wrote this mystical commentary on Ecclesiastes, later attributed to Jerome in some manuscripts.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'aereas potestates' is glossed as 'malignorum spirituum' by Salonius, but the phrase could also refer to astral or elemental powers in other contexts."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":21,"ref":"p21","source":"SALONIUS. Paulo superius ostendit Salomon quia quantum ad corporis utilitatem nihil distat inter jumentum et hominem, quia sicut moritur jumentum, moritur et homo: sed ut ostenderet quia secundum animæ dignitatem multum distat homo a jumento et pccore, idcirco disjunxit dicens: Quis novit si spiritus filiorum Adam ascendat sursum, et spiritus jumentorum descendat deorsum (Ibid.)? Ostendit enim quia haec sola differentia est inter homines et bestias, quoniam hominis spiritus ascendit in cœlum et spiritus jumenti seu pecoris descendit in teiram, quia moritur et simul dissolvitur cum carne.\n\nVERANUS. Cur ergo dicit Salomon: Quis novit? quasi nemo sit qui hoc cognoscere possit!\n\nSALONIUS. IJeo ait: Quis novit? ut difGcultatem rei demonstraret: nam, quis, in Scripturis sacris non impossibilitatem sed difficultatem aut raritatem significare solet, sicut est istud: Generationem autem ejus quis enarrabit (Isai. LIII)? Hoc est, aut nullus, aut perrarus. Nam quod impossibile est fieri, nullatenus potest, etiam cum magno labore. Ergo ideo dicit: Quis norit? quia perrarus, aut certe difficile invenitur ita spiritualis homo qui tunc perfecte comprehendere valeat cum de corpore spiritus egreditur, utrum ascendat an ducatur ad poenam.","english":"SALONIUS: A little above, Solomon showed that as far as bodily utility is concerned, there is no difference between a beast of burden and a man, because just as a beast of burden dies, so also a man dies. But to show that according to the dignity of the soul, a man differs greatly from a beast of burden and cattle, he therefore made a distinction, saying: \"Who knows if the spirit of the sons of Adam ascends upward, and the spirit of beasts of burden descends downward?\" (Ibid.). For he shows that this is the only difference between men and beasts: that the spirit of a man ascends into heaven, and the spirit of a beast of burden or cattle descends into the earth, because it dies and is simultaneously dissolved with the flesh.\n\nVERANUS: Why then does Solomon say: \"Who knows?\" as if there were no one who could know this!\n\nSALONIUS: He says \"Who knows?\" in order to demonstrate the difficulty of the matter. For \"who\" in the Sacred Scriptures usually signifies not impossibility but difficulty or rarity, as in this passage: \"But who will recount his generation?\" (Isaiah 53). That is, either no one, or very rarely. For what is impossible to happen cannot happen at all, even with great effort. Therefore he says \"Who knows?\" because a spiritual man who can then perfectly comprehend, when the spirit departs from the body, whether it ascends or is led to punishment, is very rare, or certainly difficult to find.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Quis novit si spiritus filiorum Adam ascendat sursum, et spiritus jumentorum descendat deorsum","severity":"info","text":"Salonius cites Ecclesiastes 3:21 (Vulgate numbering) to contrast human and animal souls. The verse is a locus classicus for debates on the soul's immortality.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":["ogl-pl"]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Generationem autem ejus quis enarrabit","severity":"info","text":"Salonius quotes Isaiah 53:1b (Vulgate) to illustrate that 'quis' in Scripture signals difficulty, not impossibility. This supports his hermeneutic of the Ecclesiastes passage.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":["ogl-pl"]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"quis","severity":"info","text":"Salonius glosses 'quis' as a marker of difficulty or rarity, not impossibility, citing Isaiah 53. This rhetorical reading softens Solomon's apparent skepticism about the soul's fate.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":["ogl-pl"]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"jumentum","severity":"info","text":"Salonius uses 'jumentum' (beast of burden) and 'pecus' (cattle) to represent animals without rational souls, a standard patristic distinction. The soul's ascent or descent is tied to moral status.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":["ogl-pl"]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Paulo superius ostendit Salomon","severity":"info","text":"Salonius frames his argument as a response to Solomon's earlier demonstration of bodily equality between humans and beasts, then pivots to the soul's dignity. This structures the dialectic with Veranus.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":["ogl-pl"]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"spiritus ... ascendat ... descendat","severity":"info","text":"Salonius asserts that the human spirit ascends to heaven and the animal spirit dissolves with the flesh, a view contested in later medieval thought (e.g., Aquinas). His reading affirms orthodox anthropology.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":["ogl-pl"]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'spiritus' may mean 'soul' or 'spirit'; Salonius treats it as the immortal rational soul in humans, but the term is ambiguous in Ecclesiastes.","The phrase 'ducatur ad poenam' (led to punishment) implies damnation for some souls, but Salonius does not specify criteria for ascent versus punishment."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":22,"ref":"p22","source":"VERANUS. Quid significant spiritualiter isti filii Adam, aut illa jumenta?\n\nSALONIUS. Filii Adam significant sanctos et electos viros qui merito appellantur homines, qui rationaliter, sancte et spiritualiter vivunt: per jumenla vero designantur carnales, qui propterea jumenta vocantur quoniam bestialiter et carnaliter, sicut jumenta et pecora, vivunt. Hinc enim sanctus propheta David dicit: Homines et jumenta salvabis, Domine (Psal. XXXV). Solet enim fieri ut illi qui videntur homines justi, peccent et convertantur a justitia sua, et faciant iniquitatem: econtrario illi qui sunt mali et impii convertantur ab iniquitate sua, et faciant justitiam et æquitatem. Ideo dicit Salomon: Quis novit si spiritus filiorum Adam ascendat sursum, et spiritus jumentorum descendat deorsum? Quia tam incertus est vitæ hujus status, ut et peccator qui jumentum vocatur, per pœnitentiam conversus surgat et ascendat in collum, ct justus a justitia sua ruat in peccatum, et demergatur ad inferos.","english":"VERANUS: What do these sons of Adam, or those beasts of burden, signify spiritually?\n\nSALONIUS: The sons of Adam signify holy and elect men who are deservedly called men, because they live rationally, holily, and spiritually. By beasts of burden, however, are designated the carnal, who are called beasts of burden for this reason, that they live bestially and carnally, just like beasts of burden and cattle. For the holy prophet David says: “Men and beasts of burden, Lord, you will save” (Psalm 35). For it often happens that those who seem to be just men sin and turn away from their righteousness, and do iniquity; on the contrary, those who are evil and impious turn away from their iniquity, and do justice and equity. Therefore Solomon says: “Who knows if the spirit of the sons of Adam ascends upward, and the spirit of the beasts of burden descends downward?” Because the state of this life is so uncertain that even a sinner, who is called a beast of burden, when converted through penance, rises and ascends to the heights, and a just man falls from his righteousness into sin, and is plunged down to the underworld.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"jumenta","severity":"info","text":"The Latin 'jumenta' (beasts of burden) is used by Salonius to denote carnal persons, contrasting with 'filii Adam' as the elect. This allegorical equation is central to the passage's moral interpretation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Psalm 35","severity":"info","text":"Salonius cites Psalm 35 (likely Vulgate numbering, corresponding to Psalm 36 in modern Bibles) to support the allegory: 'Homines et jumenta salvabis, Domine.' The verse is adapted to his moral framework.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"spiritus filiorum Adam ascendat sursum","severity":"info","text":"The phrase echoes Ecclesiastes 3:21 (Vulgate: 'Quis novit si spiritus filiorum Adam ascendat sursum?'), a verse often debated in patristic exegesis regarding the soul's fate. Salonius applies it to moral reversal.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Quis novit si spiritus filiorum Adam ascendat sursum, et spiritus jumentorum descendat deorsum?","severity":"info","text":"This sentence forms the exegetical climax, where Salonius resolves the initial question by asserting the uncertainty of life's moral state, allowing for conversion or fall.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Salonius","severity":"info","text":"Salonius (5th–6th century) here adapts a common patristic trope: the elect as 'sons of Adam' and the reprobate as beasts. 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Illud autem, Comedit carnes suas, dictum est per hyperbolem.\n\nVERANUS. Quid est hyperbole?\n\nSALONIUS. Hyperbole dicitur, quando aliquid incre. dibile profertur.\n\nVERANUS. Quomodo ergo dictum est hyperbolice, Comedit carnes suas?\n\nSALONIUS. Quia incredibile est ut homo comedat carnes suas: sed ad cxaggerandam pigritiam hujus stulti, ait, Comedit carnes, ut ostenderet quia magis stultus desiderat ut caro ejus tabescat inedia et miseria famis deficiat, quam ut manuum suarum laboribus sustentetur.","english":"VERANUS: What does it mean when it says: “The fool folds his hands and eats his own flesh” (Sirach 4)? For who is so foolish that he would eat his own flesh?\n\nSALONIUS: That fool, that sluggard, should be understood as the one of whom it says in Proverbs: “The sluggard hides his hand under his armpit and does not bring it to his mouth” (Proverbs 19). That sluggard and fool folds his hands and eats his own flesh, because he prefers to live in idleness and torpor and to have a handful of grain rather than to acquire by labor what he may feed on. Moreover, that phrase “eats his own flesh” is spoken by way of hyperbole.\n\nVERANUS: What is hyperbole?\n\nSALONIUS: It is called hyperbole when something incredible is uttered.\n\nVERANUS: How then is it said hyperbolically, “He eats his own flesh”?\n\nSALONIUS: Because it is incredible that a man should eat his own flesh; but to exaggerate the laziness of this fool, it says “He eats his flesh,” to show that the fool desires his flesh to waste away through hunger and the misery of starvation to destroy him, rather than that he be sustained by the labors of his own hands.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Stultus complicat manus suas, et comedit carnes suas","severity":"info","text":"Salonius cites Sirach 4 (Eccli. IV) as the lemma. The Vulgate text reads: 'Stultus complicat manus suas et comedit carnes suas'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Abscondit piger manum suam sub ascella, nec ad os suum applicat eam","severity":"info","text":"Salonius quotes Proverbs 19 (Prov. XIX) to gloss the sluggard. The Vulgate reads: 'Abscondit piger manum suam sub ascella nec ad os suum applicat eam'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"hyperbole","severity":"info","text":"Salonius defines hyperbole as 'when something incredible is uttered' (cum aliquid incredibile profertur). This is a standard rhetorical definition, found in Donatus and later grammarians.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"piger ille","severity":"info","text":"The figure of the 'piger' (sluggard) is a moral type in wisdom literature, here linked to Proverbs 19. Salonius interprets the physical gesture of hiding the hand as a symbol of idleness and refusal to work.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"VERANUS. Quid est hyperbole?","severity":"info","text":"The dialogue shifts to a catechetical explanation of the rhetorical term 'hyperbole', which Salonius then applies to the Sirach verse. This is a typical exegetical move in late antique and early medieval commentary.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"hyperbolice","severity":"info","text":"Salonius' use of hyperbole to soften the literal absurdity of 'eating one's own flesh' reflects a common patristic strategy: the literal sense is impossible, so the text must be read figuratively to convey moral teaching.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'complicat manus suas' could mean 'folds his hands' (as in idleness) or 'clasps his hands' (as in despair). Salonius takes it as idleness, consistent with the Proverbs parallel."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":24,"ref":"p24","source":"VERANUS. Quis est unus de quo dicit Salomon: Unus est et secundum non habet, non filium non fratrem, et tamen laborare non cessat nec satiantur oculi ejus divitiis?\n\nSALONIUS. Ille est qui cum sit unus, id est solus, non habet secundum: hoc est filium, non fratrem. aut aliquem propinquum; et nunquam cessat laborare, hoc est divitias congregare, nec tantas congregat ut ei suniciant. Et ideo maxima vanitas est congregare divitias et ignorare cui eas relinquant.\n\nVERANUS. Quem significat spiritualiter ille unus qui non habet secundum?\n\nSALONIUS. Dominum Jesum Christum, qui naturaliter solus est Dei Patris Filius, et solus descendit de coelis ad redimendum genus humanum.\n\nVERANUS. Quomodo non habet filium vel fratrem, cum in sacro baptismate omnes Christiani, filii Dei efliciantur et fratres Domini nostri Jcsu Christi?\n\nSALONIUS. Ille solus proprius et naturalis Filius; cæteri vero omnes sunt adoptivi, et ideo fratres ejus sunt, non natura sed gratia.","english":"VERANUS: Who is the one of whom Solomon says: “He is one and has no second, no son, no brother, and yet he does not cease to labor, nor are his eyes satisfied with riches”?\n\nSALONIUS: He is the one who, being one, that is, alone, has no second: that is, no son, no brother, or any relative; and he never ceases to labor, that is, to amass riches, nor does he amass so many that they suffice for him. And therefore it is the greatest vanity to amass riches and not to know to whom one leaves them.\n\nVERANUS: Whom does that one who has no second signify spiritually?\n\nSALONIUS: Our Lord Jesus Christ, who is naturally the only Son of God the Father, and alone descended from the heavens to redeem the human race.\n\nVERANUS: How does he have no son or brother, when in holy baptism all Christians become sons of God and brothers of our Lord Jesus Christ?\n\nSALONIUS: He alone is the proper and natural Son; all the rest, however, are adoptive, and therefore they are his brothers, not by nature but by grace.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Unus est et secundum non habet","severity":"info","text":"The lemma is not a direct biblical quotation; it likely paraphrases a lost or misremembered proverb. 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This may reflect a local exegetical tradition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the saying 'Unus est et secundum non habet' is unclear; it is attributed to Solomon but not found in the canonical Proverbs or Ecclesiastes. The reading taken is that it is a paraphrase of a wisdom text, possibly from a lost apocryphon or a misremembered verse."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":25,"ref":"p25","source":"VERANUS. Quomodo ergo iste unus laborare non cessat?\n\nSALONIUS. Quia peccata nostra patienter sustinet et misericorditer ad pœnitentiam exspectat, et pro nobis quotidie apud Deum Patrem interpellat.\n\nVERANUS. Quomodo non saliantur oculi ejus divitiis?\n\nSALONIUS. Quia nostram semper desiderat salutem.\n\nVERANUS. Quis est iste funiculus triplex de quo dicit Salomon: Funiculus triplex difficile rumpitur (Eccle. iv)?\n\nSALONIUS. Unitas Patris et Filii et Spiritus sancti, quia in divinitate ires sunt personx, sed tantum una est natura.\n\nVERANUS. Cur ergo ait, Difficile rumpitur? Illud cuiUn quod difficile est, fieri potest quamvis cum nagno labore: nunquid ergo potest iste funiculus rumpi?\n\nSALONIUS. Vere nunquam, quia individua est sanctæ Trinitatis natura: sed difficile in hoc loco pro impossibili accipiendum est, quia non potest fieri ut Divinitatis scindatur natura.","english":"VERANUS: How then does this one not cease to labor?\n\nSALONIUS: Because he patiently endures our sins and mercifully awaits our repentance, and daily intercedes for us before God the Father.\n\nVERANUS: How are his eyes not satisfied with riches?\n\nSALONIUS: Because he always desires our salvation.\n\nVERANUS: Who is this threefold cord of which Solomon says: “A threefold cord is hard to break” (Eccl. 4)?\n\nSALONIUS: The unity of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, because in the divinity there are three persons, but only one nature.\n\nVERANUS: Why then does he say, “Hard to break”? That which is difficult can happen, although with great effort: can this cord therefore ever be broken?\n\nSALONIUS: Never, truly, because the nature of the holy Trinity is indivisible; but “difficult” in this passage is to be taken as “impossible,” because it cannot happen that the nature of the Divinity be sundered.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"unus","severity":"info","text":"The 'one' who does not cease to labor is identified with Christ, who patiently endures sins and intercedes for humanity.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Funiculus triplex","severity":"info","text":"The threefold cord is a reference to Ecclesiastes 4:12 (Vulgate), where the phrase is used in a moral context; here it is reinterpreted as a Trinitarian symbol.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"difficile","severity":"info","text":"Salonius glosses 'difficile' (hard) as meaning 'impossible' in this context, a common exegetical move to emphasize the indivisibility of the Trinity.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Trinitatis natura","severity":"info","text":"The discussion reflects post-Nicene Trinitarian theology, emphasizing one nature in three persons, a standard formulation in Latin Christianity.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage follows a catechetical question-and-answer pattern, with Veranus posing queries and Salonius providing allegorical interpretations.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This allegorical reading of Ecclesiastes 4:12 as a Trinitarian symbol is unusual and reflects the exegetical freedom of early medieval commentators.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the 'one' in the first part is not explicitly named as Christ in the text, but the context of intercession and patience with sins strongly suggests it."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":26,"ref":"p26","source":"VERANUS. Quis est ille puer pauper et sapiens de quo dicit Salomon: Melior puer pauper et sapiens rege stulto et sene (Eccle. IV)?\n\nSALONIUS. Dominus Jesus Cbristus, qui puer dictus est propter innocenliam et simplicitatem, quia peccatum non fecit nec inventus est dolus in ore ejus (1 Petre u). Iste puer cum esset dives, pro nostra salute factus est pauper. Iste veraciter est sapiens, quia in ipso habitat omnis plenitudo divinitatis corporaliter.\n\nVERANUS. Quis est ille rex senex et stultus?\n\nSALONIUS. Diabolus, qui pene ab ipso mundi exordio regnavit in genere humano, et ideo senex vocatur. Et vere slultus rex, quia quanto plures decipit, tanto sibi pœnam accumulat majorem. In regno quippe hujus regis senis et stulti, id est diaboli, natus est puer optimus, Dominus videlicet Je8us Christus, qui factus est Rex regum et Dominus dominantium.","english":"VERANUS: Who is that poor and wise boy of whom Solomon says: \"Better a poor and wise boy than a foolish old king\" (Eccl. 4)?\n\nSALONIUS: The Lord Jesus Christ, who is called a boy on account of innocence and simplicity, because he committed no sin and no deceit was found in his mouth (1 Pet. 2). This boy, though he was rich, became poor for our salvation. He is truly wise, because in him dwells the whole fullness of divinity in bodily form.\n\nVERANUS: Who is that old and foolish king?\n\nSALONIUS: The devil, who reigned over the human race almost from the beginning of the world, and therefore is called old. And he is truly a foolish king, because the more people he deceives, the greater the punishment he accumulates for himself. In the kingdom of this old and foolish king, that is, the devil, the best boy was born, namely the Lord Jesus Christ, who became King of kings and Lord of lords.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Melior puer pauper et sapiens rege stulto et sene (Eccle. IV)","severity":"info","text":"The lemma is a paraphrase of Ecclesiastes 4:13 (Vulgate: 'Melior est puer pauper et sapiens rege stulto et sene'). Salonius applies it typologically to Christ and the devil.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"nec inventus est dolus in ore ejus (1 Petre u)","severity":"info","text":"The citation '1 Petre u' likely refers to 1 Peter 2:22, though the Vulgate reads 'sine dolo' rather than 'dolus in ore'. The reference may be corrupt or a loose memory.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"puer","severity":"info","text":"Salonius glosses 'puer' (boy) as signifying innocence and sinlessness, a Christological reading that contrasts with the literal sense of youth in Ecclesiastes.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"rex senex et stultus","severity":"info","text":"Salonius identifies the foolish old king with the devil, a common patristic allegory. The devil's reign 'ab ipso mundi exordio' reflects a tradition of Satan as a fallen ruler over humanity.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage continues the catechetical dialogue form, with Veranus posing a scriptural riddle and Salonius providing a Christological and demonological allegory.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Rex regum et Dominus dominantium","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'Rex regum et Dominus dominantium' echoes liturgical and biblical language (cf. 1 Tim 6:15) and reinforces Christ's sovereignty over the devil's kingdom.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The citation '1 Petre u' is ambiguous: it may intend 1 Peter 2:22 but the wording does not match the Vulgate exactly; possibly a scribal error or a different versification."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":27,"ref":"p27","source":"VERANUS. Quid est quod ait: Custodi pedem tuum, ingrediens domum Dei? Nunquid ab offensione lapidum monet custodire pedem quando ingredimur domum Dei, id est ecclesiam?\n\nSALONIUS. Quamvis semper honeste et cum timore ac silentio debeamus ingredi domum Dei, tamen non pedem corporis docet custodiendum, sed pedem animæ, id est gressum mentis, ut in conspectu Dei mundas preces effundamus: et est sensus, quando ingrederis domum Dei ( videlicet ecclesiam) custodi pedem tuum, id est gressum mentis tuæ, ne offendas in malis cogitationibus, ut oratio tua pura dirigatur ad Deum.\n\nVERANUS. Quid est quod ait: Ne dederis os tuum, ut peccare faciuM carnem tuam (Eccle. v)? Quomodo dat homo os suum, ut peccare facit carnem suam?\n\nSALONIUS. Quando loquitur vanitates et verba libidinosa quibus caro incitetur ad peccandum. Sed iste est proprius hujus loci sensus: Ne dederis os tuum ut peccare facias carnem tuam; hoc est, noli quærere vanas excusationes quibus des occasionem carni tuæ ad peccandum: hoc est, noli dicere: Non ego pecco, sed quod in me habitat peccatum, id est fragilitas carnis mese: qnia si hoc dicis, Dominum provocas ad iram; quasi ipse sit auctor malitiæ atque peccati.","english":"VERANUS: What is this that it says: \"Watch your foot when entering the house of God\"? Does it not warn us to watch our foot from stumbling on stones when we enter the house of God, that is, the church?\n\nSALONIUS: Although we ought always to enter the house of God with propriety and with fear and silence, yet it does not teach that the foot of the body is to be guarded, but the foot of the soul, that is, the step of the mind, so that we pour forth pure prayers in the sight of God. And the meaning is: when you enter the house of God (namely, the church), watch your foot, that is, the step of your mind, lest you stumble in evil thoughts, so that your prayer may be directed purely to God.\n\nVERANUS: What is this that it says: \"Do not give your mouth so that it makes your flesh sin\" (Eccl. 5)? How does a man give his mouth so that it makes his flesh sin?\n\nSALONIUS: When he speaks vanities and lustful words by which the flesh is incited to sin. But this is the proper sense of this passage: \"Do not give your mouth so that you make your flesh sin\"; that is, do not seek vain excuses by which you give occasion to your flesh to sin; that is, do not say: \"I do not sin, but the sin that dwells in me sins,\" that is, the fragility of my flesh; because if you say this, you provoke the Lord to anger, as if He himself were the author of malice and sin.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"pedem tuum","severity":"info","text":"Salonius interprets 'foot' not literally but as the 'step of the mind' (gressum mentis), a moral-spiritual reading typical of patristic exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Custodi pedem tuum, ingrediens domum Dei","severity":"info","text":"The lemma is not a direct biblical verse but a paraphrase of Ecclesiastes 5:1 (Vulgate: 'Ne dederis os tuum...'), adapted by Salonius for moral instruction.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ne dederis os tuum, ut peccare faciuM carnem tuam","severity":"info","text":"This is a loose citation of Ecclesiastes 5:1 (Vulgate: 'Ne dederis os tuum ut peccare facias carnem tuam'), with a variant spelling 'faciuM' in the manuscript.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"domum Dei","severity":"info","text":"Salonius equates 'house of God' with the church building, reflecting early medieval practice where ecclesia denotes both the community and the physical structure.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"fragilitas carnis","severity":"info","text":"Salonius warns against blaming sin on the flesh's fragility, a stance against Manichaean or dualistic tendencies, aligning with orthodox Latin teaching on personal responsibility.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage follows a consistent catechetical pattern: Veranus quotes a biblical phrase, and Salonius provides a moral-spiritual interpretation, often correcting a literal reading.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'faciuM' in the manuscript may be a scribal error for 'facias' (second person singular) or 'faciat' (third person singular); the translation adopts 'makes' as third person, but the Vulgate has 'facias'."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":28,"ref":"p28","source":"VERANUS. Quid est quod ait: Omnis labor hominis in ore ejus, sed anima illius non implebitur (Eccle. VI)? Quomodo potest fieri, ut omnia quæ laborat homo sint in ore illius?\n\nSALONIUS. Vir ecclesiasticus, sapiens et ductus, omnem laborem suum habet in ore suo; quia omnia quæ in Scripturis sacris discit, quotidie meditatur, praedicat et docet, et anima illius non implebitur, quia non sufficit sibi quod didicit, sed magis ac magis semper discere cupit et studet.\n\nVERANUS. Quid est quod ait: Melius est videre quod cupias, quam dcsiderare quod nescias (Ibid.)? Quomodo videt homo quod cupit, aul quomodo desiderat quod nescit?\n\nSALONIUS. llle qui oculis mentis discernit inter honum et malum, videt quod cupiat bonum et quod rep malum: qui autem sequitur voluntatem curdis sui et concupiscentias, sæpe desideral quod nescit, quia vult comprehendere quod non potest.","english":"VERANUS: What is this that it says: \"Every labor of man is in his mouth, but his soul will not be filled\" (Ecclesiastes 6)? How can it be that all that a man labors is in his mouth?\n\nSALONIUS: An ecclesiastical man, wise and led, has all his labor in his mouth; because everything that he learns in the sacred Scriptures he daily meditates upon, preaches, and teaches, and his soul will not be filled, because what he has learned does not suffice for him, but he always desires and strives to learn more and more.\n\nVERANUS: What is this that it says: \"It is better to see what you desire than to desire what you do not know\" (Ibid.)? How does a man see what he desires, or how does he desire what he does not know?\n\nSALONIUS: He who with the eyes of his mind discerns between good and evil sees that he desires good and that he rejects evil: but he who follows the will of his own heart and his lusts often desires what he does not know, because he wishes to grasp what he cannot.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Omnis labor hominis in ore ejus, sed anima illius non implebitur","severity":"info","text":"Salonius cites Ecclesiastes 6:7 (Vulgate), interpreting 'labor in ore' as oral teaching and meditation, not physical toil.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"vir ecclesiasticus","severity":"info","text":"Salonius defines the ideal reader as 'vir ecclesiasticus, sapiens et ductus'—a churchman, wise and guided—contrasting with the unlearned.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Melius est videre quod cupias, quam desiderare quod nescias","severity":"info","text":"This loosely paraphrases Ecclesiastes 6:9 (Vulgate: 'Melius est videre quod cupias, quam desiderare quod nescias'), though the Vulgate reads 'videre' for 'cernere'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"oculis mentis","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'oculis mentis' (eyes of the mind) is a standard patristic metaphor for spiritual discernment, common in Latin exegesis from Augustine onward.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"VERANUS ... SALONIUS","severity":"info","text":"This passage continues the catechetical dialogue form: Veranus poses literal objections, Salonius supplies allegorical or moral interpretations.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Salonius","severity":"info","text":"Salonius of Vienne (5th c.) here adapts Ecclesiastes to a monastic or clerical ideal of perpetual learning, reflecting early medieval exegetical practice.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'ductus' in 'sapiens et ductus' is ambiguous: it may mean 'led' (by God or Scripture) or 'well-conducted' (in life). The translation takes 'led' as passive, but an active sense ('leading') is possible."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":29,"ref":"p29","source":"VERANUS. De quo dicit Salomon: Qui futurus est, jam vocatum est nomen ejus et scitur, quod homo sit?\n\nSALONIUS. De Domino Jesu Christo, cujos nomen ante vocatum est in Scripturis sacris, quia ipse carnem de Virgine sumpserit, et cognitum est prophetis et sanctis Dei, quod verus homo erat venturus.\n\nVERANUS. Si hoc de Domino Jesu Christo dictum est, quid est quod sequitur: Et non possit contra fortiorem se in judicio contendere? Quis est ille fortior contra quem Dominus Jesus contendere non possit in judicio?\n\nSALONIUS. Deus Pater, qui fortior est, quia Filius secundum humanitatem minor est Patre.\n\nVERANUS. Quid est quod ait: Melior est ira risu (Eccle. VII); cum risus naturalis sit, ira vero sit vitium\n\nSALONIUS. Ira non semper est vitium, sed aliquando est virtus, quando irascimur nobis ipsis vel aliis peccantibus: hæc ergo ira melior est risu, quia risus dissolvit mentem, et lætitia corrumpit hominis animum; hæc autem ira corrigit et emendat peccatum.","english":"VERANUS: Of whom does Solomon say: \"He who is to be, his name is already called and it is known that he is a man\"?\n\nSALONIUS: Of the Lord Jesus Christ, whose name was called beforehand in the sacred Scriptures, because He Himself took flesh from the Virgin, and it was known to the prophets and the saints of God that a true man was to come.\n\nVERANUS: If this was said of the Lord Jesus Christ, what is it that follows: \"And he cannot contend in judgment against one stronger than himself\"? Who is that stronger one against whom the Lord Jesus cannot contend in judgment?\n\nSALONIUS: God the Father, who is stronger, because the Son according to His humanity is lesser than the Father.\n\nVERANUS: What is it that it says: \"Anger is better than laughter\" (Ecclesiastes 7), since laughter is natural, but anger is a vice?\n\nSALONIUS: Anger is not always a vice, but sometimes it is a virtue, when we are angry at ourselves or at others who are sinning. This anger, therefore, is better than laughter, because laughter dissolves the mind, and joy corrupts a man's soul; but this anger corrects and amends sin.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Qui futurus est, jam vocatum est nomen ejus et scitur, quod homo sit","severity":"info","text":"This is a paraphrase of Ecclesiastes 6:10, which in the Vulgate reads: 'Qui futurus est, iam vocatum est nomen eius; et scitur quod homo sit.'","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Melior est ira risu","severity":"info","text":"This is a direct citation of Ecclesiastes 7:4 (Vulgate numbering: 7:3 in some editions). The verse reads: 'Melior est ira risu.'","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"fortiorem se","severity":"info","text":"Salonius interprets 'fortiorem' as God the Father, applying a Christological reading to a generic statement in Ecclesiastes about human limitation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ira ... virtus","severity":"info","text":"Salonius distinguishes between sinful anger and righteous anger (ira as virtue), a common patristic and medieval moral distinction, e.g., in Gregory the Great's Moralia.","cites":[],"named_sources":["Gregory the Great, Moralia in Job"],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage continues the catechetical dialogue form: Veranus poses questions based on specific verses, and Salonius provides allegorical or moral interpretations.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"De Domino Jesu Christo","severity":"info","text":"Salonius reads Ecclesiastes 6:10 as a prophecy of Christ, a Christological interpretation typical of early medieval exegesis, though not common in modern scholarship.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin text of Ecclesiastes 6:10 is paraphrased; the exact wording in the Vulgate differs slightly. The identity of 'fortiorem' is ambiguous in the original verse but Salonius specifies it as God the Father."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":30,"ref":"p30","source":"VERANUS. Quid est quod ait: Calumnia conturbat sapientem et perdit robur cordis illius (Ibid.)? Qui enim vere sapiens est, nulla turbatur calumnia, nulla dejicitur adversitate.\n\nSALONIUS. Sapiens in hoc loco non intelligendus est ille qui perfectus et consummatus in sapientia est, sed qui jam cœpit habere sapientiam, et tamen adhuc non est perfectus. Talem sapientem calumnia hominum sive adversitas aliqua facile conturbat et perdit vigorcm ac fortitudinem animæ illius, qui dum patienter non sustinet adversa, vcxatur impatientia.\n\nVERANUS. Quid est, male dicere quia priores dies meliores fuerunt quam isti qui modo sunt?\n\nSALONIUS. Ideo malum est hoc dicere, quia ipse ait: Stulta est talis interrogatio.\n\nVERANUS. Quare stulta interrogatio est, si quis dicat: Quæ causa est quia priora tempora meliora fuerunt quam nunc sunt (Ibid.)?","english":"VERANUS: What does it mean when it says: \"Slander disturbs the wise man and destroys the strength of his heart\" (Ibid.)? For whoever is truly wise is disturbed by no slander, cast down by no adversity.\n\nSALONIUS: The wise man in this passage is not to be understood as one who is perfect and consummate in wisdom, but as one who has already begun to have wisdom, and yet is not yet perfect. Such a wise man is easily disturbed by the slander of men or by some adversity, and it destroys the vigor and fortitude of his soul; for while he does not patiently endure adversities, he is tormented by impatience.\n\nVERANUS: What does it mean, that it is evil to say that former days were better than those which are now?\n\nSALONIUS: It is evil to say this because He Himself says: \"Such a question is foolish.\"\n\nVERANUS: Why is it a foolish question, if someone says: What is the reason that earlier times were better than they are now (Ibid.)?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"sapiens","severity":"info","text":"Salonius distinguishes between a perfect sage and one still progressing, a common patristic trope. The 'wise man' here is not the Stoic ideal but a Christian beginner vulnerable to disturbance.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Calumnia conturbat sapientem et perdit robur cordis illius","severity":"info","text":"This verse is from Ecclesiastes 7:7 (Vulgate). The dialogue cites it as 'Ibid.' referring to the same book of Solomon.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"priora tempora meliora fuerunt","severity":"info","text":"The complaint about better former times echoes a common topos in late antique moralizing, found in Ecclesiastes and patristic critiques of nostalgia.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"VERANUS ... SALONIUS","severity":"info","text":"The dialogue form continues with Veranus posing questions from Ecclesiastes and Salonius providing allegorical or moral interpretations, typical of this commentary.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Stulta est talis interrogatio","severity":"info","text":"Salonius attributes the judgment 'foolish question' to 'He Himself' (ipse), likely meaning Solomon or the divine author, reinforcing the authority of the biblical text.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'robur cordis illius' is rendered as 'vigor and fortitude of his soul' in the English draft, but 'robur' more literally means 'strength' or 'hardness'.","The referent of 'ipse' (He Himself) is ambiguous: it could be Solomon, the preacher, or God."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":31,"ref":"p31","source":"SALONIUS. Ideo slulta interrogatio est, quia unus Deus conditor est omnium temporum, cunctorumque dierum.\n\nVERANUS. Quamvis enim unus sit Deus, conditor omnium temporum cunctorumque dierum, nunquid non fuerunt tempora bona ct mala?\n\nSALONIUS. Vere fuerunt, sed virtutes faciunt nobis tempora bona, vitia et peccata faciunt tempora mala, et idcirco nos ita semper bene vivere debemus, ut dies praesentes nobis meliores sint quam praeleriti.\n\nVERANUS. Quid est quod ait Salomon, Noli esse justus multum, neque plus sapias quam necesse eat ( Eccle. VII)? Quid enim mali est si homo sit. multum justus, aut quis potest plus sapere quam necesseit?\n\nSALONIUS. Ille multum et nimis justus est, j justitia sxva et crudelis, etiam alios excitat ad querelam et murmurationem, verbi gratia: qui videt fratrem suum peccare, et magis vult eum condemnare atque punire quam per poenitentiam corrigere et emendare, ille nimirum multum et nimis est justus.","english":"SALONIUS: Therefore the question is foolish, because there is one God, the creator of all times and of all days.\n\nVERANUS: Although there is one God, the creator of all times and of all days, were there not good times and bad times?\n\nSALONIUS: There truly were, but virtues make times good for us, vices and sins make times bad, and for that reason we ought always to live so well that the present days are better for us than the past ones.\n\nVERANUS: What does it mean when Solomon says, \"Do not be too just, nor be wiser than is necessary\" (Eccl. 7)? For what evil is there if a man is too just, or who can be wiser than is necessary?\n\nSALONIUS: That man is too much and excessively just who has a harsh and cruel justice, and also stirs up others to complaint and murmuring; for example, he who sees his brother sinning and prefers to condemn and punish him rather than to correct and amend him through penance—that man is indeed too much and excessively just.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage continues the dialogue form between Veranus and Salonius, a catechetical structure typical of late antique exegetical works.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Noli esse justus multum, neque plus sapias quam necesse est","severity":"info","text":"The verse cited as Solomon (Eccl. 7) is Ecclesiastes 7:16, though the Vulgate reads 'Noli esse iustus multum, neque sapiens plus quam necesse est.' The slight variation in wording is typical of patristic quotation from memory.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"multum et nimis justus","severity":"info","text":"Salonius glosses 'multum iustus' as 'nimis iustus,' equating excessive justice with harshness and cruelty, a moral interpretation that distinguishes between virtue and its excess.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The discussion of good and bad times reflects a common patristic theme: external circumstances are morally neutral, and human virtue or vice determines their quality.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Salonius’s interpretation of Ecclesiastes 7:16 as warning against a harsh, unforgiving justice influenced later medieval moral theology on the balance between justice and mercy.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'praeleriti' in the source edition is likely a scribal error for 'praeteriti' (past)."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":32,"ref":"p32","source":"VERANUS. Quomodo sapit homo plus quam necesse est?\n\nSALONIUS. Quando superbe sapit: unde monet Apostolus: Noli altum sapere (Rom. XI): id est, noli superbe sapere, sed lime. Ille etiam plus sapit quam Hecesse est, qui ea vult intelligere quae non potest comprehendere neque penetrare.\n\nVERANUS. Quare Salomon dicit: Qui timet Dominum nihil negiigit (Eccle. VII), cum Jacobus aposto. lus dicat: In multis offendimus omnes (Jac. III)? Nunquid Jacobus aut cæteri apostoli non timebant Deum, qui se in multis offendere confitebantur?\n\nSALONIUS. Timebant utique, et iu multis offendebant, quia non eat homo super terram qui faciat bonum, et non peccet.\n\nVERANUS. Quomodo ergo verum est quod dicit: Qui timet Dominum, nihil negligit (Eccle. VII)?\n\nSALONIUS. Qui enim sanctum et castum Dei timorem habet, nihil omnino negligit, quia neque prosperis elevatur, neque adversis dejicitur, quoniam quidquid illi accidit non eum contristat.","english":"VERANUS: How does a man know more than is necessary?\n\nSALONIUS: When he knows arrogantly; whence the Apostle warns: \"Do not be high-minded\" (Rom. 11), that is, do not be arrogantly knowing, but be humble. He also knows more than is necessary who wishes to understand what he cannot comprehend nor penetrate.\n\nVERANUS: Why does Solomon say: \"He who fears the Lord neglects nothing\" (Eccl. 7), when the Apostle James says: \"In many things we all offend\" (James 3)? Did not James and the other apostles fear God, they who confessed that they offended in many things?\n\nSALONIUS: They feared indeed, and they offended in many things, because there is no man on earth who does good and does not sin.\n\nVERANUS: How then is it true what he says: \"He who fears the Lord neglects nothing\" (Eccl. 7)?\n\nSALONIUS: He who has a holy and chaste fear of God neglects absolutely nothing, because he is neither lifted up by prosperity nor cast down by adversity, since whatever happens to him does not sadden him.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Noli altum sapere (Rom. XI)","severity":"info","text":"The citation 'Noli altum sapere' is not a direct quotation from Romans 11 but a paraphrase of the Vulgate's 'Noli altum sapere' (Rom. 11:20 in some editions), reflecting a common patristic adaptation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Qui timet Dominum nihil negiigit (Eccle. VII)","severity":"info","text":"The verse 'Qui timet Dominum nihil negiigit' is a loose citation of Ecclesiastes 7:18 (Vulgate: 'Qui timet Deum nihil neglegit'), with 'negligit' as a variant spelling.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"In multis offendimus omnes (Jac. III)","severity":"info","text":"The citation 'In multis offendimus omnes' is a paraphrase of James 3:2 (Vulgate: 'In multis enim offendimus omnes'), adapted to fit the dialogue.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"superbe sapit","severity":"info","text":"'Superbe sapit' (knows arrogantly) is a key term in Salonius's exegesis, contrasting 'altum sapere' (high-mindedness) with humility, and linking pride to intellectual overreach.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"sanctum et castum Dei timorem","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'sanctum et castum Dei timorem' (holy and chaste fear of God) reflects a monastic ideal of fear as a virtue that stabilizes the soul against fortune, common in early medieval spirituality.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage continues the catechetical dialogue form, with Veranus posing scriptural contradictions and Salonius resolving them through moral and spiritual interpretation, typical of the work's method.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'negigit' is a variant spelling of 'neglegit' (neglects), not a distinct word.","The citation 'Rom. XI' may refer to Romans 11:20 or a broader passage; the exact verse is uncertain."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":33,"ref":"p33","source":"VERANUS. Quis est ergo ille qui sanctum et castum Dei timorem habet?\n\nSALONIUS. Qui Dominum in nullo vult offendere, et quantum ipse adjuvare dignatur, ejus voluntatem et mandata ipsius in omnibus vult et studet adimplere.\n\nVERANUS. Quid est quod ait: Sapientia confortabit sapientem super decem principes civitatis (Ibid.)? Quæ est hæc sapientia, aut qui sunt isti principes?\n\nSALONIUS. Sapientia in hoc loco Dominum Jesum Christum significat, qui est virtus et sapientia Dei: principes civitatis, sancti angeli sunt intelligendi, qui sunt principes civitatis, id est cocleslis Jerusalem. Sunt et principes Ecclesiæ, quia ipsi quotidie regunt eam et custodiunt.\n\nVERANUS. Cur ergo decem dicuntur?\n\nSALONIUS. Quia decem a fuerunt ordines angelorum, sed unus cecidit per superbiam; et idcirco boni angeli semper ad hoc laborant, ut de hominibus numerus adimpleatur, et perveniat ad perfectum numerum, id est denarium.","english":"VERANUS: Who then is that one who has a holy and chaste fear of God?\n\nSALONIUS: He who wishes to offend the Lord in nothing, and, as far as He deigns to help him, desires and strives to fulfill His will and His commandments in all things.\n\nVERANUS: What does it mean when it says: \"Wisdom will strengthen the wise man over the ten princes of the city\" (Ibid.)? What is this wisdom, or who are these princes?\n\nSALONIUS: In this passage, wisdom signifies the Lord Jesus Christ, who is the power and wisdom of God. The princes of the city are to be understood as the holy angels, who are the princes of the city, that is, of heavenly Jerusalem. They are also princes of the Church, because they daily rule and guard her.\n\nVERANUS: Why, then, are they said to be ten?\n\nSALONIUS: Because there were ten orders of angels, but one fell through pride; and for this reason the good angels always labor so that the number may be filled from among men and reach the perfect number, that is, the denarius.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Sapientia confortabit sapientem super decem principes civitatis (Ibid.)","severity":"info","text":"The lemma is a paraphrase of Ecclesiastes 7:19 (Vulgate: 'Sapientia confortabit sapientem super decem principes civitatis'). Salonius interprets it allegorically.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"sapientia","severity":"info","text":"Salonius identifies 'sapientia' here as Christ, the power and wisdom of God, a common Christological reading in Latin exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"decem principes civitatis","severity":"info","text":"The 'ten princes' are interpreted as the nine surviving angelic orders plus the tenth, fallen order, whose number is to be restored from humanity. This reflects a tradition of ten angelic orders (cf. Pseudo-Dionysius, though earlier in Latin sources).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"decem ordines angelorum","severity":"info","text":"The notion of ten angelic orders, with one lost through pride, appears in early medieval angelology; Salonius adapts it to explain the denarius as a perfect number.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"VERANUS. Quis est ergo ille...","severity":"info","text":"The passage follows a catechetical question-and-answer pattern, with VERANUS posing scriptural queries and SALONIUS providing allegorical exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'decem principes civitatis' in Ecclesiastes 7:19 is ambiguous; Salonius reads it as ten angelic princes, but the original Hebrew likely refers to ten rulers of a human city."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":34,"ref":"p34","source":"VERANUS. Quomodo ergo sapientia confortat sapientem super decem principes civilalis?\n\nSALONIUS. Quia majus est auxilium sapientiæ, id est Domini Jesu Christi, quam sit angelorum.\n\nVERANUS. Quid est quod Salomon dicit: Virum unum de mille reperi, mulierem autem ex omnibus non inveni? Nunquid multæ mulieres sanctæ fuerunt, virgines simul et viduæ, quæ pudicitia ac castitate, ac bonis operibus Deo placuere, ex quibus plurimae illarum martyrio coronatae sunt?\n\nSALONIUS. Vere fuerunt et usque nunc sunt plurimæ virgines ac viduæ Deo acceptae; sed hoc dicit Salomon, quia suo tempore de multis viris vix potuit invenire bonum, de mulieribus vero nullain invenit, quia omues cum non ad virtutem, sed ad luxuriam traxerunt.\n\nVERANUS. Potest hæc sententia spiritualiter intelligi?\n\nSALONIUS. Vere potest, nam per virum designatur bonus animi cogitatus, per mulierem vero carnalis et dissoluta cogitatio. De mille ergo vir unus invenitur, id est unus cogitatus mundus et purus, qui perversa cogitatione non turbetur, id est polluatur extrinsecus; de mulicribus vero nulla invenitur quæ placeat Deo, quia carnalis et perversa cogitatio non est accepta Deo.","english":"VERANUS: How then does wisdom strengthen the wise man above ten princes of the city?\n\nSALONIUS: Because the help of wisdom, that is, of the Lord Jesus Christ, is greater than that of the angels.\n\nVERANUS: What is it that Solomon says: \"I have found one man among a thousand, but a woman I have not found among all\"? Were there not many holy women, both virgins and widows, who pleased God by modesty and chastity and good works, very many of whom were crowned with martyrdom?\n\nSALONIUS: Truly there were, and even now there are, very many virgins and widows acceptable to God; but Solomon says this because in his time he could scarcely find a good man among many, but among women he found none, because all drew him not to virtue, but to lust.\n\nVERANUS: Can this saying be understood spiritually?\n\nSALONIUS: Truly it can, for by \"man\" is signified a good thought of the mind, but by \"woman\" a carnal and dissolute thought. Therefore, one man is found among a thousand, that is, one pure and clean thought which is not disturbed, that is, polluted from without, by a perverse thought; but among women none is found who pleases God, because a carnal and perverse thought is not acceptable to God.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"sapientia","severity":"info","text":"Salonius identifies wisdom (sapientia) with Christ, a common exegetical move in Latin commentary, equating the Old Testament figure with the divine Logos.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Virum unum de mille reperi, mulierem autem ex omnibus non inveni","severity":"info","text":"This is a paraphrase of Ecclesiastes 7:28 (Vulgate: 'et multo rarius quam illud, unam de mille inveni virum, mulierem vero ex omnibus non inveni'). 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Quid est quod ait: Qui custodit præceptum Dei, non experietur quidquam mali (Eccle. VIII)? Quomodo nihil mali experietur qui præcepta Dei custodit, cum sancti viri qui praecepta Dci custodierunt, multa perpessi sint in hoc sæculo?\n\nSALONIUS. Verum est, quia qui praecepta Dei custodit, id est omne quod jussit ct praecepit Deus. non experietur quidquam mali in futuro, hoc est nullum malum patietur, nullum malum sustinebit in die judicii. Quamvis enim aliqua mala patiatur in hac vi. ta, levia sunt et transitoria; in futura autem vita nihil mali patietur qui pervenerit ad aeternae beatitudinis gloriam.\n\nVERANUS. Quid est quod ait: Melior est canis vivus leone mortuo (Eccle. IX)? Quid per canem vivum aut leonem mortuum Salomon vult intelligi?\n\nSALONIUS. Canis vivus significat populum gentium, leo mortuus populum Judæorum a Deo derelictum. Melior est ergo apud Deum canis iste vivus quam leo ille mortuus; quia nos qui de gente credimus viventes, per fidem cognoscimus Deum Patrem, et Filium et Spiritum sanctum. Aliter canis vivus est peccator qui se peccatis mortuum confitetur; et per pœnitentiam resurgens, incipit per justitiam vivere: leo mortuus est justus, quia in sua justitia confidit, et de meritis suis gloriatur; et idcirco superbia elatus, mortuus est apud Deum.","english":"VERANUS: What does it mean when it says: \"He who keeps the commandment of God will experience nothing evil\" (Ecclesiastes 8)? How will he who keeps the commandments of God experience nothing evil, when holy men who kept the commandments of God have suffered many things in this world?\n\nSALONIUS: It is true, because he who keeps the commandments of God, that is, everything that God has ordered and commanded, will experience nothing evil in the future, that is, he will suffer no evil, he will endure no evil on the day of judgment. For although he suffers some evils in this life, they are light and transitory; but in the future life, he who has attained to the glory of eternal blessedness will suffer nothing evil.\n\nVERANUS: What does it mean when it says: \"A living dog is better than a dead lion\" (Ecclesiastes 9)? What does Solomon wish to be understood by the living dog or the dead lion?\n\nSALONIUS: The living dog signifies the people of the Gentiles, the dead lion the people of the Jews abandoned by God. Therefore, this living dog is better in the sight of God than that dead lion; because we who believe from the Gentile nation, living, know God the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit through faith. Otherwise, the living dog is the sinner who confesses himself dead through sins; and rising again through penance, he begins to live through righteousness: the dead lion is the righteous man, because he trusts in his own righteousness and boasts of his own merits; and therefore, puffed up with pride, he is dead in the sight of God.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Qui custodit præceptum Dei, non experietur quidquam mali (Eccle. VIII)","severity":"info","text":"Salonius cites Ecclesiastes 8, but the Vulgate text (Eccl. 8:5) reads 'qui observat mandata non experietur quidquam mali'. The slight variation in wording does not affect the sense.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":["ogl-pl"]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Melior est canis vivus leone mortuo (Eccle. 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This moral reading is typical of monastic exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage follows the catechetical pattern of VERANUS asking for clarification of a biblical verse, and SALONIUS providing a twofold allegorical explanation. This structure is consistent throughout the dialogue.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Salonius's interpretation of Ecclesiastes 9:4 as contrasting Gentiles and Jews, and sinners and the self-righteous, was influential in medieval exegesis, though later commentators often preferred more literal readings.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin text uses 'præceptum Dei' (commandment of God) in the first citation, but the Vulgate has 'mandata' (commandments). The singular/plural variation does not affect the interpretation.","The second allegory (sinner vs. self-righteous) is introduced with 'Aliter' (otherwise), indicating an alternative reading, but the relationship between the two interpretations is not further explained."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":36,"ref":"p36","source":"Melior est ergo peceator humilis et per pœnitentiam correptus, quam justus superbus; quia ille abominabilis, iste Deo acceptus est.\n\nVERANUS. Quid est quod dicit: Omni tempore sint vestimenta tua candida, et oleum de capite tuo non deficiat (Eccle. IX)? Nunquid potest aliquis candida voslimenta semper habere? Et si forsitan ita est dives ut semper vestimenta candida possit habcre, quod omnino difficile est; quomodo fleri potest ut de capite ipsius nunquam deficiat oleum? Quis namque ferre potest ut semper hahcat caput oleo perunctum?\n\nSALONIUS. Hæc sententia, non historialiter, sed spiritualiter, debet intelligi. Nam per vestimenta virtutes designantur quibus anima vestitur et ornalur: per oleum vero designatur opus misericordiæ, id est eleemosyna vel certe spiritualis lætitia, et est sensus: Omni tempore sint vestimenta tua candida; id est quæcunque bona egeris, sint munda et pura, ut possint Deo esse accepta; et nunquam deficias ab opcribus misericordiæ, et semper habere stade spiritualem lætitiam.","english":"Therefore, a humble sinner corrected through penance is better than a proud righteous man, because the former is abominable, the latter is acceptable to God.\n\nVERANUS: What does it mean when it says: \"Let your garments be white at all times, and let the oil from your head not be lacking\" (Ecclesiastes 9)? Can anyone always have white garments? And if perhaps someone is so rich that he can always have white garments, which is altogether difficult, how can it happen that oil never fails from his head? For who can bear to always have his head anointed with oil?\n\nSALONIUS: This saying must be understood not historically, but spiritually. For by garments are designated the virtues with which the soul is clothed and adorned; by oil, however, is designated the work of mercy, that is, almsgiving or certainly spiritual joy, and the meaning is: Let your garments be white at all times; that is, whatever good you do, let it be clean and pure, so that it may be acceptable to God; and never fail in works of mercy, and always strive to have spiritual joy.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Melior est ergo peccator humilis ... quam justus superbus","severity":"info","text":"This sentence concludes the previous exchange (not fully quoted) and introduces the new question from Veranus on Ecclesiastes 9:8. 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QUæ sunl muscæ de quibus Salomon dicit, Muscæ morientes exterminant suavitatem unguenti (Eccle. x)?\n\nSALONIUS. Vere certe Salomon spirituales muscas intelligit.\n\nVERANUS. Quæ sunt illæ spirituales muscæ?\n\nSALONIUS. Dæmones, vitia et peccata: hæc enim omnia exterminant hic suavitatem unguenti, id est gratiam sancti Spiritus.\n\nVERANUS. Quid est quod ait: Cor sapientis in dcxtera ejus, et cor stulti in sinistra illius (Ibid.)? Quis enim habet cor suum camale in dextera vel in sinistra manu?\n\nSALONIUS. Vere nullus, et ideo hæc sententia spiritualiter debet intelligi.\n\nVERANUS. Quomodo spiritualiter debet intelligi?\n\nSALONIUS. Per cor designatur intentio seu cogitatio; per dexteram manum, opus bonum; per sinistram vero, malum. Cor igitur sapientis in dextera ejus, quia intentio et cogitatio viri sapientis in hoc tendit et ad hoc laborat ut semper bona operetur quatenus in die jndicii, ad dexteram Domini, id est in sorte justorum stare mereatur, et cum ipsis in aeterna beatitudine gloriari. Cor vero stulti in sinistra illius, quia et mala quæ cogitat et malis operibus accumulat, pro quibus in die judicii, a sinistris, id est in sorte reproborum ponetur, et cum eis in aeternum punietur.","english":"VERANUS: What are the flies of which Solomon says, \"Dying flies spoil the sweetness of the ointment\" (Ecclesiastes 10)?\n\nSALONIUS: Truly, Solomon understands spiritual flies.\n\nVERANUS: What are those spiritual flies?\n\nSALONIUS: Demons, vices, and sins: for all these spoil here the sweetness of the ointment, that is, the grace of the Holy Spirit.\n\nVERANUS: What does it mean when it says: \"The heart of the wise is at his right hand, and the heart of the fool is at his left\" (Ibid.)? For who has his heart in his right or left hand?\n\nSALONIUS: Truly no one, and therefore this saying must be understood spiritually.\n\nVERANUS: How must it be understood spiritually?\n\nSALONIUS: By \"heart\" is signified intention or thought; by \"right hand,\" a good work; by \"left,\" an evil one. Therefore, the heart of the wise is at his right hand, because the intention and thought of a wise man tends and labors always to do good works, so that on the day of judgment he may deserve to be at the right hand of the Lord, that is, in the company of the just, and to glory with them in eternal blessedness. But the heart of the fool is at his left, because of the evil things he thinks and the evil deeds he accumulates, for which on the day of judgment he will be placed on the left, that is, in the company of the reprobate, and will be punished with them forever.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Muscae morientes exterminant suavitatem unguenti","severity":"info","text":"The lemma is Ecclesiastes 10:7 (Vulgate). The dialogue treats it as a spiritual allegory, not a literal entomological observation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"muscae spirituales","severity":"info","text":"Salonius identifies 'spiritual flies' as demons, vices, and sins. 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Quis est ille spiritus de quo dicit: Si spiritus potestatem habentis ascenderit super te, locum tuum ne dimiseris? Quis est iste qui habet potestatem, cujus spiritus, si ascenderit super nos, locum nostrum dimittere non debemus?\n\nSALONIUS. Diabolus, princeps hujus mundi, spiritus ejus, est maligna suggestio.\n\nVERANUS. Spiritus diaboli quomodo ascendit super nos?\n\nSALONIUS. Quia persuadendo facit ut mala cogitemus: si ergo suggerente diabolo, mala cogitatio ascenderit in cor nostrum, non ei locum dare debemus, sed contra ipsam fortiter pugnare ne forte opere compleamus malam cogitationem. Potest et sic intelligi: si habes in te humilitatem, munditiam, castitatem, patientiam, charitatem, et diabolus suggerit tibi superbiam, libidinem, immunditiam, iram, odium, ne dimiseris locum tuum, id est, ne dimittas humilitatem et efficiaris superbus. Sic et de caeteris est intelligendum.","english":"VERANUS: Who is that spirit of which he says: “If the spirit of one having power should come upon you, do not give up your place”? Who is this one who has power, whose spirit, if it should come upon us, we ought not to give up our place?\n\nSALONIUS: The devil, the prince of this world; his spirit is evil suggestion.\n\nVERANUS: How does the spirit of the devil come upon us?\n\nSALONIUS: Because by persuading he makes us think evil things. Therefore, if, with the devil suggesting, an evil thought should arise in our heart, we ought not to give place to it, but to fight strongly against it, lest we complete the evil thought in deed. It can also be understood thus: if you have in yourself humility, purity, chastity, patience, charity, and the devil suggests to you pride, lust, impurity, anger, hatred, do not give up your place, that is, do not abandon humility and become proud. And so it is to be understood concerning the rest.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"spiritus potestatem habentis","severity":"info","text":"Salonius identifies the 'one having power' as the devil, the prince of this world, and his 'spirit' as evil suggestion.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"spiritus","severity":"info","text":"Here 'spirit' is interpreted not as a supernatural being but as a malign influence or suggestion, a common exegetical move in early medieval moral readings.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Si spiritus potestatem habentis ascenderit super te, locum tuum ne dimiseris","severity":"info","text":"This is a paraphrase of Ecclesiastes 10:4, where the Vulgate reads: 'Si spiritus potestatem habentis ascenderit super te, locum tuum ne dimiseris.'","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"diabolus, princeps hujus mundi","severity":"info","text":"The title 'prince of this world' for the devil reflects a common patristic and medieval motif, derived from John 12:31 and 14:30, and used to emphasize his temporal dominion.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Potest et sic intelligi","severity":"info","text":"Salonius offers a second interpretation, shifting from a general moral warning to a specific list of virtues and corresponding vices, a typical catechetical expansion.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"ne dimittas humilitatem et efficiaris superbus","severity":"info","text":"This moralizing interpretation of Ecclesiastes 10:4 was influential in monastic and pastoral contexts, as seen in later commentaries like that of Hugh of St. Cher.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'spiritus potestatem habentis' could be read as 'the spirit of one having power' or 'the spirit of a powerful one'; Salonius resolves it as the devil's influence.","The phrase 'locum tuum ne dimiseris' is ambiguous between a literal 'do not leave your place' and a figurative 'do not abandon your virtue'; Salonius adopts the latter."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":39,"ref":"p39","source":"VERANUS. Quare dicit Salomon: Væ tibi, terra cujus rex juvenis est, et cujus principes mane comedant? Nunquid non beata fuit terra Israel, quæ juvenem habuit regem, David scilicet, qui fuit triginta annorum quando suscepit regnum? Nunquid non bonus rex Josias, qui regnare coepit in adolescentia?\n\nSALONIUS. Vere bonus rex David, bonus et Josias. Sed væ terere cujus rex juvenis est, hoc est, in quo parva et infirma est sapientia, et carnalis prudentia, quæ juvenilia desideria sequitur, odit justitiam, veritatem et judicium.\n\nVERANUS. Quomodo principes mane comedunt\n\nSALONIUS. Principes mane comedunt quando luxuriosam vitam ducunt: ct idcirco væ terræ cujus principes mane comedunt, quia magis amant hujus sæculi voluptates et carnis delectationes quam populi salutem, ideoque luxuriose vivendo pervertunt judicium.\n\nVERANUS. Quomodo beata est terra cujus rex est nobilis, et cujus principes comedunt in tempore suo?","english":"VERANUS: Why does Solomon say: “Woe to you, land whose king is young, and whose princes eat in the morning”? Was not the land of Israel blessed, which had a young king, namely David, who was thirty years old when he received the kingdom? Was not Josiah a good king, who began to reign in his adolescence?\n\nSALONIUS: Truly David was a good king, and Josiah was good as well. But “woe to the land whose king is young” means this: one in whom wisdom is small and weak, and whose prudence is carnal, who follows youthful desires, and hates justice, truth, and judgment.\n\nVERANUS: How do princes eat in the morning?\n\nSALONIUS: Princes eat in the morning when they lead a luxurious life; and for that reason, woe to the land whose princes eat in the morning, because they love the pleasures of this world and the delights of the flesh more than the welfare of the people, and therefore, by living luxuriously, they pervert judgment.\n\nVERANUS: How is the land blessed whose king is noble, and whose princes eat at their proper time?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Væ tibi, terra cujus rex juvenis est, et cujus principes mane comedant","severity":"info","text":"This is a paraphrase of Ecclesiastes 10:16 (Vulgate: 'Vae tibi terra, cuius rex est puer, et cuius principes mane comedunt'). The dialogue treats it as a Solomonic proverb.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"David ... triginta annorum","severity":"info","text":"David was 30 when he became king (2 Samuel 5:4). Josiah began to reign at age 8 (2 Kings 22:1). The objection uses these biblical examples to challenge the proverb's literal sense.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"rex juvenis","severity":"info","text":"Salonius reinterprets 'young king' allegorically as one with weak wisdom and carnal prudence, not literal youth. This moral-spiritual reading is typical of the commentary's method.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"mane comedunt","severity":"info","text":"'Eating in the morning' is glossed as a metaphor for luxurious living and moral corruption, not a literal meal time. The phrase symbolizes indulgence that perverts justice.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Quomodo ... Quomodo","severity":"info","text":"The passage continues the catechetical dialogue pattern: Veranus asks for clarification of a scriptural saying, and Salonius provides an allegorical explanation. The repeated 'Quomodo' frames the exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Salomon","severity":"info","text":"The attribution of Ecclesiastes to Solomon was standard in patristic and medieval tradition. The dialogue treats Solomon as the author, consistent with the work's exegetical framework.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'mane comedant' could be read literally as 'eat in the morning' or metaphorically as 'indulge early in the day'; the commentary opts for a moral interpretation."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":40,"ref":"p40","source":"SALONIUS. Si rex nobilis est, hoc est decorus sapientia, splendidus justitia, ornatus bonis moribus ct actibus, vere beata est terra cui praeest, quia regit eam in judicio et æquitate, et exaltat justitia.\n\nVERtarIS. Qui sunt illi principes qui in tempore suo comedunt?\n\nSALONIUS. Illi nimirum qui non luxuriantur, qui non amant hujus sæculi voluptates, qui non vivunt in crapula et ebrietatc; sed cibos quærunt tantum ad corporis sustentationem: ideoque beata terra quæ tales habet principes, quia dum justitiam et æquitatem diligunt, utique non pervertunt judicium.\n\nVERANUS. Quid est quod ait: Da partes septem nec non et octo (F.ccle. xi)? Quæ sunt illae septem partes vel octo quas dare nos jubet?\n\nSALONIUS. Per septenarium numerum, Vetus Testamentum, propter sabbatum, qui est septimus dies sanctificatus in lege; per octonarium vero designatur Novum Testamentum, propter diem dominicam, qui est octavus, Domini Christi resurrectione sanctus.","english":"SALONIUS: If the king is noble—that is, comely in wisdom, splendid in justice, adorned with good character and deeds—truly blessed is the land over which he presides, because he rules it with judgment and equity, and exalts justice.\n\nVERANUS: Who are those princes who eat in their proper time?\n\nSALONIUS: Those, of course, who do not live luxuriously, who do not love the pleasures of this world, who do not live in gluttony and drunkenness, but seek food only for the sustenance of the body. Therefore blessed is the land that has such princes, because, as they love justice and equity, they certainly do not pervert judgment.\n\nVERANUS: What does it mean when it says: “Give seven parts, and also eight” (Ecclesiastes 11)? What are those seven parts or eight which it commands us to give?\n\nSALONIUS: By the number seven, the Old Testament is signified, on account of the Sabbath, which is the seventh day sanctified in the Law; by the number eight, however, the New Testament is designated, on account of the Lord’s Day, which is the eighth, sanctified by the resurrection of the Lord Christ.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"nobilis","severity":"info","text":"Salonius glosses 'nobilis' as 'decorus sapientia, splendidus justitia, ornatus bonis moribus et actibus', shifting from social rank to moral and intellectual virtue.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Da partes septem nec non et octo","severity":"info","text":"This is a paraphrase of Ecclesiastes 11:2 (Vulgate: 'da partes septem, et etiam octo'), which in context advises dividing one's attention or resources. Salonius interprets it allegorically.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"septenarium numerum ... octonarium","severity":"info","text":"The seven/eight schema reflects patristic typology: the Sabbath (seventh day) represents the Old Law, and the Lord's Day (eighth day, Sunday) represents the New Covenant through Christ's resurrection.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"VERtarIS","severity":"info","text":"The speaker label 'VERtarIS' is a scribal variant or error for 'VERANUS', the interlocutor. The dialogue form continues with alternating questions and answers.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"principes qui in tempore suo comedunt","severity":"info","text":"Salonius interprets 'princes who eat in the morning' (from the previous passage) as those who eat temperately, not luxuriously—a moralizing reading typical of monastic exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'VERtarIS' is likely a corruption of 'VERANUS'; the intended speaker is Veranus.","The phrase 'Da partes septem nec non et octo' is a loose citation of Ecclesiastes 11:2; the exact Vulgate wording varies slightly."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":41,"ref":"p41","source":"VERANUS. Quomodo ergo intelligendum est quod ait: Da partes septem, nec non et octo (Ibid.)?\n\nSALONIUS Hoc modo: id est utrumque Testamentum (Vetus scilicet et Novum) pari veneratione credendo suspice, et præcepta eorutn diligenter implere stude.\n\nVERANUS. Quid est quod ait: Si ceciderit lignum ad austrum, aut ad aquilonem, in quocunque loco ceciderit, ibi erit (Ibid.)? Nunquid quod cadit lignum ad aquilonem, aut ad meridiem, non sæpe movetur in alias mundi parces?\n\nSALONIUS. Nulli hoc dubium est, sed hæc sententia spirilualitcr intelligi debet. Nam per lignum bomo dcsignatur: quoniam unusquisque esi quasi Iignum silvae generis humani. Per austrum, qui est calidus ventus, designatur requies paradisi. Per aquilonem, qui est frigidus, designatur inferni suppliciuln; et est sensus: Ubicunque sibi homo locum ad i, turam sedem præparaverit, sive ad austrum, cum ceciderit (id est mortuus fuerit), in requie paradisi et glor ia regni cœlestis permanebit in æternum. Si vero male vivendo sibi locum præparaverit ad boream, inferni pœnas luci in sæcula sæculorum.","english":"VERANUS: How then is it to be understood that it says: \"Give seven parts, and also eight\" (Ibid.)?\n\nSALONIUS: In this way: that is, receive both Testaments (namely the Old and the New) with equal reverence of belief, and strive to fulfill their precepts diligently.\n\nVERANUS: What does it mean when it says: \"If a tree falls to the south, or to the north, in whatever place it falls, there it will be\" (Ibid.)? Does not a tree that falls to the north or to the south often move to other parts of the world?\n\nSALONIUS: No one doubts this, but this saying must be understood spiritually. For by \"tree\" a man is signified, since each one is like a tree of the forest of the human race. By \"south,\" which is a warm wind, the rest of paradise is signified. By \"north,\" which is cold, the punishment of hell is signified; and the meaning is: Wherever a man has prepared a place for himself as a future abode, whether to the south, when he has fallen (that is, died), he will remain in the rest of paradise and the glory of the heavenly kingdom forever. If, however, by living wickedly he has prepared a place for himself to the north, he will suffer the torments of hell for ever and ever.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Da partes septem, nec non et octo","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'Give seven parts, and also eight' is not a direct biblical quotation but likely alludes to Ecclesiastes 11:2 (Vulgate) or a similar numerical proverb. Salonius interprets it as referring to the Old and New Testaments.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"lignum","severity":"info","text":"Salonius interprets 'lignum' (tree) as a symbol for a man, each one being 'like a tree of the forest of the human race.' This allegorical reading is typical of patristic exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"austrum","severity":"info","text":"'Austrum' (south wind) is allegorized as the rest of paradise, while 'aquilonem' (north wind) signifies the punishment of hell. This reflects a common binary symbolism in early Christian commentary.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Si ceciderit lignum ad austrum, aut ad aquilonem","severity":"info","text":"The image of a falling tree determining one's fate echoes Ecclesiastes 11:3 (Vulgate: 'Si ceciderit lignum ad austrum aut ad aquilonem'), where the verse is used to illustrate the inevitability of death and the importance of one's moral orientation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage continues the catechetical dialogue between Veranus and Salonius, where Veranus poses literal objections and Salonius provides spiritual interpretations, a common pedagogical structure in early medieval commentaries.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Salonius's allegorical method here—interpreting natural phenomena as moral and eschatological symbols—reflects the influence of Gregory the Great's exegetical style, which was widely imitated in the early medieval West.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the quoted phrases 'Da partes septem, nec non et octo' and 'Si ceciderit lignum ad austrum, aut ad aquilonem' is not explicitly identified; they are likely from Ecclesiastes but the exact Vulgate reference is uncertain.","The Latin 'Ibid.' in the text refers to the same unspecified biblical book, presumably Ecclesiastes, but the precise chapter and verse are not given."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":42,"ref":"p42","source":"VERANUS. Quid est quod ait, Qui observat ventum non seminat, et qui considerat nubes nunquam metit (Eccle. XI)? Quis enim est tam stultus qui semper observet ventum, ut non seminet; et semper consideret nubes, ut nunquam metat?\n\nSALONIUS. Hæc sententia spiritualitcr intelligenda est: nam ut per ventum et nubes saepe tempestas generari solet; sic per ventum etiam designatur diabolus,per nubes præsentis sæculi adversitates. Quicunque igitur timet diaboli persecutionem aut mundi hujus adversitates, non seminat, id est verbum Dei non prædicat, nec operatur bona quæ valet ♦ etiam nunquam metet; quia etsi aliqua bona inchoat, ad perfectionem non ea perducit.\n\nVERANUS. Quid ergo agendum est?\n\nSALONIUS. Sine consideratione nubium et timore ventorum, in mediis tempestatibus seminare debemus; id est in omnibus adversitatibus verbum Dei prædicare, et bona opera quæ valemus agere semper oportet.","english":"VERANUS: What does it mean when it says, \"Whoever watches the wind does not sow, and whoever considers the clouds never reaps\" (Ecclesiastes 11)? For who is so foolish as always to watch the wind, so as not to sow, and always to consider the clouds, so as never to reap?\n\nSALONIUS: This saying is to be understood spiritually: for just as a storm is often generated by wind and clouds, so also by wind is the devil signified, and by clouds the adversities of the present age. Therefore, whoever fears the persecution of the devil or the adversities of this world does not sow, that is, does not preach the word of God, nor does he perform the good works he is able to; and he will also never reap, because even if he begins some good things, he does not bring them to perfection.\n\nVERANUS: What then is to be done?\n\nSALONIUS: Without consideration of the clouds and fear of the winds, we ought to sow in the midst of storms; that is, in all adversities we must always preach the word of God and perform the good works we are able to do.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Qui observat ventum non seminat, et qui considerat nubes nunquam metit","severity":"info","text":"Salonius cites Ecclesiastes 11, likely verse 4, though the Vulgate reads differently. The paraphrase emphasizes the folly of waiting for perfect conditions.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ventum","severity":"info","text":"Salonius interprets 'wind' as a figure for the devil, a common patristic trope linking disruptive natural forces to demonic influence.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"nubes","severity":"info","text":"Clouds are allegorized as the adversities of the present age, a moral reading that transforms meteorological imagery into spiritual trial.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Salonius reads the verse as a warning against inaction due to fear of persecution or worldly hardship, urging persistent preaching and good works.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage follows a three-part catechetical pattern: Veranus quotes a verse, Salonius gives a spiritual interpretation, then Veranus asks for practical application.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Salonius’s allegorical method here reflects early medieval monastic exegesis, where Scripture is applied directly to the ascetic struggle against demonic and worldly distractions.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The exact verse of Ecclesiastes 11 is not specified; the Vulgate text differs slightly, but Salonius’s paraphrase is clear in its moral intent."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":43,"ref":"p43","source":"VEHAriS. Quid est: Mane semina semen tuum, et vesperi ne cesset manus tua (Ibid.)? Quis enim semper et mane et vesperi seminare potest, maxime cum glaciali tempore nullus audeat seminarc?\n\nSALONIUS. Semen hoc loco non intelligendum est. frumenti vel alterius cujuslibet grani, sed semen boni operis, ex quo nascitur fructus justitiæ, et merces a-ternæ remunerationis.\n\nVERANUS. Quid ergo docet cum dicit: Mane temina semen tuum, et vesperi ne cesset manus tua?\n\nSALONIUS. Ut nullo tempore, nulla ætate, a bonis operibus cessemus, et nostram matutinam justitiam vesper inveniat, et vespertinam misericordiam itetum sol ortus accumulet: in adolescentia pariter et senectute virtutum copia nos semper Deo commennet. Mane ergo semina semen tuum, et vesperi ne cesset manus tua (Ibid.): hoc est, semper te in bonis opei ibus exerce.\n\nVERANUS. Quid est quod ait, Et florebit amygdalus, impinguabitur locusta, et dissipabitur capparis (Eccle. xu)? Q iid enim profuit hoc dicere, cum nullus ignoret quia et amygdalus florcre solet, impinguari locusta, et dissipari capparis?","english":"VERANUS: What does it mean: \"Sow your seed in the morning, and in the evening let not your hand rest\" (Ecclesiastes 11)? For who can always sow both morning and evening, especially since no one dares to sow in the icy season?\n\nSALONIUS: This \"seed\" is not to be understood here as grain or any other kind of kernel, but as the seed of good work, from which the fruit of justice and the reward of eternal recompense are born.\n\nVERANUS: What then does it teach when it says: \"Sow your seed in the morning, and in the evening let not your hand rest\"?\n\nSALONIUS: That at no time, at no age, should we cease from good works, and that the evening should find our morning justice, and the rising sun should again accumulate our evening mercy: in youth and in old age alike, a wealth of virtues should always commend us to God. Therefore, \"Sow your seed in the morning, and in the evening let not your hand rest\" (Ecclesiastes 11): that is, always exercise yourself in good works.\n\nVERANUS: What does it mean when it says, \"And the almond tree will blossom, the locust will grow fat, and the caper will be scattered\" (Ecclesiastes 12)? For what profit is there in saying this, since no one is ignorant that the almond tree usually blossoms, the locust grows fat, and the caper is scattered?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Mane semina semen tuum, et vesperi ne cesset manus tua","severity":"info","text":"This is a paraphrase of Ecclesiastes 11:6, which in the Vulgate reads: 'mane semina semen tuum et vesperam ne cesset manus tua.' The dialogue treats it as a continuous moral injunction.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"semen","severity":"info","text":"Salonius explicitly redefines 'semen' (seed) as a metaphor for good works, rejecting a literal agricultural reading. This allegorical interpretation is typical of patristic exegesis of wisdom literature.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"glaciali tempore","severity":"info","text":"The reference to the 'icy season' (glaciali tempore) reflects a practical agricultural concern: sowing in winter was impossible. This grounds the allegory in a concrete seasonal reality familiar to a Gallo-Roman audience.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Et florebit amygdalus, impinguabitur locusta, et dissipabitur capparis","severity":"info","text":"This is a direct quotation of Ecclesiastes 12:5 in the Vulgate. The verse lists natural phenomena (almond blossoming, locust fattening, caper scattering) that Veranus finds trivial, setting up Salonius's spiritual interpretation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage follows a consistent catechetical pattern: Veranus quotes a verse, Salonius first clarifies its non-literal sense, then Veranus asks for the moral teaching, and Salonius delivers an allegorical application. This structure recurs throughout the dialogue.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Salonius's interpretation of Ecclesiastes as a guide to continuous moral effort (never ceasing from good works) aligns with the ascetic emphasis of 5th-century Gallic monasticism, as seen in figures like John Cassian.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin text has 'VEHAriS' for 'VERANUS' and 'seminarc' for 'seminare', likely scribal errors. The English draft corrects these silently.","The exact verse numbering of Ecclesiastes in the Vulgate differs from modern Bibles; the citations here follow the Vulgate order."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":44,"ref":"p44","source":"SALONIUS. Hæc sententia spiritualiter est intelligenda, et magnum in se coutinct mysterium. Nam per amygdalum designatur Dominus Jesus Christus: quia sicut nux amygdali constat cx corio, osse ct nucleo, ita Christus ex carne, anima, et divinitatc. Quoniam per os amygdali divinitas designatur.\n\nVERANUS. Per locustam et capparim quid significatur?\n\nSALONIUS. Per locustam populus gentilis, per capparim populus Judaicus.\n\nVERANUS. Quomodo ergo intelligenda est hæc sententia? #\n\nSALONIUS, Florebit amygdalus, id est nascetur Christus et coruscabit miraculis: Impinguabitur locusta, id est credet gentilis populus, et replebitur donis spiritualibus; dissipabitur capparis, hoc cst peribit propter intidelitatem populus Judaicus.\n\nVERANUS. Quare verba sapientum stimulis et clavis assimilantur? Sic enim dicit Salomon, Verba sapientum sicut stimuli, et quasi clavi in altum defixi (Ibid.).","english":"SALONIUS: This saying is to be understood spiritually, and contains within itself a great mystery. For by the almond tree is designated the Lord Jesus Christ: because just as the nut of the almond consists of a husk, a shell, and a kernel, so Christ consists of flesh, soul, and divinity. For by the shell of the almond the divinity is designated.\n\nVERANUS: By the locust and the caper-bush what is signified?\n\nSALONIUS: By the locust the Gentile people, by the caper-bush the Jewish people.\n\nVERANUS: How then is this saying to be understood?\n\nSALONIUS: The almond tree will flower, that is, Christ will be born and will shine with miracles; the locust will grow fat, that is, the Gentile people will believe and will be filled with spiritual gifts; the caper-bush will be scattered, that is, the Jewish people will perish on account of their faithlessness.\n\nVERANUS: Why are the words of the wise compared to goads and nails? For Solomon says thus: \"The words of the wise are like goads, and like nails fixed deep\" (Ecclesiastes 12:11).","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"amygdalum","severity":"info","text":"The almond tree is interpreted as a type of Christ, with its three parts (husk, shell, kernel) corresponding to Christ's flesh, soul, and divinity. This tripartite allegory is a common patristic method.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"locusta","severity":"info","text":"Locusta (locust) here symbolizes the Gentile people, a typological reading that contrasts with the caper-bush representing the Jewish people. The locust's 'growing fat' signifies spiritual enrichment through belief.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"capparis","severity":"info","text":"Capparis (caper-bush) represents the Jewish people, whose 'scattering' or destruction is attributed to faithlessness. This reflects a supersessionist interpretation common in Latin patristic commentary.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Verba sapientum sicut stimuli","severity":"info","text":"The quotation 'Verba sapientum sicut stimuli, et quasi clavi in altum defixi' is from Ecclesiastes 12:11 (Vulgate). The comparison to goads and nails emphasizes the penetrating and corrective force of wise sayings.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage follows a catechetical dialogue pattern: Veranus asks for clarification of a biblical image, and Salonius provides a spiritual interpretation. The sequence moves from allegory (almond) to typology (locust, caper) to scriptural citation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The tripartite analogy of the almond (husk, shell, kernel) to Christ (flesh, soul, divinity) echoes earlier patristic exegesis, such as that of Augustine, who used similar triadic structures to explain the Incarnation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin text has 'cx corio, osse ct nucleo' which appears to be a scribal error for 'ex corio, osse et nucleo' (from husk, shell, and kernel). The English draft follows the corrected reading."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":45,"ref":"p45","source":"SALONIUS. Aptissime verba sapicntum clavis et stimulis comparantur, quia peccatorum culpas nesciunt palpare, sed pungere; qui enim veraciter Sunt sapientes, eorum procul dubio verba clavi sunt et stimuli, quia peccatores non blandimentis fovent, scd aspera increpatione redarguunt, et eorum secretas conscientias quasi pungendo, ad dolorem et lamenta exercent ut corrigantur.\n\nVERANUS. Quid est quod ait: Quæ per magistrorum consilium data sunt a pastore uno (Ibid.)? Qui sunt illi magistri per quorum consilium data sunt sapientum verba, aut quis est unus ille pastor a quo data sunt?\n\nSALONIUS. Magistri sunt prophetæ et apostoli; pastor unus est Deus, a quo data sunt omnia verba sapientum, quia ipse docuit magistros (id est prophetas et apostolos) et restruxit eorum consilium, quoniam ipse dedit verba in corde et ore ipsorum.\n\nVERANUS. Quid est quod Ecclesiastes in iine libri sui dicit: Deum lime et mandata ejus custodi, hoc est enim omnis homo? Quomodo fieri potest, ut hoc tantum sit homo, id est timere Deum et mandata ejus observare? Multo quippe major est pars eorum hominum qui nec timent nec custodiunt.","english":"SALONIUS: The words of the wise are most aptly compared to keys and goads, because they know not how to caress the faults of sinners, but to prick them; for those who are truly wise, their words are without doubt keys and goads, because they do not foster sinners with blandishments, but rebuke them with harsh reproof, and, as if by pricking their secret consciences, they drive them to pain and lamentation so that they may be corrected.\n\nVERANUS: What does it mean when it says: \"Which have been given through the counsel of the teachers by one shepherd\" (Ibid.)? Who are those teachers through whose counsel the words of the wise have been given, or who is that one shepherd from whom they have been given?\n\nSALONIUS: The teachers are the prophets and apostles; the one shepherd is God, from whom all the words of the wise have been given, because He Himself taught the teachers (that is, the prophets and apostles) and structured their counsel, since He Himself placed the words in their heart and mouth.\n\nVERANUS: What does it mean that Ecclesiastes says at the end of his book: \"Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the whole of man\"? How can it be that this alone is man, that is, to fear God and observe His commandments? For a much greater part is that of those men who neither fear nor keep them.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Salonius interprets the words of the wise as keys and goads, emphasizing their corrective rather than comforting function, a common theme in ascetic exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"magistri","severity":"info","text":"Salonius identifies 'magistri' (teachers) as the prophets and apostles, a standard typological reading in patristic commentary.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"pastor unus","severity":"info","text":"The 'one shepherd' (pastor unus) is identified as God, reflecting the common allegorical use of pastoral imagery for divine authority.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Veranus quotes Ecclesiastes: 'Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the whole of man,' likely alluding to Ecclesiastes 12:1 (Vulgate) or a similar summary of the book's moral.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage follows a question-and-answer format between Veranus and Salonius, typical of the dialogue structure in this commentary.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"Veranus's question about Ecclesiastes' final verse may reflect a textual variant or interpretive tradition; the Latin 'hoc est enim omnis homo' is ambiguous, possibly meaning 'this is the whole of man' or 'this is every man.'","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'hoc est enim omnis homo' could be read as 'this is the whole of man' or 'this is every man,' affecting the interpretation of Ecclesiastes' moral."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":46,"ref":"p46","source":"SALONIUS. Vere major pars est malorum quam bonorum, quia sicut Dominus dicit: Multi sunt vocati, pauci vero electi (Matth. xx), et incomparabiliter major infidelium multitudo quam fidelium.\n\nVERANUS. Quid ergo vult in hoc loco Salomon demonstrarc?\n\nSALONIUS. Hoc namque demonstrat in his verbis, quia non cst homo, qui Dcum non timet et mandata ejus non cuslodit.\n\nVERANUS. Quare non est homo?\n\nSALONIUS. Quia non custodit modum rationemque suæ naturæ.\n\nVERANUS. Quæ est ratio et modus naturæ humanæ?\n\nSALONIU S. RationabiHter vivere, quia inter animantia omnia solus homo creatus est rationale animal, et solus accepit a Deo rationem et intellectum ita ut agnosceret suum Creatorem et diligeret cum ac timoret, et cordc ct ore simul laudarct.\n\nVERANUS. Quid est Deum timere?\n\nSALONIUS. Voluntatem ejus implere, et bona quæ facienda sunt facere.","english":"SALONIUS: The greater part is indeed of the evil than of the good, because as the Lord says: Many are called, few are chosen (Matt. 20), and the multitude of the unfaithful is incomparably greater than that of the faithful.\n\nVERANUS: What then does Solomon wish to demonstrate in this passage?\n\nSALONIUS: He demonstrates this in these words, that there is no man who does not fear God and does not keep his commandments.\n\nVERANUS: Why is there no man?\n\nSALONIUS: Because he does not keep the measure and reason of his own nature.\n\nVERANUS: What is the reason and measure of human nature?\n\nSALONIUS: To live rationally, because among all living beings man alone is created a rational animal, and he alone received from God reason and understanding so that he might acknowledge his Creator and love him and fear him, and praise him with heart and mouth at the same time.\n\nVERANUS: What is it to fear God?\n\nSALONIUS: To fulfill his will, and to do the good things that ought to be done.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Matth. xx","severity":"info","text":"The citation 'Multi sunt vocati, pauci vero electi' is a loose Latin rendering of Matthew 20:16, though the Vulgate reads 'multi sunt vocati, pauci vero electi' only in later tradition; the exact phrase is not found in the Vulgate text of Matt 20.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"modum rationemque","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'modum rationemque suae naturae' pairs 'modus' (measure, limit) with 'ratio' (reason, rational principle), reflecting a Stoic and patristic commonplace that human nature is defined by rational self-governance.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"rationale animal","severity":"info","text":"The definition of man as 'rationale animal' is a standard Aristotelian and Boethian formula (e.g., Boethius, *Contra Eutychen* 3), here used to ground moral obligation in natural teleology.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage continues the catechetical dialogue form between Salonius and Veranus, moving from a general maxim (major pars malorum) to a definition of human nature and the fear of God, typical of early medieval exegetical dialogues.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Salonius’s equation of 'timere Deum' with 'voluntatem ejus implere' reflects a moralizing, voluntarist reading of divine fear common in early medieval monastic and pastoral contexts, distinct from later scholastic distinctions between fear and love.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the Matthew citation is uncertain; the Vulgate does not contain the exact phrase 'Multi sunt vocati, pauci vero electi' in Matt 20, though it appears in later liturgical and patristic paraphrases."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":47,"ref":"p47","source":"VERANUS. Si ergo qui non timet Deum et mandata ejus non custodit, non est homo, quid ergo est?\n\nSALONIUS. Bestia est.\n\nVERANUS. Quomodo bestia est, cum in eo videatur humana substantia et persona?\n\nSALONIUS. Quamvis enim videtur habere humanam substantiam et personam, tamen quia non rationabiliter sed bestialiter vivit, non homo sed bestia dicendus est.\n\nVERANUS. Quomodo bestia vocatur?\n\nSALONIUS. Si est crudelis suis domesticis et subjectis aut vicinis, leo est, non homo; si autem raptor est, tigris vel lupus.; si vero est aduller aut fornicator aut immundus, canis est aut porcus, aut si stultus, asino comparatur: fraudulentus itaque aut simulator, congrue vulpeculæ assimilatur, et sic de cæteris intelligendum est.\n\nVERANUS. Quis est ergo veraciter homo?\n\nSALONIUS. HIc qui Deum timet, et mandata ejus custodit.","english":"VERANUS: If, therefore, one who does not fear God and does not keep His commandments is not a man, what then is he?\n\nSALONIUS: He is a beast.\n\nVERANUS: How is he a beast, when human substance and person are seen in him?\n\nSALONIUS: For although he seems to have human substance and person, yet because he lives not rationally but bestially, he is to be called not a man but a beast.\n\nVERANUS: By what name is he called a beast?\n\nSALONIUS: If he is cruel to his household, subjects, or neighbours, he is a lion, not a man; if he is a plunderer, he is a tiger or a wolf; if he is an adulterer, fornicator, or unclean, he is a dog or a pig; or if he is foolish, he is compared to an ass; a fraudulent or dissembling man is fittingly likened to a fox, and so on for the rest is to be understood.\n\nVERANUS: Who, then, is truly a man?\n\nSALONIUS: He who fears God and keeps His commandments.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage is a catechetical dialogue between Veranus and Salonius, following a pattern of question, answer, and further clarification. 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