Dist. 20, Divisio Textus
by St. Bonaventure
Source text: Public Domain Mark 1.0. English translation/apparatus/encoding: CC BY-NC 4.0, Wroot Press.
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# Commentary on Distinction XX.

## *On the procreation of posterity.*

*After these things it must be seen in what manner the first parents* etc.

### DIVISION OF THE TEXT.

Above the Master treated of the duration of immortality; in this part he treats of the procreation of posterity: or, put otherwise (and it comes to the same), above he treated of the conservation of the individual, here he treats of the conservation of the species, which indeed is through the procreation of children. Now this part is divided into three parts. In the first he determines in what manner the first parents would have procreated children. In the second he determines what sort of children would have been born, there: *But if it is asked, of what sort, if they had not sinned* etc. In the third he briefly recapitulates the things which have been predetermined, there: *Such was the constitution of man before sin.*

The first part has two. In the first he determines concerning the mode of generation. In the second concerning the time of translation, there: *But concerning the limit of the time, at which they would be translated* etc. Likewise the second principal part has two. In the first he determines what sort of children would be born with respect to the body. In the second, what sort would be born with respect to the soul, there: *And since concerning the human body it is not absurd* etc. The subdivisions of the other parts and their content are manifest in the text [of the Master].

### TREATMENT OF THE QUESTIONS.

For the understanding of this part, which concerns the procreation of children in the state of innocence, certain matters worthy of doubt arise.

And first it is asked, whether in the state of innocence there would have been a commingling of the sexes.

Second, whether in that commingling there would have been an emission of seeds.

Third, whether in that emission of seed there would have been an intensity of delight.

Fourth it is asked, whether in that commingling there would have been a corruption of integrity.

Fifth it is asked, whether in every coitus there would have been a generation of offspring.

Sixth it is asked, whether through generation there would have been an equal multiplication of males and females.

### THE ONLY ARTICLE.

### *On the procreation of children in the state of innocence.*

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