Dist. 2, Part 2, Divisio Textus
by St. Bonaventure
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### COMMENTARY ON DISTINCTION 2.

### *Part II.*

*On the place where the angels were created.*

**"It has already been shown when," etc.**

*(For the text of the Master see above, p. 53.)*

### DIVISION OF THE TEXT.

Above, the Master showed *when* the angels were created; in this part he shows *where* they were created — namely, in the empyrean. And this part is divided into three parts. In the first he determines where they were created. In the second he repeats when they were created, at: *"Together therefore with the visible [things],"* etc. In the third he removes a doubt, at: *"Here it is wont to be asked, whether in the empyrean heaven,"* etc. So the intention of the present part turns upon two [things], namely upon the *quiddity* of the angelic place, and as to the *act of locating* — or the office — which the empyrean heaven is said to have with respect to the angels.

### TREATMENT OF THE QUESTIONS.

For the understanding of this part, which is about the place of the creation of the angels — of what kind the empyrean heaven is — a doubt falls upon two [things].

First, concerning the nature of the empyrean in itself.

Second, in so far as it has [the office] of locating sublime spirits.

Concerning the first, two things are asked.

The first is as to the *quality* of [its] nature.

The second, as to the power of [its] influence.

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