Dist. 30, Divisio Textus
by St. Bonaventure
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### Commentary on Distinction XXX.

### *Whether there is original sin, and what it is.*

*In what precedes it was intimated* etc.

### Division of the text.

This part, in which the Master determines concerning the fall of man, was divided into three parts according to the threefold difference of the corruption of sin: in one of these the person corrupts the nature, in another the nature [corrupts] the person, and in the third the person corrupts itself. And the first indeed consists in the sin of the first parent, the second in original sin, and the third in actual sin. Therefore, the first part having been determined, the Master here approaches the second part.

Now this part is divided into four parts. In the first of these he determines what original sin is. In the second, how it is transmitted, below in the thirty-first distinction: *Now it remains to investigate* etc. In the third, how it is blotted out, below in the thirty-second distinction: *Since it was said above that original sin is a defect* etc. In the fourth he determines whether original sin is multiplied and intensified through the sins of one's near parents, below in the thirty-third distinction: *To the aforesaid it must be added* etc.

The first part, which contains the present distinction, is divided into three parts. In the first he sets down the prefatory part. In the second he determines the principal matter proposed, there: *Here first it must be seen* etc. In the third he determines a certain incidental doubt concerning the truth of human nature, there: *But to this which we have said, that in Adam* etc. The first and third parts remaining undivided, the middle part is divided into three. In the first he inquires whether original sin exists. In the second, granted that it exists, he inquires whether it is a penalty or a fault, there: *Which must be diligently investigated, what it is* etc. In the third he inquires whether it is concupiscence or some other fault, there: *Now it remains to see what that sin is* etc. But the subdivisions of these parts are plain in the text.

### Treatment of the questions.

For the understanding of this part according to the three [matters] which the Master determines in the text, there arises here a question regarding three [things].

For first it is asked concerning the entity of original sin.

Second, concerning its quiddity.

Third and last, concerning the truth of human nature.

As to the first article, two [questions] are asked.

First it is asked whether the corruption which is in human nature is in it from the first arising of its condition, or from the merit of the first transgression.

Second, granted that [it is in it] by the merit of the transgression, the question is whether on account of the sin of Adam human nature was corrupted penally only, or also penally and culpably.

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